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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches
- Highest switching capacity; up to 550 Gigabits per slot, 17.6 terabits per chassis
- Highest 1,10, 40, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet scalability
- Advanced Services and high availability; hitless In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)
- Comprehensive Data Center Interconnect (DCI) solution technologies
- Supports core, aggregation, and various access-layer implementations
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Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches
- Deploy up to 96 40 GE ports or 384 10 GE ports in a small four rack-unit (RU) form factor
- Delivers comprehensive integrated Layer 2 and 3 functionality at line rate and low latency
- Improves efficiency with Cisco Fabric Extender (FEX) architecture support and a comprehensive analytics tool kit
- Supports 40 GE FCoE for LAN and SAN convergence
- Is ideal for access and space constrained aggregation deployments
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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
- Increases agility with faster, more pervasive data center virtualization
- Broad connectivity support including GE, 10 GE, 10GBase-T, 40 GE, FC and FCoE
- Supports comprehensive Layer 2 and 3 features for LAN and SAN traffic
- Enhances business resilience through greater operational continuity
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Cisco Nexus 4000 Series Switches
- Reduces number of switches, network interface cards, and power requirements
- Purpose-built with Unified Switch ASIC [Line-rate, extremely low-latency 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch
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Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
- Algo Boost capability provides exceptional performance, visibility, and control
- Ultra-low latency for High Frequency Trading (HFT) and Big Data environments
- Increased application performance through wire-rate Layer 3 switching
- Simplified management with Python scripting, EEM, and XML management tools
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Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
- Fabric extensibility with single point of management
- Provides 100 MB, 1 GE, to 10 GE server connectivity with 10 GE and 40 GE uplinks
- Reduces data center cabling costs and footprint, optimizes inter-rack cabling
- Extends to partner blade servers such as HP and Fujitsu
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Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch
- Integrates directly with server hypervisors
- Delivers virtual machine-aware network services such as VM mobility in cloud environments
- Accelerates server virtualization deployments and simplifies management
- Reduces total cost of ownership; provides consistency and network visibility
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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches
- Provides investment protection for traditional data centers
- Delivers enhanced operational management, high availability
- Simplifies infrastructure and adopts pervasive network security
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Cisco Catalyst 4900 Series Switches
- Supports up to 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
- Provides up to 320 Gbps forwarding capacity
- Supports critical routing protocols and IPv6 in hardware
- Features hot-swappable, redundant power supply and fans
All Products
The Cisco Nexus and Catalyst families of switches are designed to meet the stringent requirements of the next-generation data center.
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
Cisco Nexus 1100 Series Virtual Services Appliances
Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch for VMware vSphere
Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch for Microsoft Hyper-V
Cisco Data Center Network Manager
Cisco Fabric Manager
Cisco NX-OS Software
Cisco Nexus Services
Quickly and efficiently integrate new data center solutions and technologies. Whether your business goal is data center consolidation or build-out, business continuity, or improved regulatory compliance, Cisco Nexus Services help accelerate your transition to a highly scalable Nexus platform.
- Accelerate migration to Unified Fabric (PDF - 13 KB)
- Build a more scalable, efficient, and resilient virtualized data center architecture with Cisco Nexus Services (PDF - 7.8 MB)
- Manage your network with direct, anytime access to Cisco engineers and an extensive range of technical resources with Cisco SMARTnet Service
Building a Centralized Data Center
King County simplifies network management and increases government agility with help from Cisco Services. (PDF - 96 KB)
Read Services Case StudyThe Cisco Nexus family of products provides a wide range of business benefits.
Convergence
Cisco Nexus solutions simplify the data center network by converging LANs and SANs, and by using Data Center Bridging (DCB), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocols, and Unified Ports.
- Lower total cost of ownership by up to 50 percent
- Reduce capital expenses through fewer host adapters, switches, and cables
- Cut operational expenses through reduced power, cooling, rack space, and floor space requirements
- Adopt solutions incrementally, without a complete upgrade
- Reduce disruptions to existing management and operations
Scalability
Cisco Nexus solutions help enterprises scale for the more-complex workloads of virtualization, the proliferation of virtual machines, and the challenges of cloud computing.
- Unify all network locations into one environment
- Support efficient access and use of resources, regardless of size or scope
- Provide resilient, scalable networks with predictable performance and reduced complexity
- Simplify management with fabric extensibility
Intelligence
Cisco Nexus delivers intelligent services directly into the network fabric. It transparently extends the network to encompass all network locations into a single, extended environment with consistent services and policy.
- Make services available consistently across applications and workloads
- Scale service delivery capability automatically
- Deploy applications faster, with policy-based compliance instead of physical infrastructure changes
At A Glance
- Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches
- Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
- Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
- Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
- Cisco Nexus 1100 Series Virtual Services Appliances
- Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch for VMware vSphere
- Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch for Microsoft Hyper-V
Building Next-Generation Data Centers
Resource virtualization is central to the Cisco Data Center Business Advantage architectural framework. It helps you reduce costs in three ways:
- Increases asset utilization
- Improves business resilience
- Enhances responsiveness to business needs
These next-generation virtualized data centers need a network infrastructure that delivers the full potential of technologies such as server virtualization and unified fabric.
Cisco Nexus Products
- Cisco Nexus 7000 Series: Scalable Data Center Class Platform (PDF - 1.7 MB)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches: Simplifying Data Center Transformation (PDF - 460 KB)
- Cisco Nexus 4001I Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter (PDF - 530 KB)
- Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switch: Ultra-Low Latency with Wire-Speed L2/L3 Switching (PDF - 211 KB)
- Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders (PDF - 350 KB)
- Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches (PDF - 290 KB)
Cisco Catalyst Products
- Cisco Catalyst 4948E Ethernet Switch (PDF - 400 KB)
- Cisco Catalyst 4900M Series (PDF - 440 KB)
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