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    Cisco Nexus 7000 Series: Scalable Data Center Class Platform

    Product Highlights
    The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series is a modular data-centerclass line of switches designed for highly scalable endtoend 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Cisco DCE networks. The fabric architecture scales beyond 15 terabits per second (Tbps) with future support for 40-Gbps and 100-Gbps Ethernet. This new platform is designed for exceptional scalability, continuous systems operation, and transport flexibility. The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series is powered by Cisco NX-OS, a state-of-the-art operating system. Figure 1 shows the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series 10slot and 18-slot chassis.
    Figure 1. Cisco Nexus 7000 Series 10-Slot and 18-Slot Chassis

    At-A-Glance

    Figure 2. Places in the Network


    WAN Cisco Catalyst 6500 for WAN Access

    Flexible NetFlow to optimize the network infrastructure, reducing operating costs and improving capacity planning capabilities

    Cisco Nexus 7000 Core Cisco Nexus 7000 Aggregation SAN Cisco Catalyst 6500 Services Chassis Cisco Nexus 7000 GE/10 GbE Access Cisco Nexus 2000 GE Access Cisco Nexus 5000 10 GbE Access Cisco Nexus 5000 Unified Fabric Access Cisco MDS

    Operational Continuity Lossless non-disruptive upgrades for zero-service downtime through no single point of failure in the system hardware and a modular operating system Connectivity management processor (CMP) for integrated out-of-band management access Innovative stateful process restart to ensure nondisruptive operations in event of process termination Comprehensive Extensible Markup Language (XML) API for total platform control Transport Flexibility Foundation for unified fabrics with Cisco DCE unified I/O, and FCoE Virtualized control plane and data plane forwarding for optimized performance Virtual device contexts (VDCs) to maximize software and hardware resource utilization while providing strong security and software fault isolation Built to support high-density 1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet today, and the emerging 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps Ethernet standards For more information about the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/nexus7000.

    Cisco Nexus 1000V VN-Link Network Services

    1 GbE 10 GbE 10 GbE DCE Fibre Channel 10 GbE FCoE/DCE

    Cisco NX-OS: Self-Healing OS for the Data Center

    Robust and rich feature set with a variety of Cisco innovations: Based on the industry-proven Cisco IOS Software, Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS Software, and acquisitions to unify data center operations Flexible and scalable: Built with modularity, virtualization, and resiliency at its core to deliver operational benefits in mission-critical environments IP routing and multicast: Supports state-of-the-art implementations of IPv4 and IPv6 services, routing protocols, and IP Multicast features to optimize and enhance data center scalability and performance, reducing capital expenditures (CapEx) and operating expenses (OpEx) Comprehensive set of security, high-availability, serviceability, and manageability features: Meets the needs of the most demanding environments

    Performance Up to 8 Tbps total system bandwidth at initial release. Future releases will be scalable to more than 15 Tbps of bandwidth.

    Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Advantages


    Infrastructure Scalability System is designed for scalability to more than 15 Tbps for ongoing investment protection Support for consolidated networks with virtual port channel innovations to scale beyond 1500 ports Multicore, multi-threaded OS to optimize CPU resources and offload tasks to processors distributed across the modules Cisco Trusted Security (TrustSec) for scalable security with link-layer encryption, security group access control lists, and role-based access control

    Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Modules

    The Cisco Nexus 7000 Supervisor Module is designed to deliver scalable control plane and management functions for the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series chassis. It is based on a dual-core processor that scales the control plane by harnessing the flexibility and power of the dual cores. The Cisco Nexus 7000 Fabric Module is a separate fabric module that provides parallel fabric channels to each I/O and supervisor module slot.

    2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco, the Cisco logo, and Cisco Systems are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document or Website are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. (0812R)

    Cisco Nexus 7000 Series: Scalable Data Center Class Platform


    Up to five simultaneously active fabric modules work together, delivering up to 230 Gbps per slot. The Cisco Nexus 7000 48-Port 10/100/1000 and 1G SFP Ethernet Modules are high-performance, highly scalable modules designed for mission-critical Ethernet networks. They provide support for up to 768 ports in a single chassis, with Cisco TrustSec on every port. The Cisco Nexus 7000 32-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Module is a high-performance, highdensity 10 Gigabit Ethernet module designed for mission-critical Ethernet networks. It provides support for up to 512 ports in a single chassis, with Cisco TrustSec on every port.

    At-A-Glance

    Configuration verification and rollback: Allows device preconfiguration verification. Configuration can be check-pointed to allow rollback. CMP support: Supports the use of a CMP for remote management of the platform Powerful integrated toolset: Control plane analyzer Embedded Event Manager Smart Call Home feature Cisco Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD) Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN)

    Figure 4. Virtual Device Contexts


    R&D
    Layer 2 Protocols Layer 3 Protocols VLAN PVLAN STP LACP UDLD CDP 802.1X CTS OSPF BGP EIGRP PIM GLBP HSRP IGMP SNMP

    Sales
    Layer 2 Protocols Layer 3 Protocols

    VDC 1 VDC 2 VDC 3 VDC 4


    Infrastructure Kernel

    VLAN PVLAN STP LACP

    UDLD CDP 802.1X CTS

    OSPF BGP EIGRP PIM

    GLBP HSRP IGMP SNMP

    Flexible NetFlow Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Cisco DCNM is a comprehensive and centralized administration solution dedicated to data center network operations (Figure 3). Advantages include:

    A consolidated infrastructure increases flexibility and simplifies operations. VDCs improve CapEx and OpEx by optimizing power consumption, space requirements, device utilization, maintenance operations, and, ultimately, service velocity.

    Security and Cisco TrustSec


    Through Cisco TrustSec, Cisco NX-OS delivers the next phase of the Self-Defending Network with a comprehensive set of Layer 2 through 4 security features for the data center and support for IEEE 802.1AE:

    Availability and Reliability


    The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series provides continuous system operations, permitting maintenance, upgrades, and software certification without service interruption. The combination of process modularity, modular patching, Cisco In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) capability, nonstop-forwarding (NSF) automatic graceful restart, and stateful process restart (Figure 5) minimizes the effects of software upgrades on other operations.
    Figure 5. Stateful Process Restart
    HA Platform Primary Supervisor HA Platform Stateful Standby Supervisor

    Admission control: 802.1x-based topology-independent authentication and authorization for endpoints and network devices. Confidentiality and integrity: Link-layer 802.1AE authenticated cryptography provides data privacy and guarantees its reliability while allowing the insertion of network services such as firewalls or load balancers Access control: Identity-based and topology-independent access policies are enabled by applicationspecific integrated circuit (ASIC) accelerated ingress tagging and egress filtering XML-based programmatic interface: Self-describing and extensible, this mediation technique keeps OpEx related to upgrade and migration to a minimum. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP): Compliant with SNMP Versions 1, 2, and 3.

    SAN and LAN multiprotocol awareness FCAPS coverage for Cisco NX-OS devices Industry-standard SOAP/XML open API

    Figure 3. DCNM Graphical User Interface

    POSIX Processes IPC Kernel

    POSIX Processes IPC Kernel

    Manageability

    Virtual Device Context


    Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switches can be segmented into virtual devices based on business need (Figure 4). VDCs deliver true segmentation of network traffic, context-level fault isolation, and management through the creation of independent hardware and software partitions.

    The system also supports the following hardware highavailability features: reliable interprocess communication (IPC), hot-swappable modules, environment monitoring, and redundant switched Ethernet out-of-band channel (EOBC).

    2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco, the Cisco logo, and Cisco Systems are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document or Website are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. (0812R) C45-439503-03 01/09

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