All Cisco Nexus 7000 Series chassis use a passive mid-plane architecture, providing physical connectors and copper traces for interconnecting the fabric modules and I/O modules for direct data transfer. All inter-module switching is performed via crossbar fabric ASICs on the individual I/O modules and fabric modules.
A scalable, fully distributed fabric architecture uses up to six fabric modules to deliver up to 1.32 Tbps per slot of bandwidth in the Cisco Nexus 7700 6-, 10-, and 18-slot switches on day one. In case of the Cisco Nexus 7700 2‑slot chassis, the fabric modules are not required since it uses a single module. The midplane design on the 2‑slot, 6-slot, 10-slot, and 18-slot chassis supports flexible technology upgrades as your needs change, providing ongoing investment protection. Future fabric modules will allow higher bandwidth capabilities on the platform. More information: Certificates | Safety | UL/CSA/IEC/EN 60950-1, AS/NZS 60950 |  | Certification | FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) (USA) Class A, ICES-003 (Canada) Class A, EN55022 (Europe) Class A, CISPR22 (International) Class A, AS/NZS CISPR22 (Australia and New Zealand) Class A, VCCI (Japan) Class A, KN22 (Korea) Class A, CNS13438 (Taiwan) Class A, CISPR24, EN55024, EN50082-1, EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3, EN61000-6-1, EN300 386 | Operational conditions | Operating temperature (T-T) | 0 - 40 °C | | Storage temperature (T-T) | -40 - 70 °C | | Operating relative humidity (H-H) | 5 - 90 % | | Storage relative humidity (H-H) | 5 - 95 % | | Operating altitude | 0 - 4000 m | Weight & dimensions | Width | 439 mm | | Depth | 813 mm | | Height | 396.2 mm | Technical details | Rack mounting | Yes | | Rack capacity | 9U | | LED indicators | Yes | | Size (imperial) | 19 " | | Number of slots | 6 | | Heat dissipation | 26280 BTU/h | | Operating temperature (T-T) | 32 - 104 °F | | Product colour | Grey |
|