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Nexus Product Update

Nexus Product Update. Aug 2011. Session Objectives. N7K General information N5K update N2K support matrix N3K low latency network design. Cisco Unified Fabric Switching DCSTG Portfolio. SAN. LAN. LAN/SAN. MDS 9500. Nexus 5000. Scalability. Nexus 7000. MDS 9200. Nexus 2000.

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Nexus Product Update

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  1. Nexus Product Update Aug 2011

  2. Session Objectives N7K General information N5K update N2K support matrix N3K low latency network design

  3. Cisco Unified Fabric SwitchingDCSTG Portfolio SAN LAN LAN/SAN MDS 9500 Nexus 5000 Scalability Nexus 7000 MDS 9200 Nexus 2000 Nexus 1010 Nexus 3000 Nexus 4000 MDS 9100 Nexus 1000V Cisco NX-OS: One OS from the Hypervisor to the Data Center Core Convergence VM-Aware Networking 10 GbE switching Fabric Extensibility Cloud Mobility Cisco DCNM: Single Pane of Visibility for both LAN and SAN

  4. Cisco NX-OS Customer TractionDelivering Game Changing Innovations NX-OS Industry first multi-protocol Network OS Powers multiple platforms at Cisco – Networking, Storage, Server Connectivity Enabling Mission-critical availability Completely modular and flexible Operating System Optimized for Cloud and I/O Convergence Driving value through innovations like OTV, FabricPath& LISP ~$2.3Bof sales in FY 11 forecasted with NX-OS powered platforms Over 15,000 NX-OS Customers across all market segments

  5. In Production for > 3 Years Installed base of > $1.8B Last 4 Quarters Run Rate >$1B >15,000 Chassis Shipped > Shipped >1M10GE ports >4,700 Customers Worldwide Franchise wins across segments >700 new customers in Q3FY11 Theater Sales Distribution for FY11 Confidential Do Not Share

  6. Adoption of NX-OS Innovations Customer reference internal use only

  7. Nexus 7000 40/100 GE LeadershipLead Platform for highest density 2013 1.1 Terabit per Slot 32T 2011 550 Gigabit Slot 2008 80/230 Gigabit Slot • High-density 40/100G Modules • Control Plane Expandability • 2 us latency

  8. Nexus 7000 I/O Module Family Roadmap M2-XL Series (1HCY12)6-port 40G/24-port 10G QSFP/Breakout (240G/slot)2-port 100G/40G CFP/Breakout (200G/slot)24-port 10G (240G/slot) M1-XL Series (Shipping)8 port 10G-XL (80G/slot)32 port 4:1 10G-XL SFP+ (80G/slot)48 port 10/100/1000-XL (46G/slot)48 port 1G-XL SFP (46G/slot) F2 Series (Q4CY11)48 port L3 10G SFP+ (480G/slot)Fab2 (550G/slot) F2 Series (1HCY12)48 port L3 10G 10GBASE-T (480G/slot) F1 Series (Shipping)32 port L2 10G SFP+ (230G/slot) Cisco Confidential Services Rich Platform (M Series)Multi-purpose, full L2/L3/L4 with scale Fabric Switching System (F Series)FabricPath capable for high-performance Data Center Fabrics …past 2011 2012 future…

  9. 7K Features in FY11Major Platform Capabilities NX-OS 5.1 – Shipping Oct 2010 32-port 1/10GESFP+ F1 Series I/O Module FabricPath Nexus 2248 support on Nexus 7000 NX-OS 5.2 – July 30 2011 Director Class FCoE and Multi-Hop FCoE on Nexus 7000/MDS Location ID/Separation Protocol (LISP) MPLSL3 Enhancements to Nexus 2000 support on Nexus 7000 Converged DCNM for both LAN/SAN

  10. Nexus 7000 Roadmap Stretch Goal (Pending Resources) Commit Freetown Target: 1H CY2012 Status: Execute Commit Delhi Target: Q2 CY2011 Status: Execute Commit (Long Lived Release) Edinburgh Target: Q4 CY2011 Status: Execute Commit (Short Lived Release) v5.2.x v6.0 v6.1 Scalability, Convergence, Operation • Scalability enhancements (L3, FabricPath Trees) • BFD Triggered Fast Reroute • MIBs (PIM, BFD, Mroute, FCoE) • EEM (Embedded Event Manager) • vPC and Port Channel host/FEX • FEXL3 routed ports • F1 Series: PTP IEEE 1588 • Parallel ISSU/EPLD upgrades • + 1x Admin VDC • VDC CPU/Memory Control Groups • vPC Scale (Multicast 20K (S,G),…) • 2000 VRF-lite, L3VPN Scale • MIBs (IGMP, P-BRIDGE, Q-BRIDGE) • Fabric QoS • L3 over vPC (with F2 modules) • vPCConfig Sync • PVLAN on PC and vPC Platform Solution • Nexus 2232-10G • Nexus 2224 • FCoE – FCF, E_Port, F_Port • OTV Adjacency Server • LISP • vPC Enhancements • OTV Enhancements, VLAN Translation … • F2 Series Phase II: FEX, FCoE, FabricPath, 12 Tx/Rx SPAN, ERSPAN, 1588 ERSPAN • LISP Multi-tenancy • CCN – Phase I IOS Migration • MPLS – Phase 1 (L3VPN) • 6VPE / PE • VACL Capture • VACL Deny • IS-ISv6 • BGP, OSPF enhancements • IP-SLA, sender/responder, basic probes • MPLS – Phase 2 (EoMPLS, VPLS ) Hardware • Fabric2: 7010, 7018 • F2 Series: 48p 1/10GE SFP+ (Phase I Support: F2 only VDC, L2/vPC, L3/ VRF, ACLs, QoS Policy, SPAN) • Nexus 7009, Fabric-2 (Maintenance Release) Target Q4CY12. • F2 Series: 40p 1/10GBase-T • M2 Series: 6x 40GE (Feature Parity with M-Series inc. FEX) • M2 Series: 2x 40/100GE (Feature Parity.) • M2 Series: 24 port 10GE • N2232TM

  11. Nexus 5548P, Nexus 5548UP Nexus 5596UP

  12. Nexus 5000 Series Generation Evolution

  13. Nexus 5500 Platform2nd-Generation Nexus 5000 with L3 support • Delay: ~2 usec • Cisco Fabric Path • IETFTRILL & Cisco L2MP • T11FCoE • Hardware support IEEE 1588 (Precision Time Protocol – µs accuracy & timestamp) • 32K MAC Table Entries • Enhanced feature SPAN, multicast • 1G/10G/FCoE/DCB, 1/2/4/8 G FC, 1GE • Layer 2/Layer 3 support • Front-to-back and back-to-front airflow • 4KVLANs • 40G Uplinks (future)

  14. Server I/O Progression Adapter FEX Adapter FEX architecture LAN Switch Logical Switch FEX Adapter FEX • Infrastructure consolidation(less adapters, cables, management points) • On demand infrastructure • Simplified management

  15. Server I/O Progression Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) VM-FEX architecture Switch LAN FEX Hypervisor VM-FEX • Each virtual machine gets a first-class switch interface • Collapse virtual and physical networking infrastrutures App App App OS OS OS

  16. Layer 3 License • N55-BAS1K9 • Free base Layer 3 software license • Static Routing, RIPv2, OSPFv2, EIGRP-stub • HSRP, VRRP • IGMPv2/v3, PIMv2 (sparse mode) • Routed ACL and uRPF • Scalability limited to 256 dynamically-learned routes • N55-LAN1K9 • Advanced Layer 3 software license • Includes all functionality of base license • Full EIGRP • BGP support • VRF-Lite (IP-VPN) support • Scalable to 8K routes Use install license command under configuration context to install L3 license

  17. Nexus 5500 Series2nd Generation Nexus 5000 with Layer 3 support * Post FCS Support

  18. Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX)Platform Update

  19. Fabric Extender Parent Switch Support Matrix

  20. Low Latency Considerations – N3K Update

  21. Ultra Low Latency Performance Sub-microsecond Latency up to 64 ports of 10G Wire-speed L2/L3 10G with 40G Uplinks Intelligence Industry-proven Cisco NX-OS with complete suite of HA, Security, QoS and Management Cisco Nexus 3064

  22. Nexus 3064 - Latency & Jitter Nexus 3064 3rd Party Benchmark: http://www.miercom.com/dl.php?fid=20110422&type=report L2/L3 Latency (usec) L2/L3 Jitter (nsec) • 0.2% difference between layer 2 and layer 3 latency • Extremely low jitter 6.1 nsec ~9.7 nsec Cisco Systems Highly Confidential

  23. Nexus 3000 – Buffer When the switch is forwarding a packet, up to 4 cells (768Bytes) are needed to be populate in order to cut-through traffic

  24. Coming Soon http://savbu.cisco.com/attachments/N3K%20Roadmap%20Update_SEVT_May2011.pptx Quicksilver Plus • Latency & table size enhancements • No changes in port-count & form-factor • Pin compatible ASIC • Target: July 2011 Key Differences : Most of the target customers don’t need these enhancements Position only under competitive pressure *Roadmap

  25. IEEE 1588It’s all About Time ... 2H CY11 (N5/3K) Q2CY11 (N7k) IEEE 1588 • Precision Time Protocol (PTP) with Boundary Clock. • PONG for Hop-by-Hop Latency Measurements • Hardware support on the Nexus 7000 (F-Series and M2-Series), Nexus 5500 and Nexus 3000 Benefits Animated Slide ! • Accurate Time Synchronization • Accurate Monitoring of Latency and SLAs • Future Integration with ERSPAN for accurate Timestamp of Monitored Traffic UseCases • Synchronization and Monitoring of Financial Applications • Synchronization of distributed DC Clusters • Time Synchronization in High Performance Computing

  26. Roadmap* Precision Time ProtocolBoundary Clock • Network Time Synchronization protocol standardized in IEEE 1588-2002 • Accurate clock synchronization (in usecvsmsec with NTP) • Periodic time sync with master clock accounts for link delays • Precise monitoring of latency and SLAs • Improved data correlation with network captures and system events Very useful tool for financial HFT customers to measure latency performance of their trading apps – Key differentiator! *7K NX-OS 5.2 Delhi Release Q2CY11 *5K/3K 2HCY11

  27. IEEE 1588 Features on Nexus Switch – Summary

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