Cisco Nexus 3172 Switch:

1. Layer 2 and 3 switching of upto 1.4 Tbps and more than 950 mpps
2. Supports mobility and tenant isolation with VxLAN (with a
software upgrade)
3. Optimizes latency with PHY-less design on all ports
4. Supports 1/10/40 Gbps for maximum physical layer flexibility
5. Offers upto 72 1/10 GE ports, or 48 1/10 GE plus 6 40 GE ports in
1 RU.
Ease of operations:
1. PowerOn Auto Provisioning (PoAP) for touchless bootup and
configuration
2. Cisco EEM and Python scripting
3. Advanced SDN capabilities, including support for Open Flow and
Cisco OnePK
4. Integration with Cisco DCNM and XML management tools

Specifications at a Glance:
Physical specifications:
1. 3172PQ provides up to 72 10 GE ports (48 small form factor
pluggable plus (SFP+) and 6 Quad SFP+ (QSFP+)
2. 3172TQ provides up to 72 10 GE ports (48 RJ-45 and 6 QSFP+)
3. Dual redundant power supplies
4. Redundant (3 plus 1) and hot-swappable fans
5. Low power consumption of 2 watts per port
Performance specifications:
1. Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports
2. Configurable MTU of upto 9216 jumbo frames

Cisco Nexus 3100 Features:

https://people.ucsc.edu/~warner/Bufs/cisco-3100-arch.pdf