The Nexus 3000 switches are part of the Cisco Unified Fabric architecture; they offer high performance and high density at ultra low latency.
Get top-of-rack, Layer 2 and 3 switching
The Cisco Nexus 3000 Series offers low-latency, highly programmable, high-density switches. These compact fixed switches are excellent for general-purpose deployments, high-performance computing (HPC), high-frequency trading (HFT), massively scalable data center (MSDC), and cloud networks.
This product family consists of multiple switch models: the Nexus 3000 Series, Nexus 3100 Series, 3100V Series, 3200 Series and Nexus 3500 switches.
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Nexus 3000 Model
| Cisco Nexus 3048 | |
| VXLAN Capability | No |
| Openflow Support | Yes |
| Rack unit (RU) | 1 |
| Switching capacity | 176 Gbps |
| Interface Type | 48 RJ-45 and 4 SFP+ |
| Maximum 1 GE ports | Up to 48 |
| Maximum 10 GE ports | 4 |
| Maximum 40 GE ports | 0 |
| Switch latency | 2.7 to 7.2 microseconds |
| Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports | Yes |
| Redundant and hot-swappable power supply and fans | Yes |
| Air flow | Front-back and back-front |
Compare Nexus 3100 Models
| Cisco Nexus 3132Q/3132Q-X | Cisco Nexus 3164Q | Cisco Nexus 3172PQ | Cisco Nexus 3172TQ | Cisco Nexus 31128PQ | |
| First version of support | 7.0(3)I3(1) and later | In 7.0 train, 7.0(3)I2(1) onwards In 6.0 train, 6.0(2)U2(4) onwards |
In 7.0 train, 7.0(3)I2(1) onwards In 6.0 train, 6.0(2)U3(1) onwards |
7.0(3)I2(1) and later | |
| Virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN) capable | Bridging | Bridging | Bridging | Bridging | Bridging |
| Openflow support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rack unit (RU) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Switching capacity | 2.56 Tbps | 5.12 Tbps | 1.44 Tbps | 1.44 Tbps | 2.56 Tbps |
| Interface-type | 32 QSFP+ | 64 QSFP+ | 48 SFP+ and 6 QSFP+ | 48 RJ-45 and 6 Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (QSFP+) | 96 Small Form Factor Pluggable+ and 8 Quad SFP+ transceivers |
| Maximum 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports | 29 | None | 48 | 48 | 96 |
| Maximum 10 GE ports | 104 | 256 | 72 | 72 | 96 |
| Maximum 40 GE ports | 32 | 64 | 6 | 6 |
Compare 3100V Models
| Cisco Nexus 31108PC-V | Cisco Nexus 31108TC-V | Cisco Nexus 3132Q-V | |
| First version of support | Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I4(1) and later | Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I4(1) and later | Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I4(1) and later |
| Virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN) capable | Bridging and Routing | Bridging and Routing | Bridging and Routing |
| Shared Buffer Space | 16 MB | 16 MB | 16 MB |
| Openflow support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rack unit (RU) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Switching capacity | 2.16 Tbps | 2.16 Tbps | 2.56 Tbps |
| Interface-type | 48 SFP 6 QSFP/QSFP28 |
48 RJ-45 6 QSFP/QSFP28 |
32 QSFP |
| Maximum 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports | 48 | 48 | 29 |
| Maximum 10 GE ports | 72 | 72 | 104 |
| Maximum 40 GE ports | 6 | 6 | 32 |
| Maximum 100 GE ports | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Compare Nexus 3200 Models
| Cisco Nexus 3232C | Cisco Nexus 3264Q | Cisco Nexus 3264C-E | |
| First version of support | Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)IX1(2) and 7.0(3)I3(1) and later | Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)IX1(2) and 7.0(3)I3(1) and later | Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)IM7(2) |
| VXLAN Capability | Bridging | Bridging | Bridging |
| Openflow Support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rack unit (RU) | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Switching capacity | 6.4-Tbps | 5.12 Tbps | 12.8 Tbps |
| Interface Type | 32 QSFP28 | 64 QSFP+ | 64 QSFP28 |
| Maximum 10 GE ports | 128 | 128 | 128 |
| Maximum 25 GE ports | 128 | n/a | 128 |
| Maximum 40 GE ports | 32 | 64 | 64 |
| Maximum 50 GE ports | 64 | n/a | 128 |
| Maximum 100 GE ports | 32 | n/a | 64 |
| Switch latency | 450ns | 515-700ns | 450ns |
| Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* |
| Redundant and hot-swappable power supply and fans | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Air flow | Port-side intake or port-side exhaust | Port-side intake or port-side exhaust | Port-side intake or port-side exhaust |
*Packets greater than 250 Bytes
Compare Nexus 3500 Models
| Cisco Nexus 3524-X/XL | Cisco Nexus 3548-X/XL | |
| First version of support | In 6.0 train, 6.0(2)A6(1) and later releases. In 7.0 train, 7.0(3)I7(2) and later releases |
7.0(3)I7(3) |
| Algo Boost-capable (NAT, Active Buffer Monitoring) | Yes | Yes |
| VXLAN Capable | No | No |
| Multicast NAT | Yes | Yes |
| Latency Monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| System Memory | 4 GB for X 16 GB for XL |
4 GB for X 16 GB for XL |
| Openflow support | Yes | Yes |
| Rack unit (RU) | 1 | 1 |
| Switching capacity | 480 Gbps | 960 Gbps |
| Interface-type | 24 SFP+ | 48 SFP+ |
| Maximum 1 GE ports | 24 enabled (48 max) | 48 |
| Maximum 10 GE ports | 24 10G SFP+ ports. Additional 24 ports via license | 48 |
| Maximum 40 GE ports | 6 | 12 |
| Switch latency | Sub-250ns | Sub-250ns |
| Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports | Yes | Yes |
| Redundant and hot-swappable power supply and fans | Yes | Yes |
| Air flow | Front-back and back-front | Front-back and back-front |
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Feature-Based Licenses for the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series & 3500 Series Switches
The following table lists the feature-based license packages for the Cisco Nexus 3500 Series switches.
Feature-Based Licenses for the Cisco Nexus 3500 Series Switches
| Feature License | Product ID | Features | ||
| 24 Port License Package
24P_LIC_PKG |
N3548-24P-LIC | 24-port license for the Cisco Nexus 3548 Series switch. | ||
| 24 Port Upgrade License Package
24P_UPG_PKG |
N3548-24P-UPG | 24-port upgrade license for the Cisco Nexus 3548 Series switch. | ||
| Layer 3 Base Services Package
LAN_BASE_SERVICES_PKG |
N3548-BAS1K9 | Layer 3 Base Services Package
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| Cisco Nexus 3500 Algo Boost License
ALGO_BOOST_SERVICES_PKG |
N3548-ALGK9 | Cisco Nexus 3500 Algo Boost License
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| Layer 3 Enterprise Services Package
LAN1K9_ENT_SERVICES_PKG |
N3524-LAN1K9 | Layer 3 Enterprise Services Package
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| Layer 3 Enterprise Services Package
LAN_ENTERPRISE_SERVICES_PKG |
N3548-LAN1K9 | Layer 3 Enterprise Services Package
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The following table lists the feature-based license packages for the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series.
Feature-Based Licenses for the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series
| Feature License | Product ID | Features | ||
| 16 Port License Upgrade Package
16P_UPG_PKG |
N3K-16T-UPG | 16-port upgrade license for Cisco Nexus 3172TQ switches. This is the upgrade license to enable 16 ports, and it can only be applied to N3K-C3172TQ-32T. | ||
| 32 Port License Package
32P_LIC_PKG |
N3K-32X-LIC | Default 32-port license for the Cisco Nexus 3172TQ switches. | ||
| 16 Port License Upgrade Package
16P_UPG_PKG |
N3064T-16T-UPG | 16-port upgrade license for Cisco Nexus 3164T switch. | ||
| 32 Port License Package
32P_LIC_PKG |
N3064T-32T-LIC | 32-port license for Cisco Nexus 3164T switch. | ||
| Layer 3 Base Services Package
LAN_BASE_SERVICES_PKG |
N3K-BAS1K9 |
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| Layer 3 Enterprise Services Package
LAN_ENTERPRISE_SERVICES_PKG |
N3K-LAN1K9 |
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