CISCO NEXUS 5596UP
● Cisco Nexus 5596UP and 5596T: Layer 2 hardware forwarding at 1920 Gbps or 1428 mpps; Layer 3 performance of up to 160 Gbps or 240 mpps
● MAC address table entries: 32,000
● Low-latency cut-through design that provides predictable, consistent traffic latency regardless of packet size, traffic pattern, or enabled features on 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
● Line-rate traffic throughput on all ports
Cisco Nexus 5596UP: 48 fixed ports configurable as 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE or 8/4/2/1-Gbps native Fibre Channel; additional interfaces through up to three expansion modules
Expansion modules
● 16-port 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE module
Layer 3 module (Cisco Nexus 5596UP and 5596T only; one per system)
Layer 2 Features
● Layer 2 switch ports and VLAN trunks
● IEEE 802.1Q VLAN encapsulation
● Support for up to 4096 VLANs
● Rapid Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVRST+) (IEEE 802.1w compatible)
● Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) (IEEE 802.1s): 64 instances
● Spanning Tree PortFast
● Spanning Tree root guard
● Spanning Tree Bridge Assurance
● Cisco EtherChannel technology (up to 16 ports per EtherChannel)
● Cisco vPC technology
● Enhanced vPC enable vPC between Cisco Nexus 5000 and 2000 Series as well as between Cisco Nexus 3000 Series and end host
● vPC configuration synchronization
● Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP): IEEE 802.3ad
● Advanced port channel hashing based on Layer 2, 3, and 4 information
● Jumbo frames on all ports (up to 9216 bytes)
● Pause frames (IEEE 802.3x)
● Storm control (unicast, multicast, and broadcast)
● Private VLANs
● Private VLAN over trunks (isolated and promiscuous)
● Private VLANs over vPC and EtherChannels
● VLAN Remapping
● Cisco FabricPath
● EvPC and vPC+ with FabricPath
● Cisco Adapter FEX
● Cisco Data Center VM FEX
● Support for up to 24 fabric extenders on each Cisco Nexus 5500 platform
Layer 3 Features
● Layer 3 interfaces: Routed ports on Cisco Nexus 5500 platform interfaces, switch virtual interface (SVI), port channels, subinterfaces, and port channel subinterfaces for a total of 4096 entries
● Support for up to 8000 prefixes and up to 16000 IPv4 and 8000 IPv6 host entries
● Support for up to 8000 multicast routes
● Support for up to 8000 IGMP groups
● Support for 1000 VRF entries
● Support for up to 4096 VLANs
● 16-way equal-cost multipathing (ECMP)
● 1664 ingress and 2048 egress access control list (ACL) entries
● Routing protocols: Static, Routing Information Protocol Version2 (RIPv2), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Open Shortest Path First Version 2 (OSPFv2), and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
● IPv6 Routing Protocols: Static, Open Shortest Path First Version 3 (OPFv3), Border Gateway Protocol (BGPv6), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRPv6)
● IPv6 VRF Lite
● Hot-Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) and Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
● ACL: Routed ACL with Layer 3 and 4 options to match ingress and egress ACL
● Multicast: Protocol Independent Multicast Version 2 (PIMv2) sparse mode, Source Specific Multicast (SSM), Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP), Internet Group Management Protocol Versions 2, and 3 (IGMP v2, and v3), and Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR)
● Virtual Route Forwarding (VRF): VRF-lite (IP VPN); VRF-aware unicast; and BGP-, OSPF-, RIP-, and VRF-aware multicast
● Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRFP) with ACL; strict and loose modes
● Jumbo frame support (up to 9216 bytes)
● Support for up to 16 fabric extender on each Nexus 5500 with L3 modules
● RFC 896
QoS
● Layer 2 IEEE 802.1p (CoS)
● 8 hardware queues per port
● Per-port QoS configuration
● CoS trust
● Port-based CoS assignment
● Modular QoS CLI (MQC) compliance - IPv4 and IPv6
● ACL-based QoS classification (Layers 2, 3, and 4)
● MQC CoS marking
● Per-port virtual output queuing
● CoS-based egress queuing
● Egress strict-priority queuing
● Egress port-based scheduling: Weighted Round-Robin (WRR)
● Control Plan Policing (CoPP) - IPv4 and IPv6
Security
● Ingress ACLs (standard and extended) on Ethernet and virtual Ethernet ports
● Standard and extended Layer 2 ACLs: MAC addresses, protocol type, etc.
● Standard and extended Layer 3 to 4 ACLs: IPv4 and IPv6, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP and ICMPv6), TCP, User Datagram Protocol (UDP), etc.
● VLAN-based ACLs (VACLs)
● Port-based ACLs (PACLs)
● Named ACLs
● Optimized ACL distribution
● ACLs on virtual terminals (VTYs)
● ACL logging on management interface
● Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) snooping with Option 82
● Dynamic Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Inspection
● IP source guard
● DHCP relay
● Cisco CTS (Authentication and Policy download from ACS)
● Ethernet Port Security
● IPv6 RACL
● IPv6 PACL
● IPv6 VACL
High-Availability Features
● In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) for Layer 2
● Hot-swappable field-replaceable power supplies, fan modules, and expansion modules
● 1:1 power redundancy
● N:1 fan module redundancy
Management
● Switch management using 10/100/1000-Mbps management or console ports
● CLI-based console to provide detailed out-of-band management
● In-band switch management
● Locator and beacon LEDs on Cisco Nexus 2000 Series
● Port-based locator and beacon LEDs
● Configuration synchronization
● Module preprovisioning
● Configuration rollback
● Secure Shell Version 2 (SSHv2)
● Telnet
● AAA
● AAA with RBAC
● RADIUS
● TACACS+
● Syslog (8 servers)
● Embedded packet analyzer
● SNMPv1, v2, and v3 (IPv4 & IPv6)
● Enhanced SNMP MIB support
● XML (NETCONF) support
● Remote monitoring (RMON)
● Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for management traffic
● Unified username and passwords across CLI and SNMP
● Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (MS-CHAP)
● Digital certificates for management between switch and RADIUS server
● Cisco Discovery Protocol Versions 1 and 2
● RBAC
● Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) on physical, port channel, VLAN, and Fibre Channel interfaces
● Encapsulated Remote SPAN (ERSPAN)
● Ingress and egress packet counters per interface
● Network Time Protocol (NTP)
● Cisco GOLD
● Comprehensive bootup diagnostic tests
● Call Home
● Smart Call Home
● Cisco Fabric Manager
● Cisco DCNM
● CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution (LMS)
Data Center Bridging
● CEE- and IEEE-compliant PFC (per-priority Pause frame support)
● PFC link distance support: 3000m
● CEE-compliant DCBX Protocol
● CEE- and IEEE-compliant Enhanced Transmission Selection
Fibre Channel and FCoE Features (Requires Storage Services License)
● T11 standards-compliant FCoE (FC-BB-5)
● T11 FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) (FC-BB-5)
● Any 10 Gigabit Ethernet port configurable as FCoE
● SAN administration separate from LAN administration
● FCP
● Fibre Channel forwarding (FCF)
● Fibre Channel standard port types: E, F, and NP
● Fibre Channel enhanced port types: VE, TE, and VF
● F-port trunking
● F-port channeling
● Direct attachment of FCoE and Fibre Channel targets
● Up to 240 buffer credits per native Fibre Channel port
● Up to 32 VSANs per switch
● Fibre Channel (SAN) port channel
● Native Interop Mode 1
● Native Interop Mode 2
● Native Interop Mode 3
● Native Interop Mode 4
● VSAN trunking
● Fabric Device Management Interface (FDMI)
● Fibre Channel ID (FCID) persistence
● Distributed device alias services
● In-order delivery
● Port tracking
● Cisco N-Port Virtualization (NPV) technology
● N-port identifier virtualization (NPIV)
● Fabric services: Name server, registered state change notification (RSCN), login services, and name-server zoning
● Per-VSAN fabric services
● Cisco Fabric Services
● Diffie-Hellman Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (DH-CHAP) and Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP)
● Distributed device alias services
● Host-to-switch and switch-to-switch FC-SP authentication
● Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF)
● Fabric binding for Fibre Channel
● Standard zoning
● Port security
● Domain and port
● Enhanced zoning
● SAN port channels
● Cisco Fabric Analyzer
● Fibre Channel traceroute
● Fibre Channel ping
● Fibre Channel debugging
● Cisco Fabric Manager support
● Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S)
● Boot from SAN over VPC/EVPC
SNMP MIBs
Generic MIBs
● SNMPv2-SMI
● CISCO-SMI
● SNMPv2-TM
● SNMPv2-TC
● IANA-ADDRESS-FAMILY-NUMBERS-MIB
● IANAifType-MIB
● IANAiprouteprotocol-MIB
● HCNUM-TC
● CISCO-TC
● SNMPv2-MIB
● SNMP-COMMUNITY-MIB
● SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB
● SNMP-NOTIFICATION-MIB
● SNMP-TARGET-MIB
● SNMP-USER-BASED-SM-MIB
● SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB
● CISCO-SNMP-VACM-EXT-MIB
Layer 3 MIBs
● UDP-MIB
● TCP-MIB
● OSPF-MIB
● BGP4-MIB
● CISCO-HSRP-MIB
Ethernet MIBs
● CISCO-VLAN-MEMBERSHIP-MIB
● CISCO-Virtual-Interface-MIB
Configuration MIBs
● ENTITY-MIB
● IF-MIB
● CISCO-ENTITY-EXT-MIB
● CISCO-ENTITY-FRU-CONTROL-MIB
● CISCO-ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB
● CISCO-FLASH-MIB
● CISCO-SYSTEM-MIB
● CISCO-SYSTEM-EXT-MIB
● CISCO-IP-IF-MIB
● CISCO-IF-EXTENSION-MIB
● CISCO-SERVER-INTERFACE-MIB
● CISCO-NTP-MIB
● CISCO-IMAGE-MIB
● CISCO-IMAGE-CHECK-MIB
● CISCO-IMAGE-UPGRADE-MIB
● CISCO-CONFIG-COPY-MIB
● CISCO-ENTITY-VENDORTYPE-OID-MIB
● CISCO-BRIDGE-MIB
Monitoring MIBs
● DIFFSERV-DSCP-TC
● NOTIFICATION-LOG-MIB
● DIFFSERV-MIB
● CISCO-CALLHOME-MIB
● CISCO-SYSLOG-EXT-MIB
● CISCO-PROCESS-MIB
● RMON-MIB
● CISCO-RMON-CONFIG-MIB
● CISCO-HC-ALARM-MIB
Security MIBs
● CISCO-AAA-SERVER-MIB
● CISCO-AAA-SERVER-EXT-MIB
● CISCO-COMMON-ROLES-MIB
● CISCO-COMMON-MGMT-MIB
● CISCO-RADIUS-MIB
● CISCO-SECURE-SHELL-MIB
● TCP/IP MIBs
● INET-ADDRESS-MIB
● TCP-MIB
● CISCO-TCP-MIB
● UDP-MIB
● IP-MIB
● CISCO-IP-PROTOCOL-FILTER-MIB
● CISCO-DNS-CLIENT-MIB
● CISCO-PORTSECURITY- MIB
Miscellaneous MIBs
● START-MIB
● CISCO-LICENSE-MGR-MIB
● CISCO-FEATURE-CONTROL-MIB
● CISCO-CDP-MIB
● CISCO-RF-MIB
● CISCO-ETHERNET-FABRIC-EXTENDER-MIB
● CISCO-BRIDGE-MIB
Standards
Industry Standards
● IEEE 802.1D: Spanning Tree Protocol
● IEEE 802.1p: CoS prioritization
● IEEE 802.1Q: VLAN tagging
● IEEE 802.1Qaz: Enhanced transmission selection
● IEEE 802.1Qbb: Per-priority Pause
● IEEE 802.1s: Multiple VLAN instances of Spanning Tree Protocol
● IEEE 802.1w: Rapid reconfiguration of Spanning Tree Protocol
● IEEE 802.3: Ethernet
● IEEE 802.3ad: LACP with fast timers
● IEEE 802.3ae: 10 Gigabit Ethernet
● SFF 8431 SFP+ CX1 support
● RMON
● IEEE 1588-2008: Precision Time Protocol (Boundary Clock)
Fibre Channel Standards
● FC- PH, Revision 4.3 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994)
● FC-PH, Amendment 1 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994/AM1 1996)
● FC-PH, Amendment 2 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994/AM2-1999)
● FC-PH-2, Revision 7.4 (ANSI/INCITS 297-1997)
● FC-PH-3, Revision 9.4 (ANSI/INCITS 303-1998)
● FC-PI, Revision 13 (ANSI/INCITS 352-2002)
● FC-PI-2, Revision 10 (ANSI/INCITS 404-2006)
● FC-PI-4, Revision 7.0
● FC-FS, Revision 1.9 (ANSI/INCITS 373-2003)
● FC-FS-2, Revision 0.91
● FC-LS, Revision 1.2
● FC-SW-2, Revision 5.3 (ANSI/INCITS 355-2001)
● FC-SW-3, Revision 6.6 (ANSI/INCITS 384-2004)
● FC-GS-3, Revision 7.01 (ANSI/INCITS 348-2001)
● FC-GS-4, Revision 7.91 (ANSI/INCITS 387-2004)
● FC-BB-5, Revision 2.0 for FCoE
● FCP, Revision 12 (ANSI/INCITS 269-1996)
● FCP-2, Revision 8 (ANSI/INCITS 350-2003)
● FCP-3, Revision 4 (ANSI/INCITS 416-2006)
● FC-MI, Revision 1.92 (INCITS TR-30-2002, except for FL-ports and Class 2)
● FC-MI-2, Revision 2.6 (INCITS TR-39-2005, except for FL-ports and Class 2)
● FC-SP, Revision 1.6
● FC-DA, Revision 3.1 (INCITS TR-36-2004, except for FL-ports, SB-ports and Class 2)
● Class of Service: Class 3, Class F
● Fibre Channel standard port types: E and F
● Fibre Channel enhanced port types: SD and TE
Physical Specifications
SFP+ Optics
Cisco Nexus 5500 platform supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ copper Twinax cables for short distances and SFP+ optics (10GBASE-SR, 10GBASE-LR, 10GBASE-ER, GLC-ZX-SM and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender Transceiver [FET-10G]) for longer distances. SFP+ has several advantages compared to other 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity options:
● Small 10 Gigabit Ethernet form factor
● Optical interoperability with XENPAK, X2, and XFP interface types
● Low power consumption
● Hot-swappable device
● Cisco Nexus 5500 platform products support 8-Gbps Fibre Channel-compatible SFP+ for native Fibre Channel connectivity options; 8-Gbps Fibre Channel-compatible short-reach and 10-km long-reach SFP transceiver modules operate at 8/4/2 Gbps and are supported in the 8‑Gbps-capable native Fibre Channel ports on expansion modules and unified ports
SFP Optics
The Cisco Nexus 5500 platform supports Gigabit Ethernet SFP for Gigabit Ethernet connectivity options, available in both standard and extended temperature ranges with Digital Optical Monitoring (DOM) support. The following SFP transceiver modules are supported by hardware in all ports of the Cisco Nexus 5500 platform:
● Cisco 1000BASE-T SFP
● Cisco 1000BASE-SX SFP
● Cisco 1000BASE-LX/LR SFP
● Cisco 8/4/2/1-Gbps Fibre Channel SFP
Power Supply
Table 7 lists the power supply properties of the Cisco Nexus 5500 platform.
Table 7. Power Supply Properties
AC Power Supply Properties
Cisco Nexus 5548P and 5548UP
Cisco Nexus 5596UP
Cisco Nexus 5596T
Typical operating power
390W
660W
900W
Maximum power (Layer 2)
600W (without Layer 3 daughter card)
882W (without Layer 3 expansion module)
1050W (with 3x 10G BASE-T (Cu) expansion module)
Maximum power (Layer 3)
730W (with Layer 3 daughter card)
972W (with Layer 3 expansion module)
1050W (with 3x 10G BASE-T (Cu) expansion module)
Input voltage
100 to 240 VAC
100 to 240 VAC
100 to 240 VAC
Frequency
50 to 60 Hz
50 to 60 Hz
50 to 60 Hz
Efficiency
95 to 98% (50 to 100% load)
95 to 98% (50 to 100% load)
95 to 98% (50 to 100% load)
RoHS compliance
Yes
Yes
Yes
Hot swappable
Yes
Yes
Yes
Typical heat dissipation
1331 BTU/hr
2252 BTU/hr
3071 BTU/hr
Front-to-back air flow power supply
Yes
Yes
Yes
Back-to-front air flow power supply
Yes (only on Cisco Nexus 5548UP; need fan tray as well)
Yes
Yes
DC Power Supply Properties
Cisco Nexus 5548P and 5548UP
Cisco Nexus 5596UP
Cisco Nexus 5596T
Typical operating power
390W
680W
900W
Maximum power (Layer 2)
680W (without Layer 3 daughter card)
882W (without Layer 3 expansion module)
1050W (with 3x 10G BASE-T (Cu) expansion module)
Maximum power (Layer 3)
730W (with Layer 3 daughter card)
1079W (with Layer 3 expansion module)
1079W (with 3x 10G BASE-T (Cu) expansion module)
Input voltage
-40 to -72 VDC
-40 to -72 VDC
-40 to -72 VDC
Frequency
N/A
N/A
N/A
Efficiency
88%
88%
88%
RoHS compliance
Yes
Yes
Yes
Hot swappable
Yes
Yes
Yes
Typical heat dissipation
1331 BTU/hr
2320 BTU/hr
3071 BTU/hr
Front-to-back air flow power supply
Yes
Yes
Yes
Back-to-front air flow power supply
No
No
No
Environment
Table 8 lists the environment properties of the Cisco Nexus 5500 platform.
Table 8. Environment Properties
Property
Cisco Nexus 5548P and 5548UP
Cisco Nexus 5596UP and 5596T
Physical (height x width x depth)
1.72 x 17.3 x 29.5 in. (4.4 x 43.9 x 74.9 cm)
3.47 x 17.3 x 29.5 in. (8.8 x 43.9 x 74.9 cm)
Operating temperature
32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
Nonoperating (storage) temperature
-40 to 158°F (-40 to 70°C)
-40 to 158°F (-40 to 70°C)
Humidity
5 to 95% (noncondensing)
5 to 95% (noncondensing)
Altitude
0 to 10,000 ft (0 to 3000m)
0 to 10,000 ft (0 to 3000m)
Weight
Table 9 lists the weight of the Cisco Nexus 5500 platform switches.
Table 9. Weight
Component
Weight
Cisco Nexus 5548P or 5548UP with two 750W power supplies, 1 expansion module, and 2 fan modules
35 lb (15.88 kg)
Cisco Nexus 5596UP or 5596T with two 1100W power supplies, 3 unified port expansion modules, and 4 fan modules
47.5 lb (21.55 kg)
Software Requirements
The Cisco Nexus 5500 platform is supported by Cisco NX-OS Software Release 5.0 and later. The Cisco Nexus 5548UP, 5596UP, unified port expansion module, and Layer 3 modules are supported by Cisco NX-OS Software Release 5.0(3)N1.1 and later. The Cisco Nexus 5596T and N55-M12T (12 x 10G BASE-T Module) is supported by Cisco NX-OS Software Release 5.2(1)N1(1b) and later. FCoE support on 10G Base-T ports is supported by Cisco NX-OS Software Release 6.0(2)N1(1) and later. N55-M4Q is supported by Cisco NX-OS Software Release 6.0(2)N1(2) and later. Cisco NX-OS interoperates with any networking OS, including Cisco IOS Software, that conforms to the networking standards mentioned in this data sheet.
For the latest software release information and recommendations, please see the product bulletin at http://www.cisco.com/go/nexus5000.
Regulatory Standards Compliance
Table 10 summarizes regulatory standards compliance for the Cisco Nexus 5500 platform.
BASIC BGP
ADV. BGP