Categories: Networking, Cisco Switches, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Nexus 3000
Get high performance, workload isolation, and wire-rate Layers 2 and 3 switching based on Cisco NX-OS Software. The Cisco Nexus 3172PQ and 3172TQ switches, part of the Unified Fabricfamily, are compact, 1-rack-unit (1RU) switches for top-of-rack data center deployments.
Physical specifications:
3172PQ provides up to 72 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports (48 small form factor pluggable plus [SFP+] and 6 Quad SFP+ [QSFP+])
3172TQ provides up to 72 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports (48 RJ-45 and 6 QSFP+)
Dual redundant power supplies
Redundant (3 plus 1) and hot-swappable fans
Low power consumption of 2 watts per port
Performance specifications:
Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layers 2 and 3) on all ports
Configurable maximum transmission units (MTUs) of up to 9216 bytes (jumbo frames)
