Cisco Nexus 3524-xl 24 Sfp+ Ports Enhanced Extended Memory

Introduction

High Performance with Flexible Deployments

The Cisco Nexus 3524 Switch, part of the Unified Fabric Family, is well suited for mainstream top-of-rack (TOR) data center deployments. It offers wire-rate Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching with a comprehensive feature set, including Algo Boost technology, and ultra-low latency. All comes in a compact, cost effective, 1-rack-unit (1RU) form factor.

Features and Capabilities

Algo Boost technology allows the Cisco Nexus 3524 to achieve exceptionally low latencies of 250 nanoseconds (ns) or less for all workloads. That includes unicast and multicast, and Layer 2 and 3, regardless of the features applied.

Among other benefits:

- Warp mode can further reduce latency to 190 ns for small-to-midsize Layer 2 and 3 deployments.
- Warp SPAN helps enables stock market data delivery to trading servers in as little as 50 ns.
- Active Buffer Monitoring helps you take advantage of market volatility and handle micro bursts.
- Technology supports Network Address Translation (NAT) for trade execution on any venue, without a latency penalty.
- Embedded Remote SPAN with nanosecond timestamps helps you monitor your traffic with unparalleled precision.

Comprehensive Feature Set with Cisco NX-OS

The Cisco Nexus 3524 is powered by the data-center-class Cisco NX-OS operating system. Features include:

- Full-featured unicast protocols including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and RIP
- Multicast protocols include PIM-SM, PIM-SSM, and MSDP
- Full support for access control lists (ACLs; port, VLAN, and routed) and quality of service (QoS; queueing and marking)
- Full support for troubleshooting tools such as Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) and Ethanalyzer
- Switch management by Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)

Management features

Switch type

Managed

Switch layer

L2/L3

Quality of Service (QoS) support

Yes

Web-based management

Yes

Ports & interfaces

Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports quantity

24

Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports type

Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)

Gigabit Ethernet (copper) ports quantity

2

SFP+ module slots quantity

24

Console port

RS-232

USB 2.0 ports quantity

2

Network

Networking standards

IEEE 802.1D, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3ad, IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3z

10G support

Yes

IP routing

Yes

Link aggregation

Yes

Spanning tree protocol

Yes

VLAN support

Yes

Virtual LAN features

Private VLAN, Tagged VLAN

Number of VLANs

4096

Data transmission

Switching capacity

480 Gbit/s

Throughput

360 Mpps

MAC address table

64000 entries

Jumbo frames support

Yes

Jumbo frames

9216

Packet buffer memory

18 MB

Security

Access Control List (ACL)

Yes

Multicast features

Multicast support

Yes

Protocols

Management protocols

SSHv2, SNMP v1/v2/v3, RADIUS, TACACS+

Supported network protocols

IPv4, IPv6

Design

Rack mounting

Yes

Form factor

1U

Product colour

Grey

Performance

Flash memory

2048 MB

Mean time between failures (MTBF)

317030 h

Power

Number of power supply units

2

AC input voltage

100 - 240 V

Power consumption (typical)

102 W

Power consumption (max)

193 W

Power over Ethernet (PoE)

Power over Ethernet (PoE)

No

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T)

0 - 40 °C

Storage temperature (T-T)

-40 - 70 °C

Operating relative humidity (H-H)

10 - 85%

Storage relative humidity (H-H)

5 - 95%

Operating altitude

0 - 3000 m

Heat dissipation

904 BTU/h

Weight & dimensions

Width

439 mm

Depth

467 mm

Height

43.6 mm

Weight

7.9 kg