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Cisco Nexus 7000 10-Slot Fabric Module

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Product Overview

The Cisco® Nexus 7000 Series Switches comprise a modular data center-class product line designed for highly scalable 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks with a fabric architecture that scales beyond 15 terabits per second (Tbps). Designed to meet the requirements of the most mission-critical data centers, it delivers continuous system operation and virtualized, pervasive services. The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series is based on a proven operating system, with enhanced features to deliver real-time system upgrades with exceptional manageability and serviceability. Its innovative design is purpose built to support end-to-end data center connectivity, consolidating IP, storage, and interprocess communication (IPC) networks onto a single Ethernet fabric.
The Cisco Nexus 7000 10-Slot Fabric Module (Figure 1) for the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series 10-Slot chassis is a separate fabric module that provides parallel fabric channels to each I/O and supervisor module slot. Up to five simultaneously active fabric modules work together delivering up to 230 Gbps per slot. Through the parallel forwarding architecture, a system capacity of over 4.1 Tbps is achieved with these first-generation modules. The fabric module provides the central switching element for the fully distributed forwarding on the I/O modules.

Figure 1. Cisco Nexus 7000 10-Slot Fabric Module

Features and Benefits

Switch fabric scalability is made possible through the support of from one to five concurrently active fabric modules for increased performance as your needs grow. All fabric modules are connected to all module slots. The addition of each extra fabric module increases the bandwidth to all module slots up to the system limit of five modules. The architecture supports lossless fabric failover, with the remaining fabric modules load balancing the bandwidth to all the I/O module slots, helping ensure graceful degradation.
The combination of the Cisco Nexus 7000 10-Slot Fabric Module and the supervisor and I/O modules supports virtual output queuing and credit-based arbitration to the crossbar switch to maximize performance of the distributed forwarding system. Virtual output queuing (VoQ) and credit-based arbitration facilitate fair sharing of resources when a speed mismatch or contention for an uplink interface exists. It also enables future support for no-drop unified I/O capabilities. Table 1 summarizes the features and benefits of the Cisco Nexus 7000 10-Slot Fabric Module.

Table 1. Features and Benefits

Feature

Benefit

High availability and redundancy

The fabrics support multilevel redundancy, where all available fabrics are active, and provide redundancy for all other fabric modules. All I/O module slots receive a fair share of the total fabric bandwidth, helping ensure lossless forwarding in the event of failover.

Scalable fabric

The fabric delivers up to 10 channels per I/O module and five channels per supervisor module for a scalable capacity of more than 4.1 Tbps for forwarding performance that can be increased as your needs grow.

Nondisruptive addition and removal of fabric modules

The switch capacity can scale with the addition of modules, with transparent upgrades for continuous operations.

Arbitrated crossbar for unicast

Class-of-service-aware forwarding is delivered in a fully distributed forwarding system that allows future enhancements to Ethernet to support unified I/O.

VoQ

In conjunction with the supervisor module, VoQ provides a quality-of-service (QoS) aware lossless fabric, avoiding the problems associated with head-of-line blocking.

Multistage crossbar fabric

System forwarding performance is maximized by a combination of local fabric switching between ports on the same module and centralized forwarding through the fabric for ports on different modules

Superframing and frame segmentation

Crossbar efficiency is optimized by the use of superframing and frame segmentation to provide deterministic latency and throughput.

Identification (ID) LED

Using the beacon feature, the administrator can clearly identify the chassis and fabric module.

Product Specifications

Table 2 lists the product specifications for the Cisco Nexus 7000 10-Slot Fabric Module.

Table 2. Product Specifications

Item

Specification

Product compatibility

Supported in the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series 10-Slot chassis

Software compatibility

Cisco NX-OS Software Release 4.0 (minimum requirement)

Performance

46 Gbps per slot per fabric

Reliability and availability
• Mean time between failure (MTBF): 649,295 hours
• Online insertion and removal (OIR) hot swap

MIBs

Supports Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Versions 3, 2c, and 1 (see the Cisco NX-OS Software release notes for details about specific MIB support)

Network management
• Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) 4.0
• Cisco VFrame Data Center 1.2

Programming interfaces
• Extensible Markup Language (XML)
• Scriptable command-line interface (CLI)
• Cisco DCNM 4.0 Web Services

Physical specifications
• Occupies one fabric module slot in a Cisco Nexus 7000 Series 10-Slot chassis
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 1.733 x 14.93 x 7.33 in. (4.4 x 37.92 x 18.62 cm)
• Weight: 4 lb (1.8 kg)

Environmental conditions
• Operating temperature: 32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
• Operational relative humidity: 5 to 90%, noncondensing
• Storage temperature: -40F to 158°F (-40 to 70°C)
• Storage relative humidity: 5 to 95%, noncondensing

Regulatory compliance
• EMC compliance
• FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) (USA) Class A
• ICES-003 (Canada) Class A
• EN55022 (Europe) Class A
• CISPR22 (International) Class A
• AS/NZS CISPR22 (Australia and New Zealand) Class A
• VCCI (Japan) Class A
• KN22 (Korea) Class A
• CNS13438 (Taiwan) Class A
• CISPR24
• EN55024
• EN50082-1
• EN61000-3-2
• EN61000-3-3
• EN61000-6-1
• EN300 386

Environmental standards
• NEBS criteria levels
• SR-3580 NEBS Level 3 (GR-63-CORE, issue 3, and GR-1089-CORE, issue 4)
• Verizon NEBS compliance
• Telecommunications Carrier Group (TCG) Checklist
• Qwest NEBS requirements
• Telecommunications Carrier Group (TCG) Checklist
• ATT NEBS requirements
• ATT TP76200 level 3 and TCG Checklist
• ETSI
• ETSI 300 019-1-1, Class 1.2 Storage
• ETSI 300 019-1-2, Class 2.3 Transportation
• ETSI 300 019-1-3, Class 3.2 Stationary Use

Safety
• UL/CSA/IEC/EN 60950-1
• AS/NZS 60950

Software Requirements

The Cisco Nexus 7000 10-Slot Fabric Module is supported in Cisco NX-OS Software. The minimum software version is Cisco NX-OS Software Release 4.0 or later.

Ordering Information

To place an order, visit the Cisco Ordering homepage. To download software, visit the Cisco Software Center. Table 3 provides ordering information.

Table 3. Ordering Information

Product Name

Part Number

Cisco Nexus 7000 10-Slot Chassis 46Gbps/Slot Fabric Module (and spare)

N7K-C7010-FAB-1

N7K-C7010-FAB-1=

Service and Support

Cisco offers a wide range of services to help accelerate your success deploying and optimizing Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches in your data center. Our innovative services are delivered through a unique combination of people, processes, tools, and partners, and are focused on helping you increase operational efficiency and improve your data center network. Cisco Advanced Services use an architecture-led approach to help you align your data center infrastructure to your business goals and provide long-term value. Cisco SMARTnet® Service helps you resolve mission critical problems with direct access anytime to Cisco network experts and award-winning resources. With this service, you can take advantage of the Smart Call Home service capability that offers proactive diagnostics, and real-time alerts on your Cisco Nexus 7000 switches. Spanning the entire network lifecycle, Cisco Services help maximize investment protection, optimize network operations, provide migration support, and strengthen your IT expertise. For more information about Cisco Data Center Services, visit: http://www.cisco.com/go/dcservices.

For More Information

For more information about the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series, visit the product homepage at: http://www.cisco.com/go/nexus or contact your local account representative.