Product Code |
N3K-C3064PQ-10GX |
Physical |
● 1RU fixed form factor ● Cisco Nexus 3064-X: 64 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports (48 SFP+ and 4 QSFP+) ◦ 48 SFP ports support 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet ◦ 4 QSFP ports support 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet or 40 Gigabit Ethernet each ● 2 redundant power supplies ● 1fan tray with redundant fans ● 1 I/O module with management, console, and USB flash memory ports |
Performance |
● 1.28-Tbps switching capacity ● Forwarding rate of 950 mpps ● Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports ● Configurable maximum transmission units (MTUs) of up to 9216 bytes (jumbo frames) |
Physical dimensions |
1.72 x 17.3 x 19.7 in. (4.4 x 43.9 x 50.5 cm) |
Weight |
20.5 lb (9.3 kg) |
The Cisco Nexus 3064 switches provides the following main benefits:
● Wire-rate Layer 2 and 3 switching on all ports
◦ The Cisco Nexus 3064 switches provide Layer 2 and 3 switching of up to 1.2 terabits per second (Tbps) and more than 950 million packets per second (mpps) in a compact 1RU form factor.
● Ultra-low latency
◦ The Cisco Nexus 3064 switches deliver ultra-low nominal latency that allows customers to implement high‑performance infrastructure for high-frequency trading (HFT) workloads.
● Purpose-built on Cisco NX-OS operating system with comprehensive, proven innovations
◦ Virtual PortChannel (vPC) provides Layer 2 multipathing through the elimination of Spanning Tree Protocol and enables fully utilized bisectional bandwidth and simplified Layer 2 logical topologies without the need to change the existing management and deployment models.
◦ PowerOn Auto Provisioning (POAP) enables touchless bootup and configuration of the switch, drastically reducing provisioning time.
◦ Cisco Embedded Event Manager (EEM) and Python scripting enable automation and remote operations in the data center.
◦ Advanced buffer monitoring reports real-time buffer use per port and per queue, which allows organizations to monitor traffic bursts and application traffic patterns.
◦ The 64-way equal-cost multipath (ECMP) routing enables Layer 3 fat tree designs and allows organizations to prevent network bottlenecks, increase resiliency, and add capacity with little network disruption.
◦ EtherAnalyzer is a built-in packet analyzer for monitoring and troubleshooting control-plane traffic and is based on the popular Wireshark open source network protocol analyzer.
◦ Precision Time Protocol (PTP; IEEE 1588) provides accurate clock synchronization and improved data correlation with network captures and system events.
◦ Full Layer 3 unicast and multicast routing protocol suites are supported, including Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Routing Information Protocol Version 2 (RIPv2), Protocol Independent Multicast sparse mode (PIM-SM), Source-Specific Multicast (SSM), and Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP).
● Network traffic monitoring with Cisco Nexus Data Broker
◦ Build simple, scalable and cost-effective network tap or Cisco Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) aggregation for network traffic monitoring and analysis.