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Sunday, September 28, 2014

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

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 :