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2 Unified Fabric Nexus Fixed Switching Session ID Kaartik Viswanath Manager, Product Management, Data Center Group

3 Abstract The Cisco Nexus Data Center Access Switching portfolio leads the Market providing the highly scalable, flexible and easy to Manage solution serving various customer needs, from small to large Data centers. In this session we will provide updates to the Nexus 2K, 5K & 6K product portfolio, showing flexibility customers will have while designing their network. We will also discuss some of the innovations in the NX-OS software. We will show how the Cisco Nexus portfolio, meets the growing demands on the Data center and provides investment protection. 3

4 Cisco s Holistic Approach: Unified Data Center The Platform for Delivering IT as a Service UNIFIED COMPUTING Modular, Stateless Computing Elements UNIFIED FABRIC Highly Scalable, Secure Network Fabric UNIFIED MANAGEMENT Automated Resource Management (Physical and Virtual) FLEXIBLE RESILIENT SECURE SCALABLE 4

Cisco s Data Center Portfolio Leading with

5 Cisco s Data Center Portfolio Leading with Innovation Nexus 2K Nexus 6K Nexus 3K Low Latency MSDC/Cloud Nexus 5K Scalability Service Provider Nexus 1K Blade Offerings Unified Fabric MDS 9000 Nexus 7K Agile Service Delivery Enterprise Private Cloud Automation 5

6 Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Nexus port 10G, 4 port 40G 1RU Switch Nexus 6004 Customers Nexus Port 2RU Switch Nexus Port 1RU Switch Nexus 5596T 10Gbase-T switch 96 port 40G 4RU Switch 4-port QSFP+ GEM Nexus Port 1RU Switch Nexus Port 2RU Switch Cisco Nexus 5000 Series 6

QSFP+ Ports Back of Switch Supports up to

7 Cisco Nexus 6004 Chassis Up to 4 Expansion Modules 12p 40G QSFP+ Ethernet/FCoE Ports Flexibility to use 4x10G or 40G Shipping! Redundant 3+3 or 1+1 AC Power Supplies Airflow: F2B and B2F options 48 Fixed 40G QSFP+ Ports Back of Switch Supports up to 24 Nexus 2000 series FEX Traditional Ethernet or FCoE ports Front of Switch 3+1 Redundant Fan Modules Mgmt 0, Console, USB Dense 4RU Switch in the Nexus 6000 Platform 7

Redundant 1+1 AC Power Supplies Front of Switch Redundant Fan

8 Cisco Nexus 6001 Chassis Shipping! 48 Fixed 1/10G SFP+ Ports Line Rate Layer 2 / Layer 3 Traditional Ethernet or Fibre Channel over Ethernet 4 40G QSFP+ Ports Flexibility to use 4x10G or 40G Back of Switch Redundant 1+1 AC Power Supplies Front of Switch Redundant Fan Modules Choice of Reversible Airflow Mgmt 0, Console, USB Compact 1RU switch in the Nexus 6000 Platform 8

9 Cisco Nexus T FCS: Q3CY13 Key Features 1RU Fixed form-factor: 48x 10G BaseT and 4x 40GE QSFP+ ports Front-to-Back and Back-to-Front Airflow Integrated line-rate L2/L3 performance 40GE ports configurable as true 40GE or 4 x10ge FCoE over 10G BaseT ports 10G/40G FCoE on QSFP+ ports 9

10 QSA-QSFP to SFP Adapter Covert one QSFP port to one SFP+ port Qualified 10G SFP+ transceiver with 10G-LR 1G GLC-T, 1G SX, LX Need to change the QSFP port on N6K to 4x10G Long reach connection between N6004 and 10G device Provides 1G support on Nexus 6004 QSFP+ Adapter FCS: Q3CY13 SFP+ Transceiver 10

Physical Connection Choices FCS support: 1m-10m

Post FCS: FET- 40G, QSFP-LR4(10KM over SMF) 40G

QSFP+ Interfaces 40G QSFP+ Interfaces 40G QSFP+

11 Physical Connection Choices FCS support: 1m-10m copper cable, QSFP-SR4(100m over OM3) FCS stretch: QSFP-CSR4(300m over OM3), QSFP-4SFP10G-CU1/3/5M. Post FCS: FET- 40G, QSFP-LR4(10KM over SMF) 40G QSFP+ Interfaces 40GBASE-SR4 40GBASE-SR4 40G QSFP+ Interfaces 40G QSFP+ Interfaces 40G QSFP+ Interfaces 40G QSFP+ Interfaces 40GBASE-SR4 40G QSFP+ Interfaces 10GE SFP+ interfaces 10GE SFP+ interfaces 11

12 Cisco Nexus 6000 Hardware Capabilities Feature Latency MAC table IP Unicast Routes IP Hosts IP Multicast routes Bridge Domains ACLs Scale* ~1us 256K MAC/ARP (flexible) 32K (v4) or 8K (v6) 128K (v4) or 64K (v6) 32K (v4) or 16K (v6) 16K 4K flexible Port Channels 192 IGMP Snooping groups ECMP VRFs SPAN CPU FEX Segment ID VLAN translation 32K 1K 4K 31, 16 can be ERSPAN Quad Core 24 at FCS Uses the 16K BD 16K ingress/16k egress *SW support varies 12

13 Nexus Fixed Configuration Product Comparison Switch Fabric Throughput 960Gbps 1.92Tbps 1.28 Tbps 7.86 Tbps Port-to-Port Latency ~2.0us ~ 2.0us ~ 1.0us ~ 1.0us Layer 3 Capability L3 Module L3 Module Integrated Line-Rate Integrated Line-Rate Switch Footprint 1RU 2RU 1RU 4RU 10 Gigabit Ethernet Port Density 40 Gigabit Ethernet Port Density p QSFP+ 12 4p QSFP+ 4 True 40G 96 True 40G Unified Ports x * 1 Gigabit Ethernet FEX Port Scalability 10 Gigabit Ethernet FEX Port Scalability NEXUS 5548UP NEXUS 5596UP NEXUS 6001 NEXUS Packet Buffer 640KB per 10G 640KB per 10G 25MB per 3xQSFP (or 12x10G) *Roadmap Q3CY13 25MB per 3xQSFP (or 12x10G) 13

16K (V4) OR 8K (V6) IP Multicast routes 32K (v4) or 16K (v6) 8K (V4) OR 4K (V6) Bridge Domains 16K 4K VLANs 4K

14 Nexus Fixed Configuration Product Comparison - Scale NEXUS 6000 Series NEXUS 5500 Series MAC table 256K MAC/ARP (flexible) 32K MAC/ARP IP Unicast Routes 32K (v4) or 8K (v6) 8K (V4) OR 4K (V6) IP Hosts 128K (v4) or 64K (v6) 16K (V4) OR 8K (V6) IP Multicast routes 32K (v4) or 16K (v6) 8K (V4) OR 4K (V6) Bridge Domains 16K 4K VLANs 4K 4K ACLs 4K flexible 1664 (INGRESS) 2048 (EGRESS) IGMP Snooping Groups 32K 8K VRFs 4K 1K SPAN 31, 16 can be ERSPAN 4 14

Data Center Switching Nexus 7000 and Nexus 6000: DC Considerations Customer Requirements: Decision Points Virtualization Scalability DCI/Mobility Environmentals L4-7 Services High Availability

15 Data Center Switching Nexus 7000 and Nexus 6000: DC Considerations Customer Requirements: Decision Points Virtualization Scalability DCI/Mobility Environmentals L4-7 Services High Availability Latency Investment Protection Decision Criteria in the Aggregation Lead Platform: Modular, High-End Solution Fixed, Mid-Range Solution Recommended when: Scale and Flexibility (100M/1G/10G/40G/100G) Highest Availability (HA) Investment Protection Multi-Protocol / Services VDC / OTV / MPLS / VPLS / LISP Nexus 7000 Series 17 Tbps Recommended when: High density compact 10G/40G Low footprint & low power Low latency & jitter Extensive FEX Features Nexus 6004 Up to 7.68 Tbps * Roadmap 15

Data Center Switching DC Access Layer Considerations Customer Requirements: Decision Points Connectivity Options Table Sizes 40G Density Environmentals Line Rate L3 FC Latency FEX Scale Decision

16 Data Center Switching DC Access Layer Considerations Customer Requirements: Decision Points Connectivity Options Table Sizes 40G Density Environmentals Line Rate L3 FC Latency FEX Scale Decision Criteria in the Access Layer Nexus 6001 Nexus 5500 Recommended when: Medium to High density compact 10G deployments Integrated and line rate L3 Nexus 6001 Series Recommended when: Low to Medium density compact 10G deployments UP/Native FC support Nexus 5500 Series Enhanced scale (Tables, FEX, throughput) NAT*, PIM-BiDir*, Analytics* * Roadmap 16

17 Nexus 5000 Series

Nexus 5596UP 2RU Switch (Unified Ports) Nexus 5596T 2RU Switch (10G BaseT) Nexus 5548 Layer 3 Daughter

18 Cisco Nexus 5500 Choice and Flexibility for Varied Deployments 17,000+ 2k/5k Customers 20 Million+ 2k/5k Ports Shipped 125K+ Chassis Shipped Nexus 5500 Platform Nexus 5548UP 1RU Switch (Unified Ports) Nexus 5596UP 2RU Switch (Unified Ports) Nexus 5596T 2RU Switch (10G BaseT) Nexus 5548 Layer 3 Daughter Card Nexus 5500 QSFP+ GEM Nexus 5596 Layer 3 Expansion Module Nexus 5500 Unified Ports Expansion Module 18

2 RU Nexus Unified Fabric Flexible and Scalable Deployment Options Nexus 5596T

PortsGEM module Flexible 10GBase-T Ecosystem (Intel, Panduit, Commscope) Support

Attach Up to 68 10GBase-T Ports per chassis Industry First for FCoE over 10G

19 2 RU Nexus Unified Fabric Flexible and Scalable Deployment Options Nexus 5596T Switch Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 32 x 10GBase-T 16 x SFP+ Ports 12 x 10GBase-T PortsGEM module Flexible 10GBase-T Ecosystem (Intel, Panduit, Commscope) Support existing Fiber GEM and new Copper GEM Scalable 96 Access Ports for Direct Server Attach Up to 68 10GBase-T Ports per chassis Industry First for FCoE over 10G BASE-T Functionality 10GBase T Ports FCoE capable Software leverages NX-OS L2/L3 feature set 19

20 Nexus 5500 GEM/Chassis Compatibility Matrix Nexus 5548P Nexus 5548UP Nexus 5596UP Nexus 5596T Fiber GEM Cu GEM (12p) X X X 20

21 FCoE over 10GBASE-T Support Matrix BER characteristics improving with newer generations of PHYs, FCoE support needs ~10-15 Switch support for FCoE over 10GBASE-T: Nexus platform supporting FCoE over 10GBASE-T: Nexus 5596T, Nexus 2232TM-E. Software: NXOS 6.0(2)N1(1) Nexus platform under qualification: Nexus 7000 F2E linecard Nexus platform not supported: Nexus 3064T, Nexus 2232TM Cables supported: Cat6a UTP/STP, Cat7 cables Qualified at up to 30m distance between two 10GBASE-T host/switch 21

22 Nexus 5500 Environmental AC Reversed Airflow AC Forward Airflow DC Power Supply Forward Airflow Nexus 5548P Switch Not Supported Nexus 5548UP Switch Nexus 5596UP Switch Nexus 5596T Switch 22

23 Nexus 5500 QSFP+ GEM 4p QSFP+ Shipping! Four port QSFP+ GEM for 55xx chassis (5548P, 5548UP, 5596UP, 5596T) Each QSFP+ 40GE port can work only in 4x10G mode Each QSFP+ port supports 10G FCoE No FC support on the GEM 23

Connectivity Options QSFP+ to QSFP+ Nexus

on any 5500 chassis Same card can have Uplink

24 Connectivity Options QSFP+ to QSFP+ Nexus 7000 Nexus 6000 QSFP+ ports configured in 4X10GE Mode Uplinks Downlinks FEX Ports are in 4X10G mode by dedault GEM can be installed on any 5500 chassis Same card can have Uplink & Downlink ports N2K-C2248PQ-10G FEX QSFP+ QSFP+ = 24

Connectivity Options QSFP+ to SFP+ Nexus 7000 Nexus 6001 Uplinks The uplink ports can be across different switches Downlinks FEX QSFP+ SFP+ Ports are in 4X10G mode by dedault GEM can be

25 Connectivity Options QSFP+ to SFP+ Nexus 7000 Nexus 6001 Uplinks The uplink ports can be across different switches Downlinks FEX QSFP+ SFP+ Ports are in 4X10G mode by dedault GEM can be installed on any 5500 chassis Same card can have Uplink & Downlink ports Supported FEX: N2K-C2232PP-10G, N2K-C2232TM-E, N2K-C2232TM N2K-C2248TP-E-1GE, N2K-C2248TP-1GE, N2K-C2224TP-1G 25

Cisco NetFlow Generation Appliance (NGA)

for Data Center NetFlow Generation Appliance

26 Cisco NetFlow Generation Appliance (NGA) Dedicated, High-Performance NetFlow Solution for Data Center NetFlow Generation Appliance (NGA) 3240 Benefits Improved Network ROI Enhanced Operational Efficiency Enable network and security administrators to gain complete network traffic visibility for resource optimization, traffic accounting and security needs Reinforced Network Security Cisco Network Devices (Examples: Nexus 7K, 6K, 5K, Cat6500) 26

Nexus 5000/6000 NX-OS Software Release Planning Latest

2(1)N1(4) Target: Q3CY12 Status: Released Long Lived 6.

1(3)N2(1) Shipped March 2012 Status: Released Platform

0(2)N1(1) Target: Q1CY13 Status: Released Platform

27 Nexus 5000/6000 NX-OS Software Release Planning Latest Software Release 5.2(1)N1(4) Target: Q3CY12 Status: Released Long Lived 6.0(2)N2(1) Target: Q3CY13 1HCY 12 2HCY 12 1HCY 13 2HCY (3)N2(1) Shipped March 2012 Status: Released Platform Independent Code 6.0(2)N1(1) Target: Q1CY13 Status: Released Platform Designator 1 Platform Minor Release Platform Maintenance Release 1 5.2(1) N1(4) Platform Designator N7K & MDS = no designator Platform Dependent N5K & UCS = N Code 27

28 Nexus 2000 Series

N2K-C2232TM-10GE 48 port 1/10G FEX N2K-C2232PP-10GE RJ45 downlinks RJ45 downlinks SFP+ + 4xQSFP SFP+ downlinks B22 HP

29 Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Simplified operations with revolutionary scale 240K+ Chassis Shipped N2K-C2248TP-E-1GE N2K-C2248TP-1GE Expanded Memory N2K-C2148T-1GE N2K-C2224TP-1GE FEX 100M/1G FEX High-density 10G FEX N2K-C2232TM-E-10GE N2K-C2232TM-10GE 48 port 1/10G FEX N2K-C2232PP-10GE RJ45 downlinks RJ45 downlinks SFP+ + 4xQSFP SFP+ downlinks B22 HP FEX B22 FTS FEX 1/10G FEX for FTS 1/10G FEX for HP Blade servers Blade servers B22 Dell FEX 1/10G FEX for Dell Blade servers 29

30 Nexus 2232TM-E Fabric Extender A newer and better 10GBase-T PHY (40nm) FCoE Support Modest reduction in power consumption Technology 32 1G/10GT Downlinks BER Distance PHY Power (each side) Transceiver Latency SFP+ Copper SFP+ SR SFP+ LR 10GBASE-T 40nm ~ m ~0.1W ~0.25ms ~10-18 ~10-18 ~ m 10km 100m 1W 1W ~2.8w ~0.1ms ~0.1ms ~3ms 30

Nexus 2248PQ-10GE Fabric Extender 48 ports 10/1G Fabric Extender Design Scenario 48x 1/10GE SFP+ host interfaces 4x QSFP (16x10GE SFP+) on network interfaces Front-to-back airflow and backto-front

31 Nexus 2248PQ-10GE Fabric Extender 48 ports 10/1G Fabric Extender Design Scenario 48x 1/10GE SFP+ host interfaces 4x QSFP (16x10GE SFP+) on network interfaces Front-to-back airflow and backto-front airflow N5500, N6000 parent switch Feature parity with Nexus 2232PP Additional uplink buffers (2x16MB) High Density 10GE SFP+ ToR 10G/40G Uplink Ports Virtualized Environments Storage consolidation Predictable low latency 4 QSFP+ Uplinks 48 1G/10GE SFP+ Downlinks 31

32 Nexus B22 Support Matrix Oct 2011 Q3CY12 Dec 2012 HP HP C-Class Fujitsu Fujitsu BX400/900 Dell Dell m1000e IBM X 32

33 NX-OS Innovations

34 Key Benefits Cisco Solution Nexus Fixed Switching Innovations Flexibility Resiliency Scalability Manageability & Security FCoE ISSU DCNM A-FEX VM-FEX Unified Port FabricPath vpc Dual Layer vpc FEX Architecture FabricPath PoAP NGA TrustSec Non-disruptive operations Investment protection Faster Deployments Simplified configurations Reduced TCO Easy to Deploy Improved Utilization Ease of Management Troubleshooting Lowered OPEX Laying the foundation for the Cloud 34

35 FEX Architecture Simplified Operations and Lower cost Scalability Manageability Simultaneous support of EoR, MoR and ToR Reduction in the number of management points for ToR architectures Support for Rack and Blade server connectivity... Virtualized Access Switch Managing up to 1152 Server ports with 1RU switch 35

Fabric Extender Technology (FEX) Scalability Manageability Single point of

1BR* Many applications require multiple interfaces Cisco Nexus 2000 Series or B22

1BR emerging standard Adapter FEX VM-FEX ONE NETWORK Virtual same as physical Nexus

cisco unified fabric into OEM partner blade chassis Adapter FEX Consolidates

36 Fabric Extender Technology (FEX) Scalability Manageability Single point of management IEEE 802.1BR* Many applications require multiple interfaces Cisco Nexus 2000 Series or B22 Fabric Blade Extender IEEE 802.1BR* IEEE 802.1BR* Virtual network manager *IEEE 802.1BR emerging standard Adapter FEX VM-FEX ONE NETWORK Virtual same as physical Nexus 2000/B22 FEX Consolidates network management FEX managed as remote line card Extends cisco unified fabric into OEM partner blade chassis Adapter FEX Consolidates multiple 1GbE interface into a single 10GbE interface Extends network into server VM-FEX Consolidates virtual and physical network Each VM gets a dedicated port on switch 36

Unified Ports Compelling Business Value CAPEX OPEX BUSINESS AGILITY Allows repurposing

specific port-types Reduces physical management points with Fiber Channel and Ethernet

Allows IT to respond faster to changing business needs FC Native Fiber Channel

37 Unified Ports Compelling Business Value CAPEX OPEX BUSINESS AGILITY Allows repurposing of any switch port as either Fiber Channel or Ethernet Eliminates CAPEX lock-in with specific port-types Reduces physical management points with Fiber Channel and Ethernet available on a common device Provides rapid and seamless transition from FC to FCoE Allows IT to respond faster to changing business needs FC Native Fiber Channel Delivering Highly Flexible End-to-End Convergence Flexibility Unified Port Eth Lossless Ethernet 37

40G FCoE Support Converged and Flexible Multiprotocol Storage Connectivity Flexibility Highest Storage Bandwidth in the Market Further Cabling Consolidation in DC Further reductions

38 40G FCoE Support Converged and Flexible Multiprotocol Storage Connectivity Flexibility Highest Storage Bandwidth in the Market Further Cabling Consolidation in DC Further reductions in CapEx and OpEx Accommodate better Oversubscription and increased number of edge devices Increase deployment scale using Nexus 2000 iscsi FCoE Nexus 6004 Nexus FC SAN 38

39 Architecture Flexibility Through NX-OS All These Technologies Shipping Now! Spanning-Tree vpc FabricPath 16 Switches Active Paths Single Dual 16 Way POD Bandwidth Up to 10 Tbps Up to 20 Tbps Layer 2 Scalability Layer 2 Scalability Infrastructure Virtualization Infrastructure and Virtualization Capacity and Capacity Up to 160 Tbps 39

40 Manageability Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Contextual Dashboards Full Device Config. Best-practice Templates Hypervisor Visibility Storage Array Discovery Trend Analysis Reporting Automated Management Server Failover Support for up to 150K Devices Managing Cisco MDS and Nexus Platforms 40

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