The Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches are a comprehensive portfolio of 1, 10, and 40 Gigabit Ethernet switches built from a Switch-on-a-Chip (SoC) architecture. Introduced in April 2011, this series of switches provides line-rate Layer 2 and 3 performance and is suitable for Top-of-the-Rack (ToR) architecture. This series of switches has established itself as a leader in High-Frequency Trading (HFT), High-Performance Computing (HPC), and big data environments by pairing high performance and low latency with innovations in performance visibility, automation, and time synchronization.The Cisco Nexus 3548-X and 3524-X Switches (Figure 4) are the next generation of the Cisco Nexus 3500 platform. Like the previous generation, these switches are compact 1RU form-factor 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches and provide line-rate Layer 2 and 3 switching with ultra-low latency. In addition, they consume 25 percent less power. This new generation introduces powerful hardware-based multicast NAT and latency monitoring capabilities and a second USB port for easier manageability.
| Model | Brand & Series |
| C1-N3K-C3548X | Cisco / Cisco One Nexus 3000 Series |
| Physical | Performance |
| 48 fixed SFP+ ports (1 or
10 Gbps) Dual redundant hot-swappable power supplies Four individual redundant hot-swappable fans One 1-PPS timing port, with the RF1.0/2.3 QuickConnect connector type One 10/100/1000-Mbps management port One RS-232 serial console port Two USB ports Locator LED Locator LED button |
960-Gbps switching capacity Forwarding rate of 720 mpps Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports Configurable MTUs of up to 9216 bytes (jumbo frames) |
| Typical operating power | Maximum power |
| 112W | 213W |
| Typical heat dissipation | Maximum heat dissipation |
| 383 BTUs per hr | 727 BTUs per hr |
| Number of MAC addresses | Number of IPv4 unicast routes |
| 64,000 | 24,000 |
| Number of IPv4 hosts | Number of IPv4 multicast routes |
| 64,000 | 8,000 |
| Number of VLANS | Number of ACL entries |
| 4096 | 4096 |
| Number of EtherChannels | Number of ports per EtherChannel |
| 24 | 24 |
| System memory | Boot flash memory |
| 4 GB (3524 and 3548 models) 4 GB (3524-X and 3548-X models) 16 GB (3524-XL and 3548-XL models) |
2
GB (3524 and 3548 models) 4 GB (3524-X and 3548-X models) 16 GB (3524-XL and 3548-XL models) |
| Power supply types | Input voltage |
| AC (forward and reversed airflow) DC (forward and reversed airflow) |
100 to 240 VAC |
| Frequency | Power supply efficiency |
| 50 to 60 Hz | 89 to 91% at 220V |
| Dimensions (height x width x depth) |
Weight |
| 1.72 x 17.3 x 18.38 in. (4.36 x 43.9 x 46.7 cm) |
17.4 lb (7.9 kg) |
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