Product Information
The Cisco Nexus 3172PQ switch is a dense, high-performance Layer 2 and 3 10 and 40-Gbps switch that is a member of the Cisco Nexus 3100 switches. The Nexus 3100 switch is the Cisco Nexus 3000 series switches and offers improved port density, scalability, and features compared to the first-generation switches. It supports both forward and reverse airflow schemes with AC and DC power inputs. The Cisco Nexus 3172PQ is well suited for data centers that require a cost-effective, power-efficient line-rate Layer 2 and 3 top-of-rack (ToR) switch.Cisco Nexus 3172PQ is a 10-Gbps enhanced Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+)-based ToR switch with 48 SFP+ ports and 6 Quad SFP+ (QSFP+) ports. Each SFP+ port can operate in 100-Mbps, 1-Gbps, or 10-Gbps mode, and each QSFP+ port can operate in native 40-Gbps or 4 x 10-Gbps mode. This switch is a true phy-less switch that is optimized for low latency and low power consumption.
- Wire-rate Layer 2 and 3 switching on all 72 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
The Cisco Nexus 3172PQ provides Layer 2 and 3 switching of up to 1.4 terabits per second (Tbps) and up to 1 billion packets per second (Bpps) in a compact 1RU form factor. - High availability
Virtual PortChannel (vPC) technology provides Layer 2 multipathing through the elimination of spanning tree protocol and enables fully utilized bisectional bandwidth and simplified layer 2 logical topologies without the need to change the existing management and deployment models. The 64-way equal-cost multipath (ECMP) routing enables the use of layer 3 fat-tree designs and allows organizations to prevent network bottlenecks, increase resiliency, and add capacity with little network disruption. - High performance
The Cisco Nexus 3172PQ deliver ultra-low nominal latency, which allows customers to implement high-performance infrastructure for high-frequency trading (HFT) workloads. Purpose-built on Cisco NX-OS operating system with comprehensive, proven innovations PowerOn Auto Provisioning (POAP) enables touchless bootup and configuration of the switch, drastically reducing provisioning time. Cisco Embedded Event Manager (EEM) and Python scripting enable automation and remote operations in the data center. Advanced buffer monitoring reports real-time buffer use per port and per queue, which allows organizations to monitor traffic bursts and application traffic patterns. Ethanalyzer is a built-in packet analyzer for monitoring and troubleshooting control-plane traffic and is based on the popular Wireshark open source network protocol analyzer.