White Paper Abstract:
The Cisco Nexus™ 5000 Series is a family of line-rate, low-latency, low-cost-per-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet/Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switches for data center access-layer applications. The Cisco® Nexus 5000 Series supports a cost-effective top-of-rack deployment model that delivers both the port density and the bandwidth needed by servers in both top-of-rack and pod-style environments. This document presents several scenarios that illustrate the effectiveness of these switches in supporting both rack-mount and blade systems in high-density configurations.