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Nexus 5596UP Switch
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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:
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
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