Product Overview

The Cis co Nexus® 3016 Switch (Figure 1) is a 40 Gigabit Ethernet switch platform. It is a high-performance, ultralow-latency Ethernet switch providing line-rate Layer 2 and 3 switching in a compact one-rack-unit (1RU) form factor. The switch runs the industry-leading Cis co® NX-OS Software operating system, providing customers with robust features and functions that are widely deployed globally.

The line-rate Layer 2 and 3 switching at ultra-low latencies along with the serialization benefits of 40 Gigabit Ethernet switching make the Cis co Nexus 3016 an ideal switch platform for financial co-locations. This switch supports both forward and reversed airflow schemes with AC and DC power inputs.

Figure 1.     Cis co Nexus 3016 Switch

Main Benefits

The Cis co Nexus 3016 provides the following main benefits:

1.   Ultra-low latency

.     The Cis co Nexus 3016 delivers ultra-low nominal latency that enables customers to implement high-performance infrastructures for high-frequency trading workloads. Customers can also achieve faster application performance because of the serialization savings from switching at 40 Gigabit Ethernet speeds.

2.   Wire-rate Layer 2 and 3 switching on all ports

.     Layer 2 and 3 switching of up to 1.2 terabits per second (Tbps) and more than 950 million packets per second (mpps) is provided in a compact 1RU form-factor switch.

3.   Purpose-built on Cis co NX-OS operating system with comprehensive, proven innovations

.    Virtual PortChannel (vPC) provides Layer 2 multipathing through the elimination of Spanning Tree Protocol and enables fully utilized bisectional bandwidth and simplified Layer 2 logical topologies without the need to change the existing management and deployment models.

.     Power On Auto Provisioning (POAP) enables touchless bootup and configuration of the switch, drastically reducing provisioning time.

.     Cis co Embedded Event Manager (EEM) and Python scripting enable automation and remote operations in data center.