Table 1 shows the Quick Specs. Product Code N5K-C5596UP-FA Performance Layer 2 hardware forwarding at 1920 Gbps or 1428 mpps, Layer 3 performance of up to 160 Gbps or 240 mpps Form Factor 2RU Fixed Ports 48 fixed unified ports Power Supplies 2 1100W AC Power Supplies Fan Modules 4 Expansion Slots 3 Airflow Front-to-Back Physical (height x width x depth) 3.47 x 17.3 x 29.5 in. (8.8 x 43.9 x 74.9 cm) Weight(with two 1100W power supplies, 3 unified port expansion modules, and 4 fan modules) 47.5 lb (21.55 kg) Table 2 shows the recommended elements for the N5K-C5596UP-FA. Category Model Description Nexus 5500 Expansion Slot N55-M16UP Nexus 5500 Unified Ports Module 16p, Spare N55-D160L3-V2 Nexus 5596 Layer 3 Expansion Module, Version 2 N5K Transceiver and Cable SFP-H10GB-CU1M 10GBASE-CU SFP+ Cable 1 Meter SFP-H10GB-ACU7M Cisco Direct-Attach Active Optical Cables with SFP+ Connectors, SFP-H10GB-ACU7M License N55-48P-SSK9 Nexus 5500 Storage License, 48 Ports Compare to Similar Items Table 3 shows the comparison of N5K-C5596UP-FA, N5K-C5596T-FA and N5K-C5548UP-FA. Product Code N5K-C5596UP-FA N5K-C5596T-FA N5K-C5548UP-FA Form Factor 2RU 2RU 1RU Fixed Ports 48 fixed unified ports 32x10GT/16xSFP+ Fixed Ports 32 fixed unified ports Power Supplies 2 1100W AC Power Supplies 2 1100W AC Power Supplies 2 750W AC Power Supplies Fan Modules 4 4 2 Expansion Slots 3 3 1 Airflow Front-to-Back Back-to-Front Front-to-Back FEATURES Stackable Layer 3 switches with BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, VRF, and OSPF with robust security and QoS High performance 880 Gbps system switching capacity, 660 MPPS of system throughput and up to 200 Gbps stacking bandwidth Compact 1U switches with full density HPE Smart Rate (1/2.5/5GbE) multi-gigabit, 60W PoE and SFP+ Power-to-port switch bundle with back-to-front airflow ideal for data center 1GbE ToR and OOBM deployments Built-in high speed 10GbE/25GbE/50GbE uplinks Intelligent monitoring, visibility, and remediation with Aruba Network Analytics Engine One touch deployment with the Aruba CX Mobile App Aruba NetEdit support for automated configuration and verification Aruba Dynamic Segmentation enables secure and simple access for users and IoT QUICK SPECIFICATIONS External I/O Ports: (48) SmartRate 100M/1G/2.5G/5G BASE-T Class 6 PoE ports supporting up to 60W per port, (4) 1/10/25/50G SFP ports Latency: 1Gbps: 4.24Sec, 10Gbps: 1.50Sec, 25Gbps: 2.91Sec, 50Gbps: 3.49Sec Switching Capacity: 880 Gbps Stacking Capabilities: Up to 10 switches per stack Throughput: 654 Mpps Memory and Processor: Quad Core ARM Cortex A72 @ 1.8GHz, 8 GBytes DDR4 32 GBytes eMMC 8 MB Shared Packet Buffer Memory PoE Capability: Up to 2880W of Class 6 PoE Power with two new 1600W JL670A PSUs Weight : 6.02 kg Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 44.2 x 38.5 cm
