CCNA Data Center DCICT 640-916 Official Cert Guide

Cisco Nexus 5500 Products Expansion Modules

You can have additional Ethernet and FCoE ports or native Fibre Channel ports with the Nexus 5500 products by adding expansion modules. The Nexus 5548P/5548UP has one expansion module, and the Nexus 5596UP/5596T has three.

The Cisco N55-M16P module shown in Figure 2-34 has 16 ports 1/10-Gbps Ethernet and FCoE using SFP+ interfaces.

Figure 2-34 Cisco N55-M16P Expansion Module

The Cisco N55-M8P8FP module shown in Figure 2-35 is a 16-port module. It has 8 ports 1/10-Gbps Ethernet and FCoE using SFP+ ...