Cisco N5KC5548UP Nexus 5000 Series Network Switch

The Cisco N5K-C5548UP Nexus 5500 Series data center switch delivers 48 unified ports that carry either Ethernet or Fibre Channel traffic, with the N55-M16UP Unified Port Expansion Module providing 16 additional unified ports for higher density. Designed for data center access and aggregation layers, virtualization environments, and enterprise storage networks, it offers up to 960 Gbps of switching capacity and up to 714 Mpps forwarding speed, runs Cisco NX-OS, and supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) to unify Ethernet and storage traffic over a single fabric. Power is supplied by two N55-PAC-750W AC power supplies and the unit is rack-mountable for standard data center installations. Common replacements in Nexus deployments include Cisco Nexus N5K-C5672UP, N5K-C5596UP, and N9K-C93180YC-EX, depending on your fabric topology and density needs.