Nexus 7000 F2E-Series 48-Port Fiber 1 and 10GBASE-T Ethernet Module

Nexus 7000 F2E-Series 48-Port Fiber 1 and 10GBASE-T Ethernet Module

Subtypes

• N7K-F248XT-25E
• N7K-F248XT-25E=

The Cisco Nexus 7000 F2E 48 10GBASE-T Port Module offers outstanding flexibility and wire-rate performance on each port. The module enables the deployment of high-density, low-latency, scalable data center architectures based on the IEEE 802.3an standard, best known as 10GBASE-T.

The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches provide the foundation of the Cisco® Unified Fabric. They are a modular data center-class product line designed for highly scalable 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks. The fabric architecture scales beyond 15 terabits per second (Tbps) and is designed to support future 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. To meet the requirements of the most mission-critical network environments, the switches deliver continuous system operations and virtualized services. The Cisco Nexus 7000 Switches is powered by the proven Cisco NX-OS Software operating system, with enhanced features to deliver real-time system upgrades with exceptional manageability and serviceability. Its innovative unified fabric design is purpose built to support consolidation of IP and storage networks on a single lossless Ethernet fabric.

The 10GBASE-T solution for the Cisco Nexus 7000 Switches delivers high-performance, cost-effective, and efficient next-generation RJ-45-based server connectivity. Based on the IEEE 802.3an standard, 10GBASE-T is a crucial technology for designing next-generation data center architectures with:

• Reduced deployment costs through integrated 10 Gigabit Ethernet, lower cable costs, and flexible cable lengths
• Simplified transition to 10 Gigabit Ethernet through backward compatibility with existing 1 Gigabit Ethernet networks
• Preserved user experience and expertise of previous generations of BASE-T
• New consolidation usage models to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) with advanced I/O virtualization and unified networking

The Cisco Nexus 7000 F2e Copper Module (Figure 1) is a low-latency, high-performance, high-density 10GBASE-T Ethernet module designed for mission-critical data center networks. The Cisco Nexus 7000 F2e Copper Module provides the highest density of wire-rate 10GBASE-T Ethernet ports on the market, with up to 768 wire-rate 10GBASE-T Ethernet ports in a single system, through the use of the Cisco Nexus 7000 18-Slot Switch chassis (Table 1).

The Cisco Nexus 7000 F2e-Series Copper Module is built with switch-on-chip (SoC) architecture, in which a single application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) implements all the module functions, including ingress buffering, forwarding lookup operations, access control lists (ACLs), quality-of-service (QoS) tables, fabric interfaces, and virtual output queuing (VOQ). Each SoC manages four front-panel interfaces. This type of design increases performance while lowering the power and cooling requirements of the module.

Each port of the Cisco Nexus 7000 F2e Copper Module can also be used at 1 Gigabit Ethernet speed, allowing IT departments to migrate their servers base to 10GBASE-T based on the specific needs of their networks. Excellent for end-of-row (EoR) and middle-of-row (MoR) designs, the Cisco Nexus 7000 F2e Copper Module provides flexibility and scalability and a comprehensive feature set.

The Cisco Nexus 7000 F2e Copper Module offers customers low 10GBASE-T power consumption, with less than 9 watts (W) per port for typical deployment scenarios. The power efficiency of the module is further improved by enabling the Energy-Efficient Ethernet function.

A standard developed by the IEEE 802.3az task force, Energy-Efficient Ethernet (Figure 2) is a set of enhancements that enables less power consumption in response to changes in network demand. By sending a low-power-idle (LPI) indication signal for a specified time, the transmit chips in the system can be turned off. LPI is sent periodically to refresh the sleep mode. When there is data to transmit, a normal idle signal is sent to wake the transmit system before data is sent. The data link is considered to be always operational because the receive signal circuit remains active even when the transmit path is in sleep mode.

By enabling Energy-Efficient Ethernet the Cisco Nexus 7000 F2e Copper Module, organizations can achieve an additional 15 percent power reduction in typical deployments.

The module’s power efficiency is achieved without compromising its capabilities. Besides the traditional Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding capabilities, the Cisco Nexus 7000 F2e Copper Module delivers Cisco FabricPath technology based on IETF TRILL. Cisco FabricPath consists of a set of multipath Ethernet technologies, combining the reliability and scalability benefits of Layer 3 routing with the flexibility and “plug-and-play” aspects of Layer 2 Ethernet networks.

With Cisco FabricPath, organizations can now build resilient and flexible Layer 2 networks, no longer relying on Spanning Tree Protocol and its inherent bisectional bandwidth limitations.

• Operational simplicity: Cisco FabricPath embeds an autodiscovery mechanism that does not require any additional platform configuration. By offering Layer 2 connectivity, this “VLAN anywhere” characteristic simplifies provisioning and offers workload flexibility across the network.
• High resiliency and performance: Because Cisco FabricPath is a Layer 2 routed protocol, it offers stability, scalability, and optimized resiliency along with network failure containment.
• Massively scalable fabric: By building a forwarding model on 16-way equal-cost multipath (ECMP), Cisco FabricPath helps prevent bandwidth bottlenecks and allows capacity to be added dynamically, without network disruption.

The Cisco Nexus 7000 F2e-Series Copper Module offers exceptional security with integrated hardware support for Cisco

TrustSec® technology, including line-rate data confidentiality, data integrity, and ACL processing for security group tags (SGTs). Data confidentiality and integrity conforming to the IEEE MAC security standard (IEEE 802.1AE MACsec) is supported on all ports with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher, using a 128-bit key1. New security ACLs are enhanced through hardware support for Cisco metadata headers capable of carrying SGTs. Security group ACLs (SGACLs) use SGT information to provide hardware-based enforcement of security policies, removing dependencies on IP addresses, thus improving scalability and simplifying manageability.

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Specifications
Product compatibility	Supported in all Cisco Nexus 7000 Series chassis
Software compatibility	Cisco NX-OS Software Release 6.1.2 or later (minimum requirement)
Front-panel LEDs	• Status: Green (operational), red (faulty), or orange (module booting) • Link: Green (port enabled and connected), orange (port disabled), off (port enabled and not connected), or blinking green and orange in conjunction with ID LED blue (port flagged for identification; beacon) • ID: Blue (operator has flagged this card for identification; beacon) or off (module not flagged)
Programming interfaces	• XML • Scriptable command-line interface (CLI) • Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) GUI
Connectivity	48 ports of 1 and 10GBASE-T with RJ-45 cabling
Maximum port density	• 768 ports of 1 and 10GBASE-T Ethernet for 18-slot chassis • 384 ports of 1 and 10GBASE-T Ethernet for 10-slot chassis • 336 ports of 1 and 10GBASE-T Ethernet for 9-slot chassis • 96 ports of 1 and 10GBASE-T Ethernet for 4-slot chassis
Queues per port	Configurable template-based queuing modes: • Ingress (4q1t and 2q1t) • Egress (1p3q1t, 2p2q1t, and 3p1q1t)
VOQ buffer	72 MB per module
Scheduler	Deficit-Weighted Round-Robin (DWRR)
Jumbo frame support for bridged and routed packets	Up to 9216 bytes
Performance	720-million packets per second (mpps) Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding capacity for both IPv4 and IPv6 packets
MAC address entries	16,384 per SoC, and up to 196,608 per module (depending on VLAN allocation)
VLAN	4096 simultaneous VLANs per VDC
IPv4 entries	32,768
IPv6 entries	16,384
Adjacency entries	16,384
Access control lists (ACLs)	16,384 per SoC, and up to 196,608 per module (depending on ACL type and interface configuration)
Policers	1024 per SoC
Control Plane Policing (CPP)	Supported
Sampled NetFlow	Up to 256 programmable sampling rates
Physical dimensions	• Occupies one I/O module slot in a Cisco Nexus 7000 Series chassis • Dimensions (H x W x D): 1.733 x 15.3 x 21.9 in. (4.4 x 38.9 x 55.6 cm) • Weight: 14 lb (6.3 kg)
Power consumption	• Typical: 420W • Maximum: 550W
Environmental conditions	• Operating temperature: 32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C) • Operatiing relative humidity: 5 to 90%, noncondensing • Storage temperature: -40F to 158°F (-40 to 70°C) • Storage relative humidity: 5 to 95%, noncondensing
Regulatory compliance	• EMC compliance • FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) (USA) Class A • ICES-003 (Canada) Class A • EN55022 (Europe) Class A • CISPR22 (International) Class A • AS/NZS CISPR22 (Australia and New Zealand) Class A • VCCI (Japan) Class A • KN22 (Korea) Class A • CNS13438 (Taiwan) Class A • CISPR24 • EN55024 • EN50082-1 • EN61000-3-2 • EN300 386
Environmental standards	• NEBS criteria levels • SR-3580 NEBS Level 3 (GR-63-CORE, issue 3, and GR-1089-CORE, issue 5) • Verizon NEBS compliance • Telecommunications Carrier Group (TCG) Checklist • Qwest NEBS requirements • Telecommunications Carrier Group (TCG) Checklist • ATT NEBS requirements • ATT TP76200 level 3 and TCG Checklist • ETSI • ETSI 300 019-2-1, Class 1.2 Storage • ETSI 300 019-2-2, Class 2.3 Transportation • ETSI 300 019-2-3, Class 3.2 Stationary Use
Safety	• UL/CSA/IEC/EN 60950-1 Second Ed • AS/NZS 60950-1

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