Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide (OL-15902-01, November 2008)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
OL-15902-01
Chapter 1 Product Overview
Nexus 5020 Switch
Ports
Each individual port on the Cisco Nexus 5020 switch is numbered, and groups of ports are numbered
based on their function. The ports are numbered top to bottom and left to right. The 40 fixed ports form
group 1 and are named 1/port_number. Ports 1 through 32 are unencrypted Ethernet ports. Of these, ports
1 through 16 are 10-Gigabit Ethernet and 1-Gigabit Ethernet capable ports. Ports 33 through 40 are
encryption-capable Ethernet ports.
Group 2 includes the ports in the top-most expansion module. Group 2 ports 1 through 4 are encrypted
Ethernet ports. Group 2 ports 5 through 8 are Fibre Channel ports.
Group 3 includes the ports in the bottom-most expansion module. Group 3 ports 1 through 4 are
encrypted Ethernet ports. Group 3 ports 5 through 8 are Fibre Channel ports.
Figure 1-11 shows how ports are numbered and grouped by function for both the fixed ports and the
Fibre Channel plus Ethernet expansion module ports.
Figure 1-11 Port Numbering of Fixed Ports and Fibre Channel Plus Ethernet Expansion Module
Ports
Figure 1-12 shows how ports are numbered and grouped by function for both the fixed ports and the
Ethernet expansion module ports.
A B C D E
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A Group 1/ports 1 through 16: 10-Gigabit
Ethernet and 1-Gigabit Ethernet capable
unencrypted ports
D Groups 2 and 3/ ports 1 through 4: Encrypted
Ethernet ports
B Group 1/ports 1 through 32: Unencrypted
Ethernet ports
E Groups 2 and 3/ ports 5 through 8: Fibre
Channel ports
C Group 1/ports 33 through 40: Encrypted
Ethernet ports