Cisco Nexus 3132Q-V Switch

Get High-Density, 40 Gigabit Ethernet Switching

Get high performance, advanced programmability, and wire-rate Layer 2 and 3 switching based on the Cisco NX-OS operating system. The 3132Q-V is a 32-port 10/40-Gbps top-of-rack (ToR) switch that supports DevOps toolsets. Ideal for building cost-effective, power-efficient data centers, this compact switch offers flexibility and scale for service and cloud providers.

Features and Capabilities

High Performance and Flexibility

• All ports are line-rate 10 or 40 Gigabit Ethernet
• Up to 2.5 Tbps and up to 1.4 billion packets per second (Bpps)
• The design is optimized for ultra-low, nominal latency (approximately 650 nanoseconds)
• Border Gateway Protocol Ethernet VPN (BGP EVPN) control plane offers scalable multitenancy and host mobility

Feature-Rich

• Native line-rate virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN) routing can enable mobility and tenant isolation
• Integrates with Cisco Cloud Network Manager and XML management tools
• Includes scalable and cost-effective network traffic monitoring with Cisco Nexus Data Broker

Simple Operations

• Includes touchless boot-up with Power-On Auto-Provisioning (POAP)
• Configuration management DevOps tools support Puppet, Chef, and Ansible
• Advanced programmability functions include Cisco NX-API command-line interface (CLI), NX-API representational state transfer (REST), Cisco Embedded Event Manager, and Python scripting

Specifications at a Glance

• 1-rack-unit (1RU) fixed form factor
• 16 MB of deep-shared buffer
• 32 Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable (QSFP) 40-Gbps ports. Each QSFP port supports 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet or 40 Gigabit EtherneT
• Up to 128 10-Gbps ports with a breakout cable
• 2.8 Tbps switching capacity