Unified Fabric for Data Center Server Access

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Next-generation data centers have specific server networking needs, and the Cisco Nexus 5020 two-RU switch delivers an Ethernet-based unified fabric to meet those needs.

The Cisco Nexus 5020 Switch foundation is built upon:

• High-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet
• Data Center Ethernet
• Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
• Virtual-machine-optimized networking

A broad group of industry-leading partners supports the open, standards-based unified fabric architecture of the Cisco Nexus 5020 Switch. This switch also delivers more than 1 Tbps of switching capacity with 40 fixed wire-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports that support Data Center Ethernet and FCoE. In addition, two expansion ports support any combination of the following modules:

• 8-port 1/2/4 Gigabit Fibre Channel
• 4-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (Data Center Ethernet and FCoE) and 4-port 1/2/4 Gigabit Fibre Channel
• 6-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (Data Center Ethernet and FCoE)