Overview of the Cisco Nexus 3016 Switch
The Cisco Nexus 3016 (N3K-C3016-40GE) is a 1 rack unit (RU) switch with 16 fixed 40-Gigabit Ethernet downlink (host-facing) and uplink (network-facing) ports, 2 fixed 100/1000 management ports, 1 RS-232 console port, and 1 USB port. This switch supports both port-side exhaust and port-side intake airflow schemes. The switch requires one AC or DC power supply for operations, but it can have a second power supply for redundancy. The switch includes Layer 3 license.
The following figure shows the fan-side chassis features that you use when installing the chassis or replacing its modules.

1 |
AC or DC power supply (1 or 2) with slots numbered 1 (left) and 2 (right) |
5 |
Status LED |
2 |
Fan tray (1) |
6 |
USB port (1) |
3 |
Management ports (2) |
7 |
Console port (1) |
4 |
ID LED |
The following figure shows the port-side chassis features that you use when installing the chassis or replacing its modules.

1 |
ID LEDs |
3 |
40-Gigabit uplink or downlink ports (16) |
2 |
Status LED |
4 |
Grounding pad |