Cisco Nexus 3016 DATA CENTER Switch

Physical
1RU fixed form-factor switch
16 QSFP ports; each supports native 40 Gigabit Ethernet and 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet modes
2 redundant power supplies
1 fan tray with redundant fans
1 I/O module with management, console, and USB flash memory ports

Performance
1.28-Tbps switching capacity
Forwarding rate of 960 mpps
Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports
Configurable maximum transmission units (MTUs) of up to 9216 bytes (jumbo frames)

Hardware Tables and Scalability
MAC addresses
128,000

Number of VLANS    
4096

Spanning-tree instances    
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP): 512
Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) Protocol: 64

Access control list (ACL) entries    
2000 ingress
1000 egress

Routing table    
16,000 prefixes and 16,000 host entries*
8000 multicast routes*

Number of EtherChannels    
64 (with vPC)

Number of ports per EtherChannel    
16

Buffers    
9 MB shared

Boot flash memory    
2 GB

Power

Number of power supplies
2 (redundant)

Power supply types    
AC (forward and reverse airflow)
DC (forward airflow)

Typical operating power    
207 Watts (W) (64p with Twinax at 100% load, 2 PSU)
246 Watts (W) (64p with SR optics at 100% load, 2 PSU)

Maximum power
267 Watts (W)

Input voltage
100 to 240 VAC

Frequency
50 to 60 Hz

Power Supply Efficiency
89% – 91% at 220V

Typical Heat Dissipation    
707 BTU/hr (64p with Twinax at 100% load, 2 PSU)
840 BTU/hr (64p with SR optics at 100% load, 2 PSU)

Max Heat Dissipation
911 BTU/hr (267W)