High-Density, Compact Form Factor

Cisco Nexus 6000 Series switches are designed to deliver high density 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) and 40 GE in an energy efficient, compact form factor. It offers a comprehensive integrated Layer 2 and Layer 3 feature set. That makes Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches ideal for space constrained, high density, and high performance deployments in traditional, virtualized, and cloud environments.

The comprehensive Cisco NX-OS feature set and scalability of the Cisco Nexus 6000 Series deliver high performance, operational efficiency, and design flexibility using extensive programmability. They form part of the foundation for the Cisco Unified Fabric.

Benefits include:

High Scalability and Performance

• Up to 384, 10 Gbps or 96, 40 Gbps line rate, Layer 2 and Layer 3 ports in four-rack units (RU)
• Up to 1536, 1 or 10 GE server ports with the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders (FEX)
• Cisco FabricPath support for scalable Layer 2 networks

Operational Efficiency

• Advanced analytics tool kit with buffer and latency monitoring
• Single point of management with FEX architecture
• Power on auto provisioning (PoAP)

Agility

• Programmability – Python scripting, TCL scripting, the Cisco One Platform Kit (onePK) (support in future software release)
• 48 fixed 40 G ports with four expansion slots for added scale
• Support for 10 G and 40 G Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)