Hardware Support for SAN Switching

Hardware Support for SAN Switching

The following table lists the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series hardware that supports SAN switching.

Table 1. Cisco Nexus 9300 Series Switches: Supported Hardware

Model (PID)

FC E Port

FCoE E Port

FC Edge Port

FCoE Edge Port

FEX Support

N9K-C9336C-FX2-E

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

N9K-C93180YC-FX

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

N9K-C93360YC-FX2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Note

Beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 10.2(3)F, FCoE E Port is supported.

The following FC SFPs are supported:

  • DS-SFP-4X32G-SW is supported only on N9K-C9336C-FX2-E

  • DS-SFP-FC8G-SW is supported only on N9K-C93180YC-FX and N9K-C93360YC-FX2

  • DS-SFP-FC16G-SW is supported only on N9K-C93180YC-FX and N9K-C93360YC-FX2

  • DS-SFP-FC32G-SW is supported only on N9K-C93180YC-FX and N9K-C93360YC-FX2

  • DS-SFP-FC32G LW is supported only for long distance ISLs (supported on N9K-C93180YC-FX)

The following SFPs are supported for FCoE long distance ISL:

  • SFP-10G-LR, SFP-10/25G-LR-I, and QSFP-40G-LR4/QSFP-40G-LR4-S is supported only for FCoE long distance ISLs

Supported Platforms

Starting with Cisco NX-OS release 7.0(3)I7(1), use the Nexus Switch Platform Support Matrix to know from which Cisco NX-OS releases various Cisco Nexus 9000 and 3000 switches support a selected feature.