Cisco Nexus 3000 series Hardware Installation Guide

CHAPTER 1
Overview
• Overview of the Cisco Nexus 3016 Switch, on page 1
• Overview of the Cisco Nexus 3048TP Switch, on page 3
• Overview of the Cisco Nexus 3064 Switches, on page 5
• Overview of the Cisco Nexus 3132Q Switches, on page 7
• Overview of the Cisco Nexus 3132C-Z Switch, on page 9
• Overview of the Cisco Nexus 3164Q Switch, on page 10
• Overview of the Cisco Nexus 3172 Switches, on page 12
• Overview of the Cisco Nexus 3232C Switch, on page 14
• Overview of the Cisco Nexus 3264C-E Switch, on page 15
• Overview of the Cisco Nexus 3264Q Switch, on page 20
• Overview of the Cisco Nexus 31108 Switch, on page 21
• Overview of the Cisco Nexus 31128PQ Switch, on page 23
Overview of the Cisco Nexus 3016 Switch
The Cisco Nexus 3016 (N3K-C3016-40GE) is a 1 rack unit (RU) switch with 16 fixed 40-Gigabit Ethernet
downlink (host-facing) and uplink (network-facing) ports, 2 fixed 100/1000 management ports, 1 RS-232
console port, and 1 USB port. This switch supports both port-side exhaust and port-side intake airflow schemes.
The switch requires one AC or DC power supply for operations, but it can have a second power supply for
redundancy. The switch includes Layer 3 license.
The following figure shows the fan-side chassis features that you use when installing the chassis or replacing
its modules.
Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Cisco Nexus 3000 series Specifications

General

Category	Switch
Latency	Sub-microsecond
Typical Power Consumption	Varies by model
Layer	L2/L3
Management	CLI, SNMP
Port Density	Varies by model
Forwarding Capacity	Up to 2.4 Bpps