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Nexus7000 Nexus 7000

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Back2BasicsToday sPresenter Todays PresenterCurrentCiscoDataCenterConsultingSystems EngineerspecializinginNexus7000partner E i i li i i N 7000 enablement.LocatedinRosemont,Chicago

PastCiscoSecuritySystemsEngineer,Sr.Network EngineeratIPG (InterPublicGroup),Network Engineerat3com/USRobotics andMotorola Engineer at 3com/USRobotics and Motorola

RajChacko Raj Chacko

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Cisco Nexus 7000 Back to Basics Switch & NX-OS Roadmap

Raj Chacko CCIE R&S Security Chacko, R&S, rajchack@cisco.com

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2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

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The Evolving Data Center and New ChallengesEmerging Challenges ImpactNetwork/ Storage Sophisticated Virtualization Higher I/O requirements Greater east-west bandwidth Rapid provisioning/

Application Complexity

Physical Infrastructure 10G ready wiring Server/cabling density

Cloud Computing and XaaS

Application Performance WAN optimization Application Acceleration

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Transforming the DC with New TechnologiesConsolidation Utility Automation A t ti Market

Virtualization

MultiMulti-SP Cloud Private Cloud Unified Computing Unified Fabric Architecture SP Cloud

Data Center NetworkingHA with ISSU VPC

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VDC Unified Fabric Fabric Extender OTV FabricPath Cloud-centric Networking Services LISP5

2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

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The Cisco Nexus Switching Family Complete switching portfolio Consistent operating system across all platforms Infrastructure scalability, transport flexibility and operational manageabilityNexus 7010 Nexus 7018 Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch

Nexus 4000

Nexus 5000

Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender

2008

Cisco Nexus 1000V

1Kx86

NX-OS Operating System Data Center Network ManagerPresentation_ID 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential

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Introducing the Cisco Nexus 7000

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Nexus 7000 PlatformIndustrys First Data Center Class Platform Nexus 7000 and NX-OS 10 & 18 Sl t versions Slot i 15+ Terabit System Unified Fabric Ready Modern Modular OS Modern, Device Virtualization Cisco TrustSec Continuous Operations p

Nexus 70108 I/O Slots + 2 Supervisor Slots Front to Back Airflow 256 10GbE (4:1) / 64 Ports line rate 384 10/100/1000 Ports

Nexus 701816 I/O Slots + 2 Supervisor Slots Side to Side Airflow 512 10GbE (4:1) / 128 Ports line rate 768 10/100/1000 Ports

Cisco NX-OS Multi-protocol Operating System Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)Presentation_ID 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential

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Nexus 7010 ChassisIntegrated cable management with cover Optional locking front doors d Locking ejector levers e es Supervisor slots (5-6) Payload slots (1-4, 7-10)

System status LEDs

ID LEDs on all FRUs

Front-toback airflow

Air exhaust

System fan trays Fabric fan trays21RU

Two chassis per 7 rack Crossbar fabric modules

Power supplies Air intake with optional filterPresentation_ID 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Front

N7K-C7010Cisco Confidential

Rear

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Common equipment removes from rear9

Nexus 7018 ChassisIntegrated cable management

System status LEDs Optional front door Side-to-side airflow

System fan trays

Supervisor slots (9-10)

25RU

Crossbar fabric modules

Payload slots (1-8, 11-18)

Common equipment removes from rear

Power supply air intake

Power supplies

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Supervisor Engine Performs control plane and management functions D l Dual-core 1 66GH Intel Xeon processor with 4GB DRAM 1.66GHz I l X ih 2MB NVRAM, 2GB internal bootdisk, compact flash slots Out-of-band 10/100/1000 management interface Always-on Connectivity Management Processor (CMP) for lights-out management Console and auxiliary serial ports USB ports for file transferN7K-SUP1

ID LED Status LEDsPresentation_ID

AUX Port Console Port Management EthernetCisco Confidential

USB Ports Compact Flash Slots Reset Button

CMP Ethernet

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Management InterfacesManagement Ethernet 10/100/1000 interface used exclusively for system management Belongs to dedicated management VRFPrevents data plane traffic from entering/exiting from mgmt0 interface Cannot move mgmt0 interface to another VRF Cannot assign other system ports to management VRF

Connectivity Management Processor (CMP) Ethernet Connects to standalone, always-on microprocessor on supervisor engine i i iRuns lightweight software with network stack Completely independent of NX-OS on main CPU

Provides lights out remote management and lights out disaster recovery via 10/100/1000 interfaceRemoves need for terminal serversPresentation_ID 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential

Nexus 7000 Line Module Portfolio( (1 Gig and under) g ) M1 Series 1GbE$15K $27K TBD $27K

N7K-M148GT-11(Shipping)

N7K-M148GS-11(Shipping)

N7K-M148GT-11L(Target Cairo 2HCY10)

N7K-M148GS-11L(FCSd May 25th)

48 x 10/100/1000 46 Gbps Fabric Copper

48 x 1GigE 46 Gbps Fabric SFP

48 x 10/100/1000 46 Gbps Fabric Copper

48 x 1GigE 46 Gbps Fabric SFP

XL Capable

60 Mpps Forwarding Capacity L2 / L3Presentation_ID 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential

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Nexus 7000 Line Module Portfolio 10 GigM1 Series 10 Gigabit Ethernet$70K $70K $44K

N7K-M132XP-12(Shipping)

N7K-M132XP-12L(Cairo Target Oct 2010)

N7K-M108X2-12L(FCSd May 25)

32 x 10GigE 4:1 Oversubscribed SFP+ 60 Mpps 80 Gbps Fabric

32 x 10GigE 4:1 Oversubscribed SFP+ 60 Mpps 80 Gbps Fabric XL Capable FEX Support

8 x 10GigE 1:1 Line rate X2 120 Mpps 80 Gbps Fabric

L2 / L3Presentation_ID 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential

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F1 Series: High Performance High-Performance Layer 2 10GbE Modules32-port 10G SFP+ F1 module Oct 2010

SFP+ and RJ-45 10G DCB I/O RJ 45 modules 1G/10G dual-speed switch-on-chip design Layer 2 with L3/L4 servicesL3 Routing provided by M1 Modules

Hi h performance High f230 Gbps fabric connectivity 320 Gbps local switching 480 Mpps forwarding per module 7.68 Billion pps per 7018

Multi-protocol Classic Ethernet, vPC, L2MP, DCB, FCoE

SKU N7K-F132XP-15=

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Integrated Forwarding Engine Advanced hardware forwarding engine Up to 60Mpps IPv4 unicast, 30Mpps IPv6 unicast throughput M1 Series Forwarding EngineEqual to Cat 6K EARL 8

Integrated on every I/O module (NOT a FRU)Table sizesFIB TCAM IPv4 Routes IPv6 Routes Classification TCAM (ACL and QoS) NetFlow TCAM (Ingress and Egress) MAC table Bridge Domains (VDC + VLAN) Non-XL 128K 128K 64K 64K 512K 128K 16K XL Up to 1M Up to 1M Up to 500K 128K 512K 128K 16K

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Crossbar Switch Fabric Module Each fabric module provides 46Gbps per I/O module slotUp to 230Gbps per slot with 5 fabric modules

Initially shipping I/O modules do not leverage full fabric bandwidthMaximum 80G per slot with 10G module Future modules leverage additional available fabric bandwidth

Access to fabric controlled using QoS aware central QoS-aware arbitration with VOQ

N7K-C7010-FAB-1

N7K-C7018-FAB-1Presentation_ID 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential

Current I/O Module CapacityFabric Modules

1Gbps I/O modules Requires 1 fabric for full bandwidth b d idth Requires 2 fabrics for N+1 redundancy

46Gbps/slot

Crossbar Fabric ASICs

1

46Gbps/slot

Crossbar Fabric ASICs

2

46Gbps 184Gbps 138Gbps 92Gbps 230Gbpsper slot bandwidth 4th and 5th fabric modules provide additional redundancy for current M1 cards, and full bandwidth for F146Gbps/slot 46Gbps/slot 46Gb / l t

Crossbar Fabric ASICs ASIC

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Crossbar Fabric F bi ASICs

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10Gbps I/O modules Requires 2 fabrics for full bandwidth Requires 3 fabrics for N+1 redundancyPresentation_ID 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential

46Gbps/slot

Crossbar Fabric ASICs

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Access to Fabric Bandwidth Access to fabric controlled using central arbitrationArbiter ASIC on supervisor engine provides fabric arbitration

Bandwidth capacity on egress modules represented by Virtual Output Queues (VOQs) t i (VOQ ) at ingress t fabric to f b iI/O modules interface with arbiter to gain access to VOQs

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2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Cisco Confidential

NX-OS: NX OS: Purpose Built for the Data CenterIOS Cat