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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Overview
Cisco Nexus 5000 Platform Switches
To see what each of the Ethernet port LEDs indicate, see Table D-3 on page D-4.
Expansion Modules
The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch has two slots that can be used for the following optional expansion
modules:
• Fibre Channel plus Ethernet expansion module
• Ethernet expansion module
• N5K-M1008 Generic Expansion Module (GEM)
• N5K-M1060 GEM
The chassis supports hot swapping of the expansion modules.
This section includes the following topics:
• Fibre Channel Plus Ethernet Expansion Module, page 1-32
• Ethernet Expansion Module, page 1-33
• N5K-M1008 Generic Expansion Module, page 1-34
• N5K-M1060 Generic Expansion Module, page 1-34
Fibre Channel Plus Ethernet Expansion Module
The Fibre Channel plus Ethernet expansion module is a field-replaceable unit (FRU) that supports four
SFP+ transceiver modules and four 4-, 2-, or 1-Gbps Fibre Channel transceivers. Figure 1-30 shows the
features that you use when installing the Fibre Channel plus Ethernet expansion module.
Figure 1-30 Fibre Channel Plus Ethernet Expansion Module Features
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1 Captive screw 4 Four 4-, 2-, and 1- Gbps Fibre Channel ports
2 Four 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports 5 Handle
3 Status LED