Cisco Nexus 5548UP - Switch - Managed - 48 x SFP+ - rack-mountable - with 4 x Cisco Nexus 2232PP 10GE Fabric Extender, 64x 10G SFP+ module (FET-10G)

Today's data centers are increasingly filled with dense rack-mount and blade servers that host powerful multicore processors. The rapid increase in in-rack computing density and the increasing use of virtualization software combine to accelerate the demand for 10 Gigabit Ethernet and consolidated I/O: applications for which the Cisco Nexus 5000 series switches are an excellent match. With low latency, front-to-back cooling, and rear-facing data ports, the Cisco Nexus 5000 series is designed for a broad range of physical, virtual, storage access, and high-performance computing environments, thus giving customers the flexibility to meet and scale their data center requirements in a gradual manner and at a pace that aligns with their business objectives.
The switch series, using cut-through architecture, supports line-rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet on all ports while maintaining consistently low latency independent of packet size and services enabled. It supports a set of network technologies known collectively as Data Center Bridging (DCB) that increases the reliability, efficiency, and scalability of Ethernet networks. These features allow the switches to support multiple traffic classes over a lossless Ethernet fabric, thus enabling consolidation of LAN, SAN, and cluster environments. Its ability to connect Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) to native Fiber Channel protects existing storage system investments while dramatically simplifying in-rack cabling.
In addition to supporting standard 10 Gigabit Ethernet network interface cards (NICs) on servers, the Cisco Nexus 5000 series integrates with multifunction adapters called converged network adapters (CNAs) that combine the functions of Ethernet NICs and Fiber Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), making the transition to a single, unified network fabric transparent and consistent with existing practices, management software, and OS drivers. The Cisco Nexus 5000 series is designed for data center environments with cut-through technology that enables consistent low-latency Ethernet solutions, with front-to-back cooling, and with data ports in the rear, bringing switching into close proximity with servers and making cable runs short and simple. The switch series is highly serviceable, with redundant, hot-pluggable power supply and fan module.
The Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switch delivers innovative architectural flexibility, infrastructure simplicity, and business agility, with support for networking standards. For traditional, virtualized, unified, and high-performance computing (HPC) environments, it offers a long list of IT and business advantages.

• Architectural flexibility
• Unified ports that support traditional Ethernet, Fiber Channel (FC), and Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
• Infrastructure simplicity
• Common high-density, high-performance, data-center-class, fixed-form-factor platform
• Consolidates LAN and storage
• Supports any transport over an Ethernet-based fabric, including Layer 2 and Layer 3 traffic
• Supports storage traffic, including iSCSI, NAS, FC, RoE, and IBoE
• Reduces management points with FEX Technology
• Business agility
• Meets diverse data center deployments on one platform
• Provides rapid migration and transition for traditional and evolving technologies
• Offers performance and scalability to meet growing business needs

• Robust security
  Equipped with AES encryption, MS-CHAP, RADIUS, and TACACS+ authentication methods, this switch ensures secure network access and data transmission.
• High performance
  Supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet with a MAC address table size of 32K entries, ensuring efficient handling of high-volume network traffic and seamless data processing.
• Advanced networking features
  Features such as Access Control List (ACL) support, Quality of Service (QoS), and VLAN support provide enhanced network management and prioritization of network traffic.
• Reliable power supply
  With hot-plug capability and a 1+1 power redundancy scheme, the switch ensures uninterrupted operation and power supply reliability.
• Efficient temperature management
  Operates within a wide temperature range of 0°C to 40°C, supported by a non-condensing humidity range of 5 - 95%, ensuring stable performance under various environmental conditions.

Today's data centers are increasingly filled with dense rack-mount and blade servers that host powerful multicore processors. The rapid increase in in-rack computing density and the increasing use of virtualization software combine to accelerate the demand for 10 Gigabit Ethernet and consolidated I/O: applications for which the Cisco Nexus 5000 series switches are an excellent match. With low latency, front-to-back cooling, and rear-facing data ports, the Cisco Nexus 5000 series is designed for a broad range of physical, virtual, storage access, and high-performance computing environments, thus giving customers the flexibility to meet and scale their data center requirements in a gradual manner and at a pace that aligns with their business objectives.