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cisco Nexus 7000 Nexus 7010 vs cisco Nexus 7700 Nexus 7710

Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 7010 is the historic 10-slot enterprise datacenter chassis switch that launched the Cisco Nexus family and NX-OS operating system. The Cisco Nexus 7710 is a 10-slot enterprise modular datacenter core switch delivering high port density and up to 42 Tbps of switching bandwidth in a 14U frame.

cisco Nexus 7000 Nexus 7010cisco Nexus 7700 Nexus 7710
Brandciscocisco
Statusend-of-saleend-of-sale
ReleasedJan 2008Jun 2013
Form factormodular chassismodular chassis
Chassis slots1010
Supervisor slotsSlots 1 and 2 (redundant supervisors)Slots 1 and 2 (redundant supervisors)
Line card slots8 payload line card slots (Slots 3 through 10)8 payload slots (Slots 3 through 10)
Chassis height21U rack mount14U rack mount
System bandwidthUp to 15 Tbps with Fabric-2 modules—
Fabric modulesUp to 5 rear fabric modulesUp to 6 rear fabric modules
Power redundancyUp to three 6000W or 7500W power supplies—
Switching throughput—Up to 42 Tbps non-blocking bandwidth
Airflow—True front-to-back airflow compliant with modern hot/cold aisle datacenters

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