Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide (OL-15902-01, November 2008)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
OL-15902-01
Chapter 1 Product Overview
Nexus 5020 Switch
Supported SFP Transceivers
The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch supports both SFP+ Ethernet transceivers and SFP Fibre Channel
transceivers.
SFP+ Transceivers
The enhanced Small-Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+) 10-Gigabit Ethernet transceiver module is a
bidirectional device with a transmitter and receiver in the same physical package. It has a 20-pin
connector on the electrical interface and duplex LC connector on the optical interface.The Cisco Nexus
5020 switch supports the SFP-10G-SR transceiver.
Figure 1-16 shows the SFP-10G-SR transceiver.
Figure 1-16 SFP+ 10-Gigabit Ethernet Transceiver Module
SFP+ Copper Cables
Copper cables are available for use with the 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ module. The cables come in the
following lengths:
• 1m, 30AWG
• 3m, 28-30 AWG
• 5m, 26-28 AWG
• 7m, 24-26 AWG
Model Description
SFP-10G-SR 10-Gigabit Ethernet—short range SFP+ module
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