Cisco Nexus 3548

Cisco Nexus 3548 incorporates the Cisco Algo Boost technology which boasts of wire-rate, layer 2 and layer 3 switching with a comprehensive feature set with the lowest latency in the industry. 
The Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch, part of the Unified Fabric Family, is well suited for mainstream top-of-rack, (ToR) data center deployments. It comes in a compact, 1-rack-unit (1RU) form factor.

Features at glance : 

• Warp mode to further reduce latency to 190 ns for small-to-midsize layer 2 and 3 deployments

• Warp SPAN to help enable stock market data delivery to trading servers in as little as 50 ns

• Active Buffer Monitoring to help you take advantage of market volatility and handle micro bursts

• Technology that supports Network Address Translation (NAT) for trade execution on any venue, without a latency penalty

• Embedded Remote SPAN with nanosecond timestamps to help you monitor your traffic with superior precision.

• Full-featured unicast protocols, including Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), and Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

• Multicast protocols, including Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM), PIM-Source-Specific Multicast (PIM-SSM), and Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)

• Full support for access control lists (including port, VLAN, and routed) and quality of service (queueing and marking)

• Full support for troubleshooting tools such as Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) and Ethanalyzer

• Switch management by Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)

Specifications at glance

• 48 fixed 1/10 Gbps small form factor pluggable plus (SFP+) ports
• Line-rate layer 2 and layer 3 throughput of up to 480 Gbps
• Compact 1RU form factor
• Dual, redundant, color-coded power supplies
• Four redundant color-coded fans

The detailed configuration guidelines and the data-sheet can be found below :

Nexus-3548-datasheet-configuration-guide