Cisco Nexus 3132Q DATA CENTER Switch

Physical
● 1RU fixed form-factor switch 
● 32 QSFP+ ports; each supports native 40 Gigabit Ethernet and 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet modes 
● 4 SFP+ ports 
● 2 redundant power supplies 
● 4 redundant (3+1) fans 
● Management, console, and USB flash-memory ports

Performance
● 2.5-Tbps switching capacity 
● Forwarding rate up to 1.4 bpps 
● 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

Number of MAC addresses 288,000 Number of VLANS 4096 Number of spanning-tree instances 
● RSTP: 512 
● MSTP: 64 Number of ACL entries 
● 4000 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 Buffer size 12 MB shared Boot flash memory 2 GB

Power

Frequency 
50 to 60 Hz 
Power supply types 
● AC (forward and reversed airflow) 
● DC (forward and reversed airflow)

Typical operating power 
210W with Twinax at 100% load; 2 PSUs 
● 3132Q: 210W 
● 3132QX: 170W 240W with SR4 optics at 100% load; 2 PSUs) 
● 3132Q: 240W 
● 3132QX: 200W Maximum power 340W 

AC PSUs 
● Input voltage 
● Frequency 
● Efficiency 
● 100 to 240 VAC 
● 50 to 60 Hz 
● 89 to 91% at 220V DC PSUs 
● Input voltage 
● Maximum current 
● Efficiency 
● –40 to –-72 VDC 
● 33A 
● 85 to 88% 

Power-supply efficiency 
89 to 91% at 220V 

Typical heat dissipation 
● 717 BTU/hr (with Twinax at 100% load) 
● 819 BTU/hr (with SR4 optics at 100% load) Maximum heat dissipation 1160 BTU/hr 

Cooling 
● Forward and reversed airflow schemes â—¦ Forward airflow: Port-side exhaust (air enters through fan tray and power supplies and exits through ports); supported with AC and DC power supplies â—¦ Reversed airflow: Port-side intake (air enters through ports and exits through fan tray and power supplies); supported with AC power supply only 
● Redundant fans 
● Hot swappable (must swap within 1 minute) Sound Measured sound power (maximum) 
● Fan speed: 40% duty cycle 
● Fan speed: 70% duty cycle 
● Fan speed: 100% duty cycle 
● 66.1 dBA 
● 70.6 dBA 
● 76.9 dBA 

Environment Dimensions 
(height x width x depth) 
1.72 x 17.3 x 19.7 in. 
(4.4 x 43.9 x 50.5 cm) 

Weight 
21.5 lb (9.3 kg) 

Operating temperature 
32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C) 

Storage temperature 
-40 to 158°F (-40 to 70°C) 

Operating relative humidity 
● 10 to 85% noncondensing 
● Up to 5 days at maximum (85%) humidity 
● Recommend ASHRAE data center environment Storage relative humidity 5 to 95% noncondensing 

Altitude 
0 to 10,000 ft (0 to 3000m)