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The Cisco Nexus 7004 is a compact 4-slot modular datacenter chassis switch delivering carrier-grade NX-OS routing and switching in a 7U frame. Featuring dual supervisor engine slots and two line card payload slots with side-to-rear airflow, the 7004 delivers up to 1.92 Tbps of switching capacity, Virtual Device Contexts, and resilient Cisco FabricPath routing for midsize datacenters.

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Specifications

Brandcisco
FamilyNexus 7000
Form factormodular chassis
ReleasedApr 2011
End of saleOct 2018
End of supportOct 2023
Chassis slots4
Supervisor slots2 supervisor slots (Slots 1 and 2)
Line card slots2 payload slots (Slots 3 and 4)
Chassis height7U rack mount
Switching bandwidthUp to 1.92 Tbps with Fabric-2 modules
VirtualizationVirtual Device Context (VDC) technology for multi-tenant hardware partitioning

Generations

Works together

How the cisco Nexus 7000 Nexus 7004 connects to servers, storage and the network: 3 ways, with the parts and products on each path.

iSCSI and NVMe/TCP over EthernetFile storage (NFS and SMB)Hyperconverged cluster

iSCSI and NVMe/TCP over Ethernet

Keep the speed the same at all three points: a 25GbE server, a 25GbE switch port and a 25GbE array port. Mixed speeds work but the slowest link sets the pace.

Servers

Adapters for the server

Storage

Optics

iSCSI and NVMe/TCP over Ethernet: how it fits together

File storage (NFS and SMB)

Front-end ports face the clients; back-end ports (on scale-out systems) connect the nodes to each other and need their own switch pair.

Servers

Adapters for the server

Storage

Optics

File storage (NFS and SMB): how it fits together

Hyperconverged cluster

Plan at least two 25GbE ports per node to two switches; all-NVMe clusters often move to 100GbE.

HCI nodes

Adapters for the server

Optics

Hyperconverged cluster: how it fits together

Plan and size it

Check compatibility with Cisco

Before you buy, confirm the exact configuration against the vendor's own lists: firmware levels, operating systems, adapters and optics that Cisco has tested with the cisco Nexus 7000 Nexus 7004.

Equivalent models from other brands

FAQ

What is Virtual Device Context (VDC) on the Nexus 7000?

VDC virtualizes the physical chassis into multiple independent logical switches, each with isolated control plane, data plane, and management interfaces.

Can the 7004 run F2 and M2 line cards simultaneously?

Yes, the 7004 supports mixed M-series and F-series line cards within the same chassis or partitioned across VDCs.

Buying or selling Nexus 7004?

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