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Optical Transceivers for Cisco N5K-C5020P-B-S Switch
2016-11-17
Type Of Tutorial SFP Switch Cisco Nexus 5000 Switch N5K-C5010P-B-S

Cisco N5K-C5020P-B-S Switch Overview

N5K-C5020P-B-S belongs to the Cisco Catalyst Nexus 5000 Series Switches; these switches are ideal for traditional or fully automated data center deployments. The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch is a 2 RU, top-of-rack switch that provides Ethernet and Fiber Channel consolidation in a single physical cable. The Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocol is used to consolidate Ethernet and Fiber Channel traffic onto the same physical connection between the server and the switch. As a top-of-rack switch, all the servers in the rack connect to the Cisco Nexus 5020 switch, and it connects to the LAN or SAN. The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch is a part of a family of switches that provide 10-Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports and both 10-Gigabit Ethernet and native 1-, 2-, and 4-Gbps Fiber Channel ports.

Cisco N5K-C5020P-B-S Switch

Cisco N5K-C5020P-B-S Switch Parameters

Device Type 
Switch - 46 ports - L4-L7 - Managed - with 4x Cisco MDS 9000 Family 2/4/8-Gbps Fibre Channel-Shortwave, SFP+, LC (DS-SFP-FC8G-SW), 4x Cisco 10GBASE-SR SFP+ Module (SFP-10G-SR)        
Enclosure Type
Rack-mountable 2U 
Subtype 
10 Gigabit Ethernet 
Ports 
46 x SFP+
MAC Address Table Size 
16K entries 
 Jumbo Frame Support
9216 bytes 
Remote Management Protocol 
SNMP 1, SNMP 2, RMON, Telnet, SNMP 3, SMI-S, SSH-2, CLI 
Features

Layer 2 switching, trunking, VLAN support, Syslog support, packet filtering, Weighted Round

Robin (WRR) queuing, MAC address filtering, Broadcast Storm Control, IPv6 support, High

Availability, ASIC VPN, Multicast Storm Control, Unicast Storm Control, Per-VLAN Spanning

Tree (PVST), Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) support, priority-based flow control,

DHCP snooping, Access Control List (ACL) support, Quality of Service (QoS), Jumbo Frames support 

Compliant Standards 
IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.1D, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.3ad (LACP), IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.1ab (LLDP)
Power
AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz ) 
Power Redundancy
Yes
Dimensions (WxDxH)
43.9 cm x 76.2 cm x 8.8 cm

Optical Transceivers for Cisco N5K-C5020P-B-S Switch 

Based on the SFP (optical module form factor) Gigabit Ethernet ports accommodate range SFP (optical module form factor) optical transceivers, including Cisco 10GBASE-SR, 10GBASE-LR, 10G SFP+ DAC Twinax Cable. For more information on these Cisco optical transceivers, please check the following table.

MFG Part number
Description
Price
SFP-10G-SR 
Cisco SFP-10G-SR Compatible 10GBASE-SR SFP+ 850nm 300m DOM Transceiver 
US$16.00 
SFP-10G-LR
Cisco SFP-10G-LR Compatible 10GBASE-LR SFP+ 1310nm 10km DOM Transceiver
US$32.55
SFP-10G-SR-S 
Cisco SFP-10G-SR-S Transceiver Module Compatible 10G 10G SFP+ 850nm 300m
US$16.00
SFP-10G-LR-S
Cisco SFP-10G-LR-S Transceiver Module Compatible 10G 10G SFP+ 1310nm 10km 
US$32.55
SFP-H10GB-CU1M
Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU1M Compatible 10G SFP+ DAC Twinax Cable (1-meter, passive, SFP+ to SFP+, 30AWG) 

SFP-H10GB-CU3M
Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU3M Compatible 10G SFP+ DAC Twinax Cable (3-meter, passive, SFP+ to SFP+, 30AWG) 

SFP-H10GB-CU5M
Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU5M Compatible 10G SFP+ DAC Twinax Cable (5-meter, passive, SFP+ to SFP+, 24AWG) 

SFP-H10GB-ACU7M
Cisco SFP-H10GB-ACU7M Compatible 10G SFP+ DAC Twinax Cable (7-meter, active, SFP+ to SFP+, 30AWG) 

SFP-H10GB-ACU10M
Cisco SFP-H10GB-ACU10M Compatible 10G SFP+ DAC Twinax Cable (10-meter, active, SFP+ to SFP+, 28AWG)

Note: Cozlink compatible with Cisco optical module. For more information, please feel free to contact us.

How to determine what types of optical transceivers for Cisco switches?

1. Finding the corresponding optical module compatibility matrix via Cisco official website. 
2. On the running switches, enter the privileged mode and input # "show idprom interface gi1 / 0/48" command, you can query the optical module model and serial number, If not, try to input other two commands: xuxic or show idprom int g2/6
3. Checking the type and port based on the specification, it can be used as long as it is gigabit SFP optical module interface. But the specific models to be decided according to the actual demand, such as type, the actual use of distance, single-mode or multimode, single fiber or dual fiber etc. Welcome to consult Cozlink engineer.

Summary

The Cisco N5K-C5020P-B-S Switches are an excellent match, with low latency and choice of front-to-back or back-to-front cooling, copper or fiber access ports, and rear-facing data ports. This high quality Cisco switch works with a number of Gigabit Ethernet SFP optical transceivers. You can easily find these high quality fiber optic transceivers at very competitive rates on Cozlink. What makes this even better that Cozlink also offer you a wide range of patch cords, fiber optic pigtails and high speed cables to choose from and Cozlink also ensure that you get the same day shipping.
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