The following table compares Cisco Nexus 7000 Series models. For a complete catalog of all Cisco Nexus switch specifications and ordering information, refer to the Cisco Switch Guide
| 4-slot | 9-slot | 10-slot | 18-slot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supervisor redundancy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| I/O module slots | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| Bandwidth per slot (Gbps) | 440 | 550 | 550 | 550 |
| Switching capacity (Tbps) | 1.92 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 17.6 |
| 1 GE port density | 96 | 336 | 384 | 768 |
| 10 GE port density | 96 | 336 | 384 | 768 |
| 40 GE port density | 12 | 42 | 48 | 96 |
| 100 GE port density | 4 | 14 | 16 | 32 |
| Rack space (RU) | 7 | 14 | 21 | 25 |
| Airflow | Side-rear | Side-side | Front-back | Side-side |
| N7K-F132XP-15 | N7K-F248XP-25 | N7K-F248XP-25E | N7K-F248XT-25E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Line card family | F1 | F2 | F2e | F2e |
| Chassis supported | All | All | All | All |
| Ports (number and type) | 32 ports, 1 and 10 GE | 48 ports, 1 and 10 GE | 48 ports, 1 and 10 GE | 48 ports, 1 and 10 GE |
| Interface type | Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP), SFP+ | SFP, SFP+ | SFP, SFP+ | RJ45 |
| Fabric bandwidth (Gbps) | 230 | 480 | 480 | 480 |
| Performance (Mpps) | 480 | 720 | 720 | 720 |
| NetFlow | N/A | Sampled | Sampled | Sampled |
| FEX support | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| vPC support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FabricPath support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Layer 3 interface | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FCoE, FabricPath support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OTV, LISP, MPLS | No | No | No | No |
| M-Series Interoperability in same VDC | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| N7K- M148GS -11L |
N7K- M148GT -11L |
N7K- M108X2 -12L |
N7K- M132XP -12L |
N7K- M224XP -23L |
N7K- M206FQ -23L |
N7K- M202CF -22L |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Line card family | M1 | M1 | M1 | M1 | M2 | M2 | M2 |
| Ports (number and type) | 48, 1 GE | 48, 10/100/1000 | 8, 10 GE | 32, 10 GE | 24, 10 GE | 6, 40 GE | 2, 40/100 GE |
| Interface type | SFP | RJ45 | X2 | SFP+ | SFP+ | QSFP+ | CFP |
| Fabric bandwidth (Gbps) | 46 | 46 | 80 | 80 | 240 | 240 | 200 |
| Performance (Mpps) | 60 | 60 | 120 | 60 | 120 | 120 | 120 |
| NetFlow | Full/ sampled |
Full/ sampled |
Full/ sampled |
Full/ sampled |
Full/ sampled |
Full/ sampled |
Full/ sampled |
| FEX support | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual PC (vPC) support |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| QinQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MPLS support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) |
No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| FCoE, FabricPath support |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| IEEE 1588 PTP | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PONG | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supervisor 2E | Supervisor 2 | Supervisor 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Dual Quad-Core Xeon | Quad-Core Xeon | Dual-Core Xeon |
| Speed (GHz) | 2.13 | 2.13 | 1.66 |
| Memory (GB) | 32 | 12 | 8 |
| Flash memory | USB | USB | Compact Flash |
| Fibre Channel over Ethernet on F2 module |
Yes | Yes | No |
| CPU share | Yes | Yes | No |
| Virtual Device Contexts (VDCs) |
8+1 admin VDC | 4+1 admin VDC | 4 |
| Cisco Fabric Extender (FEX) support |
48 FEX/1536 ports | 32 FEX/1536 ports | 32 FEX/1536 ports |
| Connectivity Management Processor (CMP) |
Not supported | Not supported | Supported |