Scalable Data Center

Networks with Nexus 2K,

5K and 7K Product
Architectures
Ron Mitra, Product Manager
PSODCT-2001
Agenda
• Industry Trends
• Data Center Network Evolution
• Programmability and Automation
• Visibility and Services
• Nexus 7K/5K/2K Product Update
• Conclusion
Cisco Data Center Switching Portfolio
SAN LAN / SAN

Cisco MDS Cisco MDS Cisco MDS

9148 9222i 9500
Cisco Nexus Cisco Nexus
7000 9000

Cisco MDS Cisco MDS

9250i Cisco MDS 48x16G line- Cisco Nexus Cisco Cisco
9710 rate 5500 Nexus Nexus
FC Module 5600 6000

Cisco MDS Cisco MDS Cisco MDS

9148S 9706 48x10G line-rate Cisco Cisco
FCoE Module Nexus 2000 Nexus 3000

UNIFIED Consistency across physical,virtual,

FABRIC and cloud environments.
Data Center Network
Evolution
Data Center Network Evolution
Journey to the Programmable Fabric
STP based “Tiered” Design
Classic STP Limitation
50% of all Links not utilized
Complex to Harden
Workload Mobility
Increased App Communication
Higher Server Port Density and Bandwidth
VPC based “Tiered” Design “Fabric” Design
2 or more
Spines
Leaf
No STP Blocked Ports No STP
Full Links Utilization Simple to Configure
Faster Convergence Higher Fabric Bandwidth
Macro for “best practice” Consistent Latency
Spine Leaf
Scales to provide Scales to provide
fabric bandwidth access port density
 Cisco SDN: Providing Choice in Automation and
Programmability
Application Centric Infrastructure Programmable Fabric Programmable Network

DB DB

W eb Web App Web App

Turnkey integrated solution with VxLAN-BGP EVPN Modern NX-OS with enhanced
security, centralized management, standard-based NX-APIs
compliance and scale
3rd party controllersupport Automation Ecosystem
Automated application centric-policy (Puppet, Chef, Ansible etc.)
model with embedded security VTS for software overlay
Common NX-API
provisioning and management
Broad and deep ecosystem across N2K-N9K
across N2K-N9K
 Programmable Fabric Attributes
Distributed Anycast Gateway

ANY VM Mobility
VLAN Extensibility
Any SubnetAnywhere

Smaller failure domains

Distributed
Anycast GW

Distributed MP-
BGP Control Plane Horizontal Scale
Multi-tenant
Minimize Bottlenecks

Simplified Networking with Flexibility and Efficiency at Scale

 Programmable Fabric Attributes
Rapid Deployment of VM and Network
Subnet
QoS
Security
Policy-based
routing

Network Network
Profile Admin

Server Server
Profiles Admin

Network Admin Instances of Network Policies When a VM/PM pertaining to

When VM moves, the Network
defines Network Profile are automatically created in a project is detected,
1 Template for VMs/PMs 2 VTS (or DCNM) when a Server 3 Network Policy is applied to 4 Policy is applied automatically
to the leaf
in projects Admin provisions VMs/PMs the leaf
Nexus 7K Product Update
 Cisco Nexus 7700 Series Switch Family
Cisco Nexus® 7700
18-Slot
Fabric BANDWIDTH
1.32 Tbps

Cisco Nexus® 7700

10-Slot Smaller FOOTPRINT
26 RU

Cisco Nexus® 7700

More compact
6-Slot
14 RU

Cisco Nexus® 7700

2-Slot

9 RU
Environmental EFFICIENCY

3 RU
True front-to-back airflow

100G Density 192 96 48 12

40G Density 384 192 96 24
1G / 10G Density 768 384 192 48
F3 ASIC
Value in Flexibility and Simplification
The most comprehensive ASIC for the Data Center
• Classic Layer2 and Layer3
- Innovation but also core functionalities

• FabricPath
- Next-Gen Multi-Tenant Fabrics
F3 ASIC
• OTV, LISP and VxLAN
- Hardware Overlays and Virtualization

• MPLS (Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs)

- High Performance MPLS deployments
Designed by Cisco
• FCoE in San Jose, CA
- Converged Network Infrastructure

Note: Not all the features are enabled in the current NX-OS Software
F3 ASIC
Hardware Tables and Buffers

F3-Series Improvement over F2E

MAC Table 64K 200%

F3 ASIC 64K for IPv4 or
FIB Table 100%
32K for IPv6
Adjacency Table 64K 200%

ACL Table 16K Same

Designed by Cisco 12MB
in San Jose, CA Buffer Sharing
Buffers / Port Buffer Sharing
ECC protection
VoQArchitecture
Nexus 7000 Series F3 Module Portfolio
Industry’s Most Feature Rich Data Center Module

Nexus 7000 10G Nexus 7000 40G Nexus 7000 100G

F3 48-port 10G Module F3 12-port 40G Module F3 6-port 100G Module
N7K-F348XP-25 N7K-F312FQ-25 N7K-F306CK-25

Nexus 7700 10G Nexus 7700 40G Nexus 7700 100G

F3 48-port 10G Module F3 24-port 40G Module F3 12-port 100G Module
N77-F348XP-23 N77-F324FQ-25 N77-F312CK-26

ALL SHIPPING!
Nexus 5K/2K Product
Update
 Nexus Fixed Use Cases
10G 40G
Use Cases Use Cases
10G FEX Agg 10G FEX Agg
10G ToR 1G FEX Agg
(10G Uplink) (40G Uplink)
Server Connectivity 10G 1G 10G 10G
FEX to Parent n/a 10G 10G 40G
Parent Uplink to n/a 10G/40G 10G/40G 40G/100G
Next Layer

10G/40G 10G/40G 40G/100G

10/40G 10G 10G 40G

N2K N2K N2K N2K N2K N2K
10G 1G 10G 10G
FEX

Nexus 2200 FEX Nexus 2200 FEX Nexus 2300 FEX

SOLUTION SOLUTION
Nexus 5500, 5600 Nexus 5600Q
 Nexus 5600 Series
Chassis Nexus 5624Q
Base Chassis
12 Fixed QSFP+ 40G Ports
Port Side of

Flexibility to use 4x10G or 40G Expansion Modules

Switch

10/40G Ethernet/FCoE 12x 40G QSFP+Ports

Flexibility to use 4x10G
or 40G
10/40GEthernet/FCoE
Fan Side of

Redundant1+1 Choice of
Redundant1+1
Switch

AC/DC Power Reversible Airflow AC/DC Power

Supplies Supplies

Mgmt 0,Console,
RedundantFan USB
Modules
Nexus 5600 Series
Chassis Nexus 5648Q
2 ExpansionSlots
Flexibility to use 4x10G or 40G
Front of Switch

10/40G Ethernet/FCoE
Base Chassis
24x 40G QSFP+ Ports
Flexibility to use 4x10G or
40G
10/40GEthernet/FCoE
Back of Switch

Redundantn+1 Choice of
Redundantn+1
AC/DC Power Reversible Airflow AC/DC Power
Supplies Supplies

RedundantFan
Modules Mgmt0, Console,
USB
 Nexus 5624Q/5648Q Expansion Modules
N5600-M12Q

Provides 12 QSFP+ ports Offer same performance, features,

and scalability as fixed ports

Support 40G, 10G, FCoE Supports OIR *

* shutdown the interfaces on the module and then “poweroff module <>” before swapping the module.
 Nexus 2300 Series
Native 40G Uplinks
27 Million+
Enhanced buffers Ports Shipped
Nexus 2300 Higher Port Density
rt Capable 17,000+
Customers
rt Capable
e TCAM
550K+
Chassis tilldate
Single
Point of Scalability Flexibility FCoE
Mgt
Nexus 2000

Next Generation Nexus 2000

Thank you