Features and Capabilities
High Performance and Flexibility
- 48 downlink ports support 1G and 10G
- 6 flexible uplink ports support 40G, 100G, 4x10G with breakout cables, and 1x10G with QSA adapter
- Up to 2.5 terabits per second (Tbps) and up to 1.4 billion packets per second (Bpps)
- The design is optimized for ultra-low nominal latency (approximately 650 nanoseconds)
- Border Gateway Protocol Ethernet VPN (BGP EVPN) control plane offers scalable multitenancy and host mobility
Feature-Rich
- Native line-rate virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN) routing supports mobility and tenant isolation
- Integrates with Cisco Cloud Network Manager and XML management tools
- Includes scalable and cost-effective network traffic monitoring with Cisco Nexus Data Broker
Simple Operations
- Touchless boot-up with Power-On Auto-Provisioning (POAP)
- Configuration management DevOps tools support Puppet, Chef, and Ansible
- Advance programmability functions include Cisco NX-API command-line interface (CLI), NX-API representational state transfer (REST), Cisco Embedded Event Manager, and Python scripting
Specifications at a Glance
- 1-rack-unit (1RU) fixed form factor
- 16 MB of deep-shared buffer
- 48 Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) ports support 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- 6 QSFP 28 ports support 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet or 40 Gigabit Ethernet each, or 100 Gigabit Ethernet.
- 2.8 Tbps switching capacity
Data Sheets and Literature
Data Sheets
(All Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches Data Sheets)