Compare Models

The following table compares hardware capabilities of Cisco Nexus 7000 Series models. Please consult your Cisco representative and refer to NX-OS release notes to confirm available software support and the appropriate Cisco NX-OS Software release required to enable these features.

Supervisors

 Nexus 7700 Supervisor 3ENexus 7700 Supervisor 2ENexus 7000 Supervisor 2ENexus 7000 Supervisor 2Nexus 7000 Supervisor 1
CPUIntel Broadwell DE (8 cores)Dual Quad-Core XeonDual Quad-Core XeonQuad-Core XeonDual-Core Xeon
Speed (GHz)2.02.132.132.131.66
Memory (GB)643232128
Flash memoryUSBUSBUSBUSBCompact Flash
SSD240 GBNoNoNoNo
Fibre Channel over
Ethernet on F2 module
 YesYesYesNo
CPU share YesYesYesNo
Virtual Device Contexts
(VDCs)
8+1 admin VDC8+1 admin VDC8+1 admin VDC4+1 admin VDC4
Cisco Fabric Extender
(FEX) support
64 FEX/3072 ports64 FEX/3072 ports64 FEX/3072 ports32 FEX/1536 ports32 FEX/1536 ports
Connectivity Management
Processor (CMP)
Not supportedNot supportedNot supportedNot supportedSupported

M-Series I/O Modules

 N7K-M224XP-23LN7K-M206FQ-23LN7K-M202CF-22LN7K-M348XP-25LN7K-M324FQ-25LN77-M348XP-23LN77-M324FQ-25LN77-M312CQ-26L
Line card familyM2M2M2M3M3M3M3M3
Chassis supportedCisco Nexus 7000Cisco Nexus 7000Cisco Nexus 7000Cisco Nexus 7000Cisco Nexus 7000Cisco Nexus 7700Cisco Nexus 7700Cisco Nexus 7700
Ports (number and type)24 x 10 GE6 x 40 GE2 x 40/100 GE48 x 1/10 GE24 x 40 GE48 x 1/10GE24 x 40GE12 x 100G
Interface typeSFP+QSFP+CFPSFP, SFP+QSFP+SFP, SFP+QSFP+QSFP28
Fabric bandwidth (Gbps)2402402004805504809601200
Performance (Mpps)120120120720144072014401800
NetFlowFull/Full/Full/     
 sampledsampledsampledSampledSampledSampledSampledSampled
Virtual Port Channel (vPC) supportYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
FabricPathNoNoNoYesYesYesYesYes
VXLANNoNoNoYesYesYesYesYes
BGP-EVPNNoNoNoYesYesYesYesYes
Encryption128-bit128-bit128-bit128- and 256-bit128- and 256-bit128- and 256-bit128- and 256-bit128- and 256-bit
Cisco TrustSecYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
FEX supportYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
QinQYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
MPLSYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV)YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)NoNoNoHardware-readyHardware-readyHardware-readyHardware-readyHardware-ready
FCoENoNoNoHardware-readyHardware-readyHardware-readyHardware-readyHardware-ready
IEEE 1588 PTPYesYesYesHardware-readyHardware-readyHardware-readyHardware-readyHardware-ready
PONGYesYesYesHardware-readyHardware-readyHardware-readyHardware-readyHardware-ready
F-Series Interoperability in the same VDCYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

F-Series I/O Modules

 N7K-F248XP-25EN7K-F312FQ-25N7K-F306CK-25N77-F348XP-23N77-F324FQ-25N77-F312CK-26N77-F430CQ-36
Line card familyF2eF3F3F3F3F3F4
Chassis supportedCisco Nexus 7000Cisco Nexus 7000Cisco Nexus 7000Cisco Nexus 7700Cisco Nexus 7700Cisco Nexus 7700Cisco Nexus 7700
Ports (number and type)48 ports, 1 and 10 GE12 port 40 GE6 port 100 GE48 port 1 and 10 GE24 port 40 GE12 port 100 GE30 Port 100GE
Interface typeSFP, SFP+Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable Plus (QSFP+), Bidirectional (Bidi)Cisco CPAKSFP, SFP+QSFP+, BidiCisco CPAKQSFP28
Fabric bandwidth (Gbps)48048060048096012002400
Performance (Mpps)720720900720144018003450
NetFlowSampledSampledSampledSampledSampledSampledSampled
Cisco Fabric Extender (FEX) supportYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Virtual Port Channel (vPC) supportYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Layer 3 interfaceYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) supportYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV), Cisco Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP), Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)NoYesYesYesYesYesYes
VXLAN/EVPNNoHardware ReadyHardware ReadyHardware ReadyHardware ReadyHardware ReadyYes
M-Series Interoperability in same VDCYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Chassis

 7000 4-slot7000 9-slot7000 10-slot7000 18-slot7700 2-slot7700 6-slot7700 10-slot7700 18-slot
Supervisor redundancyYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYes
I/O module slots2781614816
Bandwidth per slot (Gbps)440 Gbps550 Gbps550 Gbps550 Gbps1.3 Tbps2.8 Tbps2.8 Tbps1.3 Tbps
Switching capacity (Tbps)1.927.78.817.65234590
1 GE port density9633638476848192384768
10 GE port density9633638476848192384768
40 GE port density24849619260120240480
100 GE port density1242489660120240480
Rack space (RU)7142125391426
AirflowSide-rearSide-sideFront-backSide-sideFront-backFront-backFront-backFront-back