Hardware Support for SAN Switching

Hardware Support for SAN Switching

The following table lists the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series hardware that supports SAN switching.

Table 1. Cisco Nexus 9300 Series Switches: Supported Hardware

Model (PID)

FC E Port

FCoE E Port

FC Edge Port

FCoE Edge Port

FEX Support

N9K-C93180YC-FX

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

N9K-C93360YC-FX2

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

The following FC SFPs are supported:

  • DS-SFP-FC8G-SW

  • DS-SFP-FC16G-SW

  • DS-SFP-FC32G-SW

  • DS-SFP-FC32G LW is supported only for long distance ISLs (supported on N9K-C93180YC-FX)

Supported Platforms

Starting with Cisco NX-OS release 7.0(3)I7(1), use the Nexus Switch Platform Support Matrix to know from which Cisco NX-OS releases various Cisco Nexus 9000 and 3000 switches support a selected feature.