Cisco Nexus 3000 series 524-XL Switch N3K-C3524P-XL

Layer 2

● Layer 2 switch ports and VLAN trunks
● IEEE 802.1Q VLAN encapsulation
● Support for up to 4096 VLANs
● Rapid Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVRST+) (IEEE 802.1w compatible)
● MSTP (IEEE 802.1s): 64 instances
● Spanning Tree PortFast
● Spanning Tree Root Guard
● Spanning Tree Bridge Assurance
● EtherChannel technology (up to 24 ports per EtherChannel)
● LACP: IEEE 802.3ad, IEEE 802.1ax
● Advanced PortChannel hashing based on Layer 2, 3, and 4 information
● Jumbo frames on all ports (up to 9216 bytes)
● Storm control (multicast and broadcast)
● Link-level flow control (IEEE 802.3x)
● vPC*[2]

Layer 3

● Layer 3 interfaces: Routed ports on interfaces, Switch Virtual Interfaces (SVIs), PortChannels, and subinterfaces (total: 1024)
● 24-way Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP)
● 4096 ACL entries
● Routing protocols: Static, RIPv2, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP
● HSRP and VRRP
● ACL: Routed ACL with Layer 3 and 4 options to match ingress and egress ACLs
● VRF: VRF-Lite (IP VPN), VRF-aware unicast (BGP, OSPF, and RIP), and VRF‑aware multicast
● VRF route leaking
● Jumbo frame support (up to 9216 bytes)

Multicast

● Multicast: PIMv2, PIM Sparse Mode (PIM-SM), SSM, and BiDir
● Bootstrap router (BSR), Auto-RP, and Static RP
● MSDP and Anycast RP
● Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Versions 2 and 3

Security

● Ingress ACLs (standard and extended) on Ethernet
● Standard and extended Layer 3 to 4 ACLs include IPv4, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), TCP, and User Datagram Protocol
(UDP)
● VLAN-based ACLs (VACLs)
● Port-based ACLs (PACLs)
● Named ACLs
● ACLs on virtual terminals (VTYs)
● Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) relay
● Control Plane Policing (CoPP)

Cisco Nexus Data Broker

● Topology support for tap and SPAN aggregation
● Traffic load balancing to multiple monitoring tools
● Time stamping using PTP
● Packet truncation
● Traffic filtering based on Layer 1 through Layer 4 header information
● Traffic replication and forwarding to multiple monitoring tools
● Robust RBAC
● Northbound Representational State Transfer (REST) API for all programmability support

Management

● Power On Auto Provisioning (POAP)
● Python scripting
● Switch management using 10/100/1000-Mbps management or console ports
● CLI-based console to provide detailed out-of-band management
● In-band switch management
● Locator and beacon LEDs
● Configuration rollback
● SSHv2
● Telnet
● AAA
● AAA with RBAC
● RADIUS
● TACACS+
● Syslog
● Embedded packet analyzer
● SNMP v1, v2, and v3
● Enhanced SNMP MIB support
● XML (NETCONF) support
● Remote monitoring (RMON)
● Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for management traffic
● Unified username and passwords across CLI and SNMP
● Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (MS-CHAP)
● Digital certificates for management between switch and RADIUS server
● Discovery Protocol Versions 1 and 2
● RBAC
● SPAN on physical, PortChannel, and VLAN
● ERSPAN Versions 2 and 3
● Ingress and egress packet counters per interface
● Network Time Protocol (NTP)
● OHMS
● Comprehensive bootup diagnostic tests
● Call Home
● DCNM
● Active buffer monitoring
● PTP (IEEE 1588) boundary clock

Physical

● 24 fixed SFP+ ports (1 or 10 Gbps); expandable to 48 ports
● Dual redundant hot-swappable power supplies
● Four individual redundant hot-swappable fans
● One 1-PPS timing port, with the RF1.0/2.3 QuickConnect connector type*
● One 10/100/1000-Mbps management port
● One RS-232 serial console port
● Two USB ports
● Locator LED
● Locator LED button

Performance

● 480-Gbps switching capacity
● Forwarding rate of 360 mpps
● Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports
● Configurable MTUs of up to 9216 bytes (jumbo frames)

Typical operating power

● 102W

Maximum power

● 193W

Typical heat dissipation

● 348 BTUs per hr

Maximum heat dissipation

● 658 BTUs per hr