N3K-C3172PQ-XL

N3K-C3172PQ-XL Specifications

Physical

●  1RU fixed form factor

●  72 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports (48 SFP+ and 6 QSFP+)

◦   48 SFP ports support 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet

◦   6 QSFP ports support 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet or 40 Gigabit Ethernet each

●  Redundant fans (3+1)

●  2 redundant power supplies

●  Management, console, and USB flash-memory ports

Performance

●  1.4-Tbps switching capacity

●  Forwarding rate of up to 1 bpps

●  Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports

●  Configurable maximum transmission units (MTUs) of up to 9216 bytes (jumbo frames)

Hardware tables and scalability

Number of MAC addresses

288,000

Number of VLANS

4096

Number of spanning-tree instances

●  RSTP: 512

●  MSTP: 64

Number of ACL entries

●  4000 ingress

●  1000 egress

Routing table

●  16,000 prefixes and 16,000 host entries*

●  8000 multicast routes*

Number of EtherChannels

64 (with vPC)

Number of ports per EtherChannel

32

System memory

8 GB

Buffer size

12 MB shared

Boot flash

16 GB

Power

Number of power supplies

2

Power supply types

●  AC (forward and reversed airflow)

◦   - N2200-PAC-400W and N2200-PAC-400W-B (PQ models)

◦   - NXA-PAC-500W and NX-PAC-500W-B (TQ models)

●  DC (forward and reversed airflow)

◦   - N2200-PDC-400W and N3K-PDC-350W-B (PQ models)

◦   - NXA-PDC-500W and NX-PDC-500W-B (TQ models)

Typical operating power

143 W

Maximum power

293W

AC PSUs

●  Input voltage

●  Frequency

●  Efficiency

●  100 to 240 VAC

●  50 to 60 Hz

●  89 to 91% at 220V

DC PSUs

●  Input voltage

●  Maximum current (PSU output – System input)

●  Efficiency

●  –40 to –72 VDC

●  33A (400W unit), 42A (500W unit)

●  85 to 88%

Typical heat dissipation

488 BTU/hr

Maximum heat dissipation

1000 BTU/hr

Cooling

●  Forward and reversed airflow schemes:

◦   Forward airflow: Port-side exhaust (air enters through fan-tray and power supplies and exits through ports)

◦   Reversed airflow: Port-side intake (air enters through ports and exits through fan-tray and power supplies)

●  Redundant fans

●  Hot swappable (must swap within 1 minute)

Sound

Measured sound power (maximum)

●  Fan speed: 40% duty cycle

●  Fan speed: 70% duty cycle

●  Fan speed: 100% duty cycle

●  64.9 dBA

●  69.3 dBA

●  76.7 dBA

Environment

Dimensions
(height x width x depth)

1.72 x 17.3 x 17 in. (4.4 x 43.9 x 43.2 cm)

Weight

18.6 lb (8 4 kg)

Operating temperature

●  32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)

Storage temperature

●  -40 to 158°F (-40 to 70°C)

Operating relative humidity

●  10 to 85% noncondensing

●  Up to 5 days at maximum (85%) humidity

●  Recommend ASHRAE data center environment

Storage relative humidity

●  5 to 95% noncondensing

Altitude

●  0 to 10,000 ft (0 to 3000m)