Cisco networking
Cisco Nexus 3000, 5000, 9000 series
Cisco data center switches on NX-OS: Nexus 9300 leaf and 9500 spine for 10/25/100/400 GbE fabrics, with vPC for host redundancy and optional ACI fabric mode.
Cisco data center switches on NX-OS: Nexus 9300 leaf and 9500 spine for 10/25/100/400 GbE fabrics, with vPC for host redundancy and optional ACI fabric mode. Nexus 3000 for low-latency and 5000/2000 fabric extenders in older designs.
Field notes
Top-of-rack for server rooms at 25 GbE, with vPC pairs. NX-OS licensing tiers unlock Layer 3 and VXLAN features.
Models
| Model | Ports and notes | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nexus 3000 series (3048, 3064, 3172, 3548) | 48x 1 GbE or 10 GbE, 40 GbE uplinks, low latency | previous |
| Nexus 5500 / 5600 with 2000 fabric extenders | 10/40 GbE, FCoE, FEX architecture | end of life |
| Nexus 9300 series (93180YC-FX3, 93240YC, 9336C-FX2) | 48x 25 GbE + 6x 100 GbE, or 36x 100 GbE, vPC, VXLAN | current |
| Nexus 9500 series (9504, 9508, 9516) | Modular spine, 100/400 GbE line cards | current |
What RackLedge does
- Design and configuration of Cisco Nexus 3000, 5000, 9000 series deployments
- Installation, stacking and uplink design
- Firmware updates and configuration backups
- Troubleshooting: spanning tree, PoE budgets, VLAN and routing issues
- Replacement planning for end-of-life models
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