Cisco N6K-C6001-64P Switch Overview

N6K-C6001-64P belongs to the Cisco Catalyst Nexus 6001 Series Switches; these switches are ideal for traditional or fully automated data center deployments. Cisco Nexus 6000 series switches, part of the Cisco Unified Fabric offering, expands architectural flexibility and scalability, enabling agile virtualized and cloud deployments. It runs the industry-leading Cisco NX-OS Software operating system, providing customers with features and capabilities that are widely deployed worldwide. The Cisco Nexus 6000 series provides high 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet density in energy-efficient switches with a compact form factor. With a robust integrated Layer 2 and 3 feature set, the Cisco Nexus 6000 series provides a versatile platform that can be deployed in multiple scenarios to build scalable Cisco Unified Fabric in the data center: direct-attach 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet access and high-density fabric extender aggregation deployments, leaf and spine designs, and compact aggregation.
 

The Cisco N6K-C6001-64P is a high-performance switch with impressive capabilities. It offers flexible connectivity options for various networking needs with 48x 10GB SFP+ ports and 4x 40GB QSFP+ ports. This switch supports front-to-back airflow, ensuring efficient cooling in data center environments.

One of its standout features is the switching capacity of 1.28 Tbps, allowing for smooth and fast data transfers across networks. Additionally, this switch boasts a MAC Address Table Size of up to 256k entries – perfect for managing large-scale network configurations efficiently.

With expert engineering and advanced technology, the Cisco N6K-C6001-64P delivers reliable performance without compromising speed or security. It is ideal for demanding enterprise environments where stability and scalability are paramount.

Cisco Nexus N6K-C6001-64P: Cisco Nexus 6001 1 RU Switch, Fixed 48P of 10G SFP+ and 4P QSFP; 2 PS, 3 Fans PORT SIDE EXHAUST.

The N6K-C6001-64P is an energy saving switch that offers high port density in one rack unit (1RU), supports 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet and Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), provides integrated Layer 2 and 3 features at wire speed, and offers low latency of approximately 1 microsecond for any packet size. Special features include VLAN support, Broadcast Storm Control, Multicast Storm Control, Unicast Storm Control, Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) support, Access Control List (ACL) support and Quality of Service (QoS). This switch is part of the Cisco Nexus 6000 series switches which saves capital expenditures (CapEx) and operating expenses (OpEx) by adapting to increasing bandwidth demands with a low power and compact space profile. This series provides customers with features and capabilities that are deployed worldwide.

In today's data centers, virtualization deployments have become common place, and this trend is increasing rapidly with the availability of 10 Gigabit Ethernet servers at attractive prices. The combination of increased adoption of 10 Gigabit Ethernet servers and applications with higher bandwidth requirements is increasing the need for dense 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet switching. Moreover, data center architecture is evolving as customers seek to build large-scale nonblocking fabrics to accommodate different applications, creating patterns of heavy east-west and north-south traffic. Leaf and spine layer designs using high-density and low-latency switches lead to a flatter network architecture, allowing connections scaling from hundreds to 10,000 or more servers with high bidirectional bandwidth, and helping ensure a low-latency fabric with a low hop count.

Cisco N6K-C6001-64P Switch Parameters