Cisco Nexus 5548P Switch; Features; Chassis - Cisco 5000 Series Hardware Installation Manual

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Features

The Cisco Nexus 5548P switch is the first switch in the Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform. It is a one-rack-unit
(1 RU), 10-Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE switch that offers up to 960-Gbps throughput and up to 48 ports.
The switch has 32, 1- or 10-Gbps fixed small form-factor pluggable plus (SFP+) Ethernet and FCoE
ports and one expansion slot. As a top-of-rack switch, all the servers in the rack connect to the Cisco
Nexus 5548P switch, and it connects to the LAN or SAN.
The Cisco Nexus 55548 switch has the following features:
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Chassis

The Cisco Nexus 5548P switch chassis is 1 RU, 1.72 inches tall, 17.3 inches wide and 30.0 inches deep.
It is designed to be mounted in a standard 19-inch rack. The switch has two power supplies and two fans
modules on the front of the switch. The switch also has one USB port (usb1:) at the front of the switch.
This external USB flash memory is installed in a supervisor module used for storing image files,
configuration files, and other miscellaneous files. You can create directories on external flash memory
and navigate through these directories. You can also create and access files. The usb1: port usage on the
Cisco Nexus 5548 switch is the same as that on other Cisco NX-OS devices. (For details, see
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/5_x/nx-os/fundamentals/configuration/guide
/Cisco_Nexus_7000_Series_NX-OS_Fundamentals_Configuration_Guide_Release_5.x_chapter7.htm)
Thirty-two fixed 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports and expansion modules are at the rear of the switch. The
airflow is front to back.
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One slot on the back of the switch for a Gatos Expansion Module [GEM]. You can use the N55M16P
and N55 M8P8FP Modules in this slot.
Two slots on the front of the switch for hot swap-capable power supplies.
Two slots on the front of the switch for hot swap-capable fan modules. You can insert four fans per
module, which gives you a total of eight fans.
One slot at the front of the switch for a USB port.
Front-to-back cooling that supports efficient data center hot and cold-aisle designs.
Figure 1-1 shows the front of the Cisco Nexus 5548 switch.
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