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The Cisco Nexus 7706 is a 6-slot modular enterprise datacenter chassis switch in the Nexus 7700 family. Occupying 9U of rack space, the 7706 delivers up to 1.3 Tbps per slot backplane bandwidth (up to 21 Tbps system capacity), front-to-back airflow, redundant supervisor engines, and full support for 40G and 100G Ethernet line cards with complete NX-OS feature parity.

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Specifications

Brandcisco
FamilyNexus 7700
Form factormodular chassis
ReleasedApr 2014
End of saleOct 2021
End of supportOct 2026
Chassis slots6
Supervisor slotsSlots 1 and 2 (redundant supervisor modules)
Line card slots4 payload line card slots (Slots 3 through 6)
Chassis height9U rack mount
Switching capacityUp to 21 Tbps with Fabric-2 modules
Per slot bandwidth1.3 Tbps per slot
AirflowTrue front-to-back airflow matching modern datacenter standards

Generations

Works together

How the cisco Nexus 7700 Nexus 7706 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 7700 Nexus 7706.

Equivalent models from other brands

FAQ

Can Nexus 7000 line cards be installed into the Nexus 7706 chassis?

No, Nexus 7700 switches use dedicated 7700-series line cards, supervisors, and fabric modules with higher per-slot bandwidth.

Does the 7706 support 100GbE line cards?

Yes, it supports the N77-F324FQ-25 and N77-M324FQ-25L 100GbE line cards.

Buying or selling Nexus 7706?

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