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Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
OL-25338-04
Chapter 1 Overview of the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 3016 Switch
Figure 1-2 Rear View of the Cisco Nexus 3016 Switch
Ports for the Cisco Nexus 3016 Switch
The Cisco Nexus 3016 switch chassis includes the following ports:
• 40-Gigabit Ethernet uplink or downlink ports (16 ports)
• 100/1000 Ethernet management ports (2 ports)
• Console port (1 port)
• USB port (1 port)
The chassis has 16 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports that you can connect to hosts (uplink connections) or
servers (downlink connections), which are often in the same rack or a nearby rack. Each of these ports
uses a QSFP+ transceiver which is connected to one or four optical or copper cables. If one cable is used,
it has a QSFP+ transceiver on the other end. If four cables are used, each of those cables has an SFP+
transceiver on the other end. The ports are numbered from left to right from 1 to 16 with the
odd-numbered ports on top and the even-numbered ports on the bottom.
Two 100/1000 Ethernet management ports enable you to manage switch operations. You can connect to
the switch through these two ports by using an RJ-45 connector on a copper cable.
One console port enables you to initially configure the switch and to perform troubleshooting operations.
You use an RJ-45 connector with a copper cable to connect to this port.
One USB port enables you to save or load switch configurations.
1 AC or DC power supply (2) (AC power supply shown) 5 Status LED
2 Fan tray (1) 6 USB port (1)
3 Management ports (2) 7 Console port (1)
4 ID LED
1 ID LEDs 3 40-Gigabit uplink or downlink ports (16)
2 Status LED 4 Grounding pad