N3K-C3172TQ-10GT Specifications |
Physical |
● 1RU fixed form factor
● 72 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports (48 SFP+ and 6 QSFP+)
◦ 48 SFP ports support 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet
◦ 6 QSFP ports support 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet or 40 Gigabit Ethernet each
● Redundant fans (3+1)
● 2 redundant power supplies
● Management, console, and USB flash-memory ports
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Performance |
● 1.4-Tbps switching capacity
● Forwarding rate of up to 1 bps
● Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports
● Configurable maximum transmission units (MTUs) of up to 9216 bytes (jumbo frames)
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Hardware tables and scalability |
Number of MAC addresses |
288,000 |
Number of VLANS |
4096 |
Number of spanning-tree instances |
● RSTP: 512
● MSTP: 64
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Number of ACL entries |
● 4000 ingress
● 1000 egress
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Routing table |
● 16,000 prefixes and 16,000 host entries*
● 8000 multicast routes*
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Number of EtherChannels |
64 (with vPC) |
Number of ports per EtherChannel |
32 |
System memory |
8 GB |
Buffer size |
12 MB shared |
Boot flash |
16 GB |
Power |
Number of power supplies |
2 |
Power supply types |
● AC (forward and reversed airflow)
◦ - N2200-PAC-400W and N2200-PAC-400W-B (PQ models)
◦ - NXA-PAC-500W and NX-PAC-500W-B (TQ models)
● DC (forward and reversed airflow)
◦ - N2200-PDC-400W and N3K-PDC-350W-B (PQ models)
◦ - NXA-PDC-500W and NX-PDC-500W-B (TQ models)
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Typical operating power |
143 W |
Maximum power |
293W |
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AC PSUs
● Input voltage
● Frequency
● Efficiency
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● 100 to 240 VAC
● 50 to 60 Hz
● 89 to 91% at 220V
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DC PSUs
● Input voltage
● Maximum current (PSU output – System input)
● Efficiency
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● –40 to –72 VDC
● 33A (400W unit), 42A (500W unit)
● 85 to 88%
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Typical heat dissipation |
488 BTU/hr |
Maximum heat dissipation |
1000 BTU/hr |
Cooling |
● Forward and reversed airflow schemes:
◦ Forward airflow: Port-side exhaust (air enters through fan-tray and power supplies and exits through ports)
◦ Reversed airflow: Port-side intake (air enters through ports and exits through fan-tray and power supplies)
● Redundant fans
● Hot swappable (must swap within 1 minute)
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Sound |
Measured sound power (maximum)
● Fan speed: 40% duty cycle
● Fan speed: 70% duty cycle
● Fan speed: 100% duty cycle
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● 64.9 dBA
● 69.3 dBA
● 76.7 dBA
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Environment |
Dimensions
(height x width x depth) |
1.72 x 17.3 x 19.7 in. (4.4 x 43.9 x 50.5 cm) |
Weight |
22.0 lb (10 kg) |
Operating temperature |
● 32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C) |
Storage temperature |
● -40 to 158°F (-40 to 70°C) |
Operating relative humidity |
● 10 to 85% noncondensing
● Up to 5 days at maximum (85%) humidity
● Recommend ASHRAE data center environment
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Storage relative humidity |
● 5 to 95% noncondensing |
Altitude |
● 0 to 10,000 ft (0 to 3000m) |
Safety and EMC |
Regulatory compliance |
● Products should comply with CE Markings per directives 2004/108/EC and 2006/95/EC. |
Safety |
● UL 60950-1 Second Edition
● CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1 Second Edition
● EN 60950-1 Second Edition
● IEC 60950-1 Second Edition
● AS/NZS 60950-1
● GB4943
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EMC: Emissions |
● 47CFR Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A
● AS/NZS CISPR22 Class A
● CISPR22 Class A
● EN55022 Class A
● ICES003 Class A
● VCCI Class A
● EN61000-3-2
● EN61000-3-3
● KN22 Class A
● CNS13438 Class A
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EMC: Immunity |
● EN55024
● CISPR24
● EN300386
● KN24
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RoHS |
● RoHS 5 compliant except for lead press-fit connectors |
Management and Standards Support |
MIB Support |
Generic MIBs
● SNMPv2-SMI
● CISCO-SMI
● SNMPv2-TM
● SNMPv2-TC
● IANA-ADDRESS-FAMILY-NUMBERS-MIB
● IANAifType-MIB
● IANAiprouteprotocol-MIB
● HCNUM-TC
● CISCO-TC
● SNMPv2-MIB
● SNMP-COMMUNITY-MIB
● SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB
● SNMP-NOTIFICATION-MIB
● SNMP-TARGET-MIB
● SNMP-USER-BASED-SM-MIB
● SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB
● CISCO-SNMP-VACM-EXT-MIB
● MAU-MIB
● CISCO-SWITCH-QOS-MIB
● CISCO-CLASS-BASED-QOS-MIB
Ethernet MIBs
● CISCO-VLAN-MEMBERSHIP-MIB
● LLDP-MIB
● IP-MULTICAST-MIB
Configuration MIBs
● ENTITY-MIB
● IF-MIB
● CISCO-ENTITY-EXT-MIB
● CISCO-ENTITY-FRU-CONTROL-MIB
● CISCO-ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB
● CISCO-SYSTEM-MIB
● CISCO-SYSTEM-EXT-MIB
● CISCO-IP-IF-MIB
● CISCO-IF-EXTENSION-MIB
● CISCO-NTP-MIB
● CISCO-VTP-MIB
● CISCO-IMAGE-MIB
● CISCO-IMAGE-UPGRADE-MIB
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Monitoring MIBs
● NOTIFICATION-LOG-MIB
● CISCO-SYSLOG-EXT-MIB
● CISCO-PROCESS-MIB
● RMON-MIB
● CISCO-RMON-CONFIG-MIB
● CISCO-HC-ALARM-MIB
Security MIBs
● CISCO-AAA-SERVER-MIB
● CISCO-AAA-SERVER-EXT-MIB
● CISCO-COMMON-ROLES-MIB
● CISCO-COMMON-MGMT-MIB
● CISCO-SECURE-SHELL-MIB
Miscellaneous MIBs
● CISCO-LICENSE-MGR-MIB
● CISCO-FEATURE-CONTROL-MIB
● CISCO-CDP-MIB
● CISCO-RF-MIB
Layer 3 and Routing MIBs
● UDP-MIB
● TCP-MIB
● OSPF-MIB
● BGP4-MIB
● CISCO-HSRP-MIB
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Standards |
● IEEE 802.1D: Spanning Tree Protocol
● IEEE 802.1p: CoS Prioritization
● IEEE 802.1Q: VLAN Tagging
● IEEE 802.1s: Multiple VLAN Instances of Spanning Tree Protocol
● IEEE 802.1w: Rapid Reconfiguration of Spanning Tree Protocol
● IEEE 802.3z: Gigabit Ethernet
● IEEE 802.3ad: Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
● IEEE 802.3ae: 10 Gigabit Ethernet (Cisco Nexus 3064-X)
● IEEE 802.3ba: 40 Gigabit Ethernet
● IEEE 802.3an:10GBASE-T (Cisco Nexus 3064-T)
● IEEE 802.1ab: LLDP
● IEEE 1588-2008: Precision Time Protocol (Boundary Clock)
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RFC |
BGP
● RFC 1997: BGP Communities Attribute
● RFC 2385: Protection of BGP Sessions with the TCP MD5 Signature Option
● RFC 2439: BGP Route Flap Damping
● RFC 2519: Framework for Interdomain Route Aggregation
● RFC 2545: Use of BGPv4 Multiprotocol Extensions
● RFC 2858: Multiprotocol Extensions for BGPv4
● RFC 3065: Autonomous System Confederations for BGP
● RFC 3392: Capabilities Advertisement with BGPv4
● RFC 4271: BGPv4
● RFC 4273: BGPv4 MIB: Definitions of Managed Objects for BGPv4
● RFC 4456: BGP Route Reflection
● RFC 4486: Subcodes for BGP Cease Notification Message
● RFC 4724: Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP
● RFC 4893: BGP Support for 4-Octet AS Number Space
OSPF
● RFC 2328: OSPF Version 2
● 8431RFC 3101: OSPF Not-So-Stubby-Area (NSSA) Option
● RFC 3137: OSPF Stub Router Advertisement
● RFC 3509: Alternative Implementations of OSPF Area Border Routers
● RFC 3623: Graceful OSPF Restart
● RFC 4750: OSPF Version 2 MIB
RIP
● RFC 1724: RIPv2 MIB Extension
● RFC 2082: RIPv2 MD5 Authentication
● RFC 2453: RIP Version 2
IP Services
● RFC 768: UDP
● RFC 783: Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
● RFC 791: IP
● RFC 792: ICMP
● RFC 793: TCP
● RFC 826: ARP
● RFC 854: Telnet
● RFC 959: FTP
● RFC 1027: Proxy ARP
● RFC 1305: Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 3
● RFC 1519: Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)
● RFC 1542: BootP Relay
● RFC 1591: Domain Name System (DNS) Client
● RFC 1812: IPv4 Routers
● RFC 2131: DHCP Helper
● RFC 2338: VRRP
IP Multicast
● RFC 2236: IGMPv2
● RFC 3376: IGMPv3
● RFC 3446: Anycast Rendezvous Point Mechanism Using PIM and MSDP
● RFC 3569: Overview of SSM
● RFC 3618: MSDP
● RFC 4601: PIM-SM: Protocol Specification (Revised)
● RFC 4607: SSM for IP
● RFC 4610: Anycast-RP using PIM
● RFC 5132: IP Multicast MIB
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Software Features |
Layer 2 |
● Layer 2 switch ports and VLAN trunks
● IEEE 802.1Q VLAN encapsulation
● Support for up to 4096 VLANs
● Rapid Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVRST+) (IEEE 802.1w compatible)
● MSTP (IEEE 802.1s): 64 instances
● Spanning Tree PortFast
● Spanning Tree Root Guard
● Spanning Tree Bridge Assurance
● Cisco EtherChannel technology (up to 32 ports per EtherChannel)
● LACP: IEEE 802.3ad
● Advanced port-channel hashing based on Layer 2, 3, and 4 information
● vPC
● Jumbo frames on all ports (up to 9216 bytes)
● Storm control (unicast, multicast, and broadcast)
● Private VLANs
● NvGRE entropy
● Resilient hashing
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Layer 3 |
● Layer 3 interfaces: Routed ports on interfaces, switch virtual interfaces (SVIs), port channels, and subinterfaces (total: 1024)
● 64-way ECMP
● 4000 ingress and 1000 egress ACL entries
● IPv6 routing: Static, OSPFv3, and BGPv6
● Routing protocols: Static, RIPv2, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP
● Bidirectional Flow Detection (BFD) for BGP, OSPF, and IPv4 static routes
● HSRP and VRRP
● ACL: Routed ACL with Layer 3 and 4 options to match ingress and egress ACLs
● VRF: VRF-lite (IP VPN), VRF-aware unicast (BGP, OSPF, and RIP), and VRF-aware multicast
● Unicast Reverse-Path Forwarding (uRPF) with ACL; strict and loose modes
● Jumbo frame support (up to 9216 bytes)
● Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunneling
● Advanced BGP features including BGP add-path for eBGP and iBGP, remove-private-as enhancements and eBGP next hop unchanged
● IP-in-IP Tunnel support
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Multicast |
● Multicast: PIMv2, PIM-SM, and PIM-SSM
● Bootstrap router (BSR), Auto-RP, and Static RP
● MSDP and Anycast RP
● Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Versions 2 and 3
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Quality of Service (QoS) |
● Layer 2 IEEE 802.1p (class of service [CoS])
● 8 hardware queues per port
● Per-port QoS configuration
● CoS trust
● Port-based CoS assignment
● Modular QoS CLI (MQC) compliance
● ACL-based QoS classification (Layers 2, 3, and 4)
● MQC CoS marking
● Differentiated services code point (DSCP) marking
● Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED)
● CoS-based egress queuing
● Egress strict-priority queuing
● Egress port-based scheduling: Weighted Round-Robin (WRR)
● Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)
● Configurable ECN marking per port
● Priority Flow Control (with 3 no-drop queues and 1 default queue with strict priority scheduling between queues
● Policy Based Routing (PBR)
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Security |
● Ingress ACLs (standard and extended) on Ethernet
● Standard and extended Layer 3 and 4 ACLs include IPv4, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), TCP, and User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
● VLAN-based ACLs (VACLs)
● Port-based ACLs (PACLs)
● Named ACLs
● ACLs on virtual terminals (vtys)
● DHCP snooping with Option 82
● Port number in DHCP Option 82
● DHCP relay
● Dynamic Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) inspection
● Configurable CoPP
● SPAN with ACL filtering
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Cisco Nexus Data Broker |
● Topology support for TAP and SPAN aggregation
● Support for QinQ to tag input source TAP and SPAN ports
● Configuration of symmetric hashing to load-balance traffic to multiple tools
● Traffic filtering based on Layer 1 through Layer 4 header information
● Traffic replication and forwarding to multiple monitoring tools
● Robust RBAC
● Northbound representational state transfer (REST) API for all programmability support
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Management |
● POAP
● Python scripting
● Cisco EEM
● Switch management using 10/100/1000-Mbps management or console ports
● CLI-based console to provide detailed out-of-band management
● In-band switch management
● Locator and beacon LEDs
● Configuration rollback
● SSHv2
● Secure Copy (SCP) server
● Telnet
● AAA
● AAA with RBAC
● RADIUS
● TACACS+
● Syslog
● Syslog generation on system resources (for example, FIB tables)
● Embedded packet analyzer
● SNMP v1, v2, and v3
● Enhanced SNMP MIB support
● XML (NETCONF) support
● Remote monitoring (RMON)
● Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for management traffic
● Unified username and passwords across CLI and SNMP
● Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (MS-CHAP)
● Digital certificates for management between switch and RADIUS server
● Cisco Discovery Protocol Versions 1 and 2
● RBAC
● SPAN on physical layer, port channel, and VLAN
● Tunable buffer allocation for SPAN
● Encapsulated Remote SPAN (ERSPAN)
● Ingress and egress packet counters per interface
● PTP (IEEE 1588) boundary clock
● Network Time Protocol (NTP)
● Cisco OHMS
● Comprehensive bootup diagnostic tests
● Cisco Call Home
● Cisco DCNM
● Advanced buffer utilization monitoring
● sFlow
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