The Cisco Nexus 7000 Platform is powered by Cisco NX-OS, a state-of-the-art operating system. The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series is purpose-built for the data center and has many unique features and capabilities designed specifically for the most mission-critical place in the network, the data center.
- Zero-Service Disruption Architecture
- Scales beyond 15 Tbps with future support for 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps Ethernet
- Connectivity management processor (CMP) for integrated out-of-band management access
- Graceful system operations to minimize the effect of upgrades and other software operations
- Comprehensive XML API for total platform control
- Built to support the emerging 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps Ethernet standards
- Flexible foundation for unified fabrics and unified I/O Virtual Device Contexts (VDCs) to maximize software and hardware resource utilization while providing strong security and software fault isolation
- Lossless fabric architecture to support the requirements of a unified fabric