Nexus 7000 Modules and their Racing Heritage

Fryguy — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:08:42 +0000

I figured I would take a few moments and blog about the different Nexus 7000 I/O modules families – the M1 and F1 (formerly D1). It is my understanding that the M in M1 stands for Multifuction and the F in F1 stands for Fabric/FCOE (or fast, depending on who you ask) . So, can you sense a car theme here with this line-up? M1? F1? Well, it only gets better – read on!
(Update 8/7/2012) – Barry Reyes (Twitter) posted a picture on twitter about Formula 1 Racking and the Nexus line cards. Below is that picture:

First lets start with the M1 line cards – the N7K-M108X2-12L, N7K-M132XP-12, N7K-M148GT/S, N7K-M148GT/S-11L, N7K-M102CF-22L and N7K-M106FQ-23L. Some of the common features to all the M1 series of line cards is that they are L2/L3 capable, will support LISP as well as OTV.

The N7K-M108X2-12L is a 8-port 10G line card that uses the X2 series of GBICs. The X2 GBICs that are supported include the SR, LR, LRM, ER, ZR, LX4 and the CX4. This card was named after the Adelaide Street Circuit in South Australia. Some of the specs of this card are:

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Nexus 7000 Modules and their Racing Heritage