Cisco Nexus switches
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The Cisco Nexus series switches are modular and fixed port network switches designed for the data center. Cisco Systems introduced the Nexus Series of switches on January 28, 2008. The first chassis i
Cisco Nexus 7700 series
Small Form-factor Pluggable
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Small Form-factor Pluggable is a compact, hot-pluggable network interface module format used for both telecommunication and data communications applications. An SFP interface on networking hardware is
Cisco Nexus switches
…using industry-standard LACP or IEEE 802.3ad is supported with up to 32 port-channels with each up to 16 physical interfaces. The switch holds of 48 SFP+ for 1 Gbit/s or 10 Gbit/s Ethernet interfaces and four QSFP+ each handling 4 x 10 Gbit/s interfaces allowing for 40 Gbit/s over a single fibre-pair The…
Small Form-factor Pluggable connected to a pair of fiber-optic cables
A 10 Gigabit Ethernet XFP transceiver, top, and a SFP+ transceiver, bottom
QSFP+ 40 Gb transceiver
40 Gbit QSFP+ transceiver showing the optical fibre connection