Cisco Nexus 5596UP Switch

Buy or sell a Used Cisco Nexus 5596UP Switch. Multiple configurations are available. Please contact us by phone or filling out our quote form for current pricing and availability.

Cisco Nexus 5596UP Switch

Product Details

Manufacturer: Cisco
Part #: Cisco Nexus 5596UP Switch
Price: Contact Us
Warranty: 90 Days

Quote This Equipment
Sell One Like This
View Spec Sheet


Cisco Nexus 5596UP Switch

As part of the network foundation of Unified Fabric, the Cisco Nexus 5596UP Switch delivers innovative architectural flexibility, infrastructure simplicity, and business agility, with support for networking standards. For traditional, virtualized, unified, and high-performance computing (HPC) environments, it offers a long list of IT and business advantages, including:

Architectural Flexibility

  • Unified ports that support traditional Ethernet, Fibre Channel (FC),and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
  • Synchronizes system clocks with accuracy of less than one microsecond, based on IEEE 1588
  • Offers converged Fabric extensibility, based on emerging standard IEEE 802.1BR, with Fabric Extender (FEX) Technology portfolio, including:
    • Cisco Nexus 2000 FEX
    • Adapter FEX
    • VM-FEX

Infrastructure Simplicity

  • Common high-density, high-performance, data-center-class, fixed-form-factor platform
  • Consolidates LAN and storage
  • Supports any transport over an Ethernet-based fabric, including Layer 2 and Layer 3 traffic
  • Supports storage traffic, including iSCSI, NAS, FC, RoE, and IBoE
  • Reduces management points with FEX Technology

Business Agility

  • Meets diverse data center deployments on one platform
  • Provides rapid migration and transition for traditional and evolving technologies
  • Offers performance and scalability to meet growing business needs

Specifications at a Glance

  • A 2-rack-unit, 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet switch
  • Forty-eight fixed Unified Ports on base chassis, and three modules totaling 96 ports
  • Three modules include Unified Ports, 1/2/4/8 native Fibre Channel, and Ethernet/FCoE
  • Throughput of up to 1.92 terabits/second

For quickest response, please complete the buy/sell form at the top of the page.

Since 1982, Spectra is your global source for used and refurbished Cisco Routers and Switches!

Specifications
Rack unit (RU) 2
Switching capacity 1.92 Tbps
Expansion slots 3
Unified Ports Yes
Fixed, built-in ports 48
1/10 GE, 10- Gbps FCoE port density Up to 96
1/10G BASE-T N
40 GE uplinks Up to 4 (through expansion module)
Fibre Channel port density (8/4/2/1 Gbps) Up to 96
160-Gbps Layer 3 routing engine Expansion module
Fabric extender support Yes, up to 24
Hot-swappable power supplies and fan trays Yes
Air flow Front-back and back-front