N3K-C3524P-XL is the Nexus 3524-XL Switch, with 24 SFP+. The Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches are a comprehensive portfolio of 1, 10, and 40 Gigabit Ethernet switches built from a Switch-on-a-Chip (SoC) architecture. Introduced in April 2011, this series of switches provides line-rate Layer 2 and 3 performance and is suitable for Top-of-the-Rack (ToR) architecture. This series of switches has established itself as a leader in High-Frequency Trading (HFT), High-Performance Computing (HPC), and big data environments by pairing high performance and low latency with innovations in performance visibility, automation, and time synchronization.
Physical | 24 fixed SFP+ ports (1 or 10 Gbps); expandable to 48 ports Dual redundant hot-swappable power supplies Four individual redundant hot-swappable fans One 1-PPS timing port, with the RF1.0/2.3 QuickConnect connector type One 10/100/1000-Mbps management port One RS-232 serial console port Two USB ports Locator LED Locator LED button |
Performance | 480-Gbps switching capacity Forwarding rate of 360 mpps Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports Configurable MTUs of up to 9216 bytes (jumbo frames) |
Typical operating power | 102W |
Maximum power | 193W |
Typical heat dissipation | 348 BTUs per hr |
Maximum heat dissipation | 658 BTUs per hr |
Number of spanning-tree instances | Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP): 512 Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) Protocol: 64 |
Number of EtherChannels | 24 |
Number of ports per EtherChannel | 24 |
Buffer size | 6 MB shared among 16 ports; 18 MB total |
System memory | 16 GB |
Boot flash memory | 16 GB |
Number of power supplies | 2 (redundant) |
Power supply types | AC (forward and reversed airflow) (forward and reversed airflow) |