Cisco Nexus Models Overview

  In this blog we will focus on Cisco Nexus Switches Models

+ Cisco Nexus Switches were introduced by Cisco in Jan 2008

+ These are DATA Center Switches

+ NX-OS is the operating system which runs on these switches which is quite different from the catalyst IOS .

+ There are various models in Cisco Nexus Switches which are deployed in Data Center as per requirement .

+ Gives you option of Modular and Fixed Switches .

1) Cisco Nexus 9000 Series

 

+ These can operate in ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) mode which no other switches can operate .

+ Gives you option of Modular and Fixed Switches .

+ Supports VXLAN

https://www.cisco.com/c/en_in/products/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/models-comparison.html

2) Cisco Nexus 7000 Series

 

+ Modular Switches

+ Supports DCI Technologies - OTV & LISP

+ Also supports VDC ,FCOE

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/switches/nexus-7000-series-switches/models-comparison.html

+ Nexus 7018 can provide Switching capacity upto 17.6 Tbps.

+ Nexus 7718 can provide Switching capacity upto 90 Tbps.

3) Cisco Nexus 5000 Series

 

+ Fixed Switches

+ Data Center Access Layer Switches (End of Row)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/switches/nexus-5000-series-switches/models-comparison.html

+ 10G platform switch Nexus 5672UP can provide Switching capacity upto 2.56 Tbps.

+ 40G platform switch Nexus 5624Q can provide Switching capacity upto 7.68 Tbps.

+ Supports VXLAN and FCOE

4) Cisco Nexus 3000 Series

 

+ Fixed Switches

+ The 3000 Series offers low-latency, highly programmable, high-density switches.

+ These compact fixed switches are excellent for general-purpose deployments, high-performance computing (HPC),  high-frequency trading (HFT), massively scalable data center (MSDC), and cloud networks.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/switches/nexus-3000-series-switches/models-comparison.html#~tab-nexus3600

+ Nexus 3000 can provide Switching capacity upto 176 Gbps.

+ Nexus 3600 can provide Switching capacity upto 7.2 Tbps.

5) Cisco Nexus 2000 Series

 

+  Fabric Extenders (FEX)

+  They appear as an extension to the parent switch to which they connect.

+Parent switch support spans Cisco Nexus 5000, 6000, 7000, and 9000 Series Switches and Cisco UCS fabric interconnects.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/switches/nexus-2000-series-fabric-extenders/models-comparison.html

6) Cisco Nexus 6000 Series

+ End of Sale
 

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/switches/nexus-6000-series-switches/index.html

7) Cisco Nexus 1000v Series

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/switches/nexus-1000v-switch-vmware-vsphere/index.html

+ The 1000v is a virtual switch for use in virtual environments including both VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V[2]
+ It is as such not a physical box but a software application that interacts with the hypervisor so you can virtualize the networking environment and be able to configure your system as if all virtual servers have connections to a physical switch and include the capabilities thata switch offers such as multiple VLANs per virtual interface, layer-3 options, security features etc.