Saturday, February 2, 2008

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch - purpose built for the Data Center of the future. It is designed to transform data center operations, making the customers experience in the data center more efficient, resilient and lasting. Also, check out the Cisco Nexus 7000 website where you can explore the features and elements of the Nexus 7000 Series in our 3-D Interactive Model and view other videos introducing the Nexus 7000 family.

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