Cisco Nexus 5548 Layer 3 Functionality PresentationID 2010

Cisco Nexus 5548 Layer 3 Functionality Presentation_ID © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 1

Layer-3 on Nexus 5500 Series Extensible Flexible • Add L 3 to existing 5548 s • 160 Gbps of L 3 processing • Basic and Advanced features • Flexible licensing model • Add more L 3 processing as needed on 5596 (future) Deploy with Advanced Features • • Virtual Port Channel (v. PC) Fabric Extenders (FEX) FCo. E VN-Link Future proof • IPv 6 capable hardware • Fabric. Path/TRILL compatible Robust Feature Rich IPv 4 • • • 1 GE/10 GE Linerate L 3 SVIs VRFs and VRF-Lite Port-channels and ECMP OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, BGP IGMP, PIM • Modular NX-OS • Standards-compliant L 3 • L 3 derived from Nexus 7000 • L 3 stack in use by over 4000 customers HSRP, VRRP Qo. S u. RPF and RACLs SNMP and DCNM support Powered by Cisco NX-OS Data Center Operating System Presentation_ID © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 2

Shipping Now! Cisco Nexus 5548 P First Switch in the Nexus 5500 Platform Back of the Switch • 32 Fixed SFP+ Ports • Line Rate • Hardware Capable of 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet • Traditional Ethernet or Fibre Channel over Ethernet Expansion Modules (GEM 2) • 16 p SFP+ Ethernet Ports • 8 p Eth + 8 p Native FC Front of the Switch Front to Back Airflow Mgmt 0, Console, USB Presentation_ID Redundant 750 W AC Power Supplies Redundant Fan Modules © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 3

Generic Expansion Modules Shipping Now! Added Flexibility N 55 -M 16 P • 16 p SFP+ Ethernet Ports • All Ethernet Ports hardware capable of 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet N 55 -M 8 P 8 FP • 8 p SFP+ Ethernet Ports • 8 p Native FC Ports 8/4/2/1 G • All Ethernet Ports hardware capable of 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet Presentation_ID © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 4

Introducing Layer 3 Capabilities Enabling new Nexus 5500 deployments Orderable Now! N 55 -D 160 L 3 • Daughter-card for Nexus 5548 P • In-rack upgradeable for deployed units • Enables Layer 3 on all 48 10 GE ports • 160 Gbps (240 Mpps) of Layer 3 processing • Additional 100 W power consumption Available Soon! N 55 -M 160 L 3 • Expansion module for Nexus 5596 P • No front-panel ports • Enables Layer 3 on all ports of 5596 P • 160 Gbps (240 Mpps) of Layer 3 processing • Expandable to 480 Gbps of processing* • Functions as 48 port Linerate router* • Not compatible with 5548 P • Additional 100 W power consumption per module * Enabled in future with software upgrade when 3 modules will be hosted Presentation_ID © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 5

Nexus 5500 Series Layer 3 support overview Layer 3 Features – IOS-like CLI Unicast routing: Static routing, RIPv 2, OSPFv 2, EIGRP, BGP Up to 16 K IPv 4 Host (/32 entries) Routing Table Up to 8 K IPv 4 Longest Prefix Match Routing Table Multicast routing: IPv 4 PIM, IGMP v 2/3 Up to 2 K IPv 4 Multicast Groups Interfaces: Routed 1/10 GE, SVI, Port-channel, 16 -way ECMP Segmentation: VRFs and VRF-Lite (IP VPNs) Quality of Service: Marking, Scheduling and Policing (MQC) Redundancy: HSRP, VRRP Security: Broadcast/Multicast suppression, Unicast RPF (u. RPF) checks, RACL Presentation_ID © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 6

Layer 3 Software License N 55 -BAS 1 K 9 • Free base Layer 3 software license • Static Routing, RIPv 2, OSPFv 2, EIGRP-stub • HSRP, VRRP • IGMP v 2/v 3, PIMv 2 (sparse mode) • Routed ACL and u. RPF • Scalability limited to 256 dynamically-learned routes N 55 -LAN 1 K 9 • Advanced Layer 3 software license • Includes all functionality of base license • Full EIGRP • BGP support • VRF-Lite (IP-VPN) support • Scalable to 8 K routes Use install license command under configuration context to install L 3 license Presentation_ID © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 7

Layer 3 Feature Details at FCS Feature Details L 3 interface • L 3 interface (non-FEX ports) • L 3 sub-interface • SVI (FEX ports could be members of VLANs) • Port channels VRF • VRF-lite • VRF aware Unicast -BGP/OSPF/RIP • VRF Aware Multicast BGP • Peer templates • Neighbor Authentication • Route Reflectors • BGP Confederations • Route Aggregation • BGP Dampening • Route Refresh Capability • Graceful Restart • ECMP • Route Redistribution • Route Filtering • VRF aware BGP Presentation_ID © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 8

Layer 3 Feature Details at FCS Feature Details OSPF • Supports all type of OSPF Area • Authentication • Area Filter-list • Virtual Link • Graceful Restart • ECMP • Route Redistribution • Route Filtering – Prefix-list, Filter-list • LSA & SPF Throttling • VRF Aware OSPF RIP • MD 5 Authentication • Route Redistribution • Route filtering • VRF Aware EIGRP • Authentication • Route Summarization • Route Redistribution • Route filtering Static route Presentation_ID © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 9

Layer 3 Feature Details at FCS Feature Details Multicast • PIM-SM • MSDP • RP Selection – Static, Auto , Any cast, BSR • SSM • VRF Aware PIM-SM/IGMP • Version 2, 3 u. RPF Strict and Loose mode, u. RPF with ACL Router ACL with L 3 & L 4 options to match HSRP/VRRP Object Tracking, Preemption, MD 5 Authentication, VRF Aware Other SPAN, ECMP (16) Presentation_ID © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 10

Layer 3 on Nexus 5548 P Flexibility, Choice, and Future-Proofing Orderable Now! Layer 3 Daughtercard Front of the Switch N 55 -D 160 L 3 • Field Replaceable Daughtercard • Upgradeable in-Rack • No Un-mounting Required Presentation_ID © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Flexibility Cisco Confidential Choice Future Proofing 11

Installing Layer 3 on Nexus 5548 A 3 -Step Process Orderable Now! 2 Unscrew the IO Module Pull the IO Module out Front of the Switch 3 Plug and Screw the L 3 IO Module Plug and Screw the Fan Modules Presentation_ID © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 1 Unscrew the Fan Modules Pull the Fan Modules out Cisco Confidential 12

Nexus 5548 Layer 3 Architecture and Forwarding Layer 3 Daughter Card N 5548 P Layer 3 Forwarding Engine Layer 2 Forwarding Path Layer 3 Forwarding Path 160 Gbps (312 Mpps) processing capacity UPC X-Bar Fabric UPC UPC © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. UPC 16 -port Expansion module 32 Fixed Ports Presentation_ID UPC Cisco Confidential 13

Nexus 5596 – Layer 3 Expansion Module 5596 Configured with one Layer 3 Expansion Module L 3 Expansion Module 5596 Configured with three Layer 3 Expansion Modules* * Support in Future with Software Upgrade Presentation_ID © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 14

Nexus 5596 Layer 3 Architecture and Forwarding Layer 2 Forwarding Path N 5596 UP Layer 3 Forwarding Path 16 -port Expansion module UPC Layer 3 Expansion Module Layer 3 Forwarding Engine UPC 16 -port Expansion module UPC UPC X-Bar Fabric UPC UPC 48 Fixed Ports Presentation_ID © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 15

Nexus 5596 as a 48 Port 10 GE Linerate Router* * Available in future with software upgrade Layer 2 Forwarding Path N 5596 UP Layer 3 Forwarding Path Layer 3 Expansion Module Layer 3 Forwarding Engine UPC UPC X-Bar Fabric UPC UPC 48 Fixed Ports Presentation_ID © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 16

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