N3K-C3016-FD-L3

Benefit

Simplification of data center operating environment
End-to-end Cisco Nexus and Cisco NX-OS fabric
No retraining necessary for data center engineering and operations teams

Transparent operation with existing network infrastructure
Open standards
No compatibility concerns

Robust software
Fault tolerance
Increased scalability
Increased network availability

Quick problem isolation and resolution
Continuous system monitoring and proactive notifications
Improved productivity of operations teams

Rapid development and creation of tools for enhanced management
Comprehensive SNMP MIB support for efficient remote monitoring

Scalable and cost effective
Robust traffic filtering capabilities
Traffic aggregation from multiple input ports across different switches
Traffic replication and forwarding to multiple monitoring tools

Tight access control mechanism based on user roles
Improved network device security
Reduction in network problems arising from human errors

Comprehensive Layer 2 feature set: VLAN, IEEE 802.1Q Trunking, Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), vPC, Unidirectional Link Detection (UDLD) (standard and aggressive), Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), Spanning Tree Protocol guards, and VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) transparent
Security: Authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA); configurable Control-Plane Policing (CoPP): Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) snooping; storm control; and private VLAN (PVLAN)
Management features: IEEE 1588 (PTP) boundary clock, Cisco SPAN, Encapsulated Remote SPAN ERSPAN), Cisco Data Center Networking Manager (DCNM) support, console, Secure Shell Version 2 (SSHv2) access, Cisco Discovery Protocol, SNMP, and syslog

Layer 3 IP routing: Inter-VLAN routing (IVR), static routes, RIPv2, access control lists (ACLs), OSPFv2 (limited to 256 routes), EIGRP stub, Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), and Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF)
Multicast: PIM-SM, SSM, and MSDP

Advanced Layer 3 IP routing: OSPFv2, EIGRP, BGP, and Virtual Route Forwarding lite (VRF-lite)

License for using the tap and SPAN aggregation functions with Cisco Nexus Data Broker; only the Base license is needed for this feature

Specification

Layer2 switch ports and VLAN trunks
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN encapsulation
Support for up to 4096 VLANs
Rapid Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVRST+) (IEEE 802.1w compatible)
MSTP (IEEE 802.1s): 64 instances
Spanning Tree PortFast
Spanning Tree Root Guard
Spanning Tree Bridge Assurance
Cisco EtherChannel technology (up to 16 ports per EtherChannel)
LACP: IEEE 802.3ad
vPC
Advanced PortChannel hashing based on Layer 2, 3, and 4 information
Jumbo frames on all ports (up to 9216 bytes)
Storm control (unicast, multicast, and broadcast)
Private VLANs

Layer 3 interfaces: Routed ports on interfaces, switch virtual interfaces (SVIs), PortChannels, and subinterfaces (total: 1024)
64-way Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP)
2000 ingress and 1000 egress ACL entries
Routing protocols: Static, RIPv2, EIGRP, OSPFv2, and BGP
Bidirectional Flow Detection (BFD) for BGP
HSRP and VRRP
ACL: Routed ACL with Layer 3 and 4 options to match ingress and egress ACLs
VRF: VRF-lite (IP VPN), VRF-aware unicast (BGP, OSPF, and RIP), and VRF-aware multicast
uRPF with ACL; strict and loose modes
Jumbo frame support (up to 9216 bytes)

Multicast: PIM Version 2 Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) and SSM
Bootstrap router (BSR), Automatic Rendezvous Point (Auto-RP) and Static RP
Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) and Anycast RP
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Versions 2, and 3

Layer 2 IEEE 802.1p (class of service [CoS])
8 unicast and 4 multicast hardware queues per port
Per-port QoS configuration
CoS trust
Port-based CoS assignment
Modular QoS CLI (MQC) compliance
ACL-based QoS classification (Layers 2, 3, and 4)
MQC CoS marking
Differentiated services code point (DSCP) marking
Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED)
CoS-based egress queuing
Egress strict-priority queuing
Egress port-based scheduling: Weighted Round-Robin (WRR)
Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)

Ingress ACLs (standard and extended) on Ethernet
Standard and extended Layer 3 to 4 ACLs: IPv4, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), TCP, User Datagram Protocol (UDP), etc.
VLAN-based ACLs (VACLs)
Port-based ACLs (PACLs)
Named ACLs
ACLs on virtual terminals (vtys)
DHCP snooping with Option 82
Port number in DHCP Option82
DHCP relay
Dynamic Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) inspection
Configurable CoPP

Topology support for tap and SPAN aggregation
Support for QinQ to tag input source tap and SPAN ports
Traffic load balancing to multiple monitoring tools
Traffic filtering based on Layer 1 through Layer 4 header information
Traffic replication and forwarding to multiple monitoring tools
Robust RBAC
Northbound Representational State Transfer (REST) API for all programmability support

Switchmanagement using 10/100/1000-Mbps management or console ports
CLI-based console to provide detailed out-of-band management
In-band switch management
Locator and beacon LEDs
Port-based locator and beacon LEDs
Configurable CoPP
Configuration rollback
SSHv2
Telnet
AAA
AAA with RBAC
RADIUS
TACACS+
Syslog
Syslog generation on system resources (for example, FIB tables)
Embedded packet analyzer
SNMP v1, v2, and v3
Enhanced SNMP MIB support
XML (NETCONF) support
Remote monitoring (RMON)
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for management traffic
Unified username and passwords across CLI and SNMP
Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (MS-CHAP)
Digital certificates for management between switch and RADIUS server
Cisco Discovery Protocol Versions 1 and 2
RBAC
Cisco SPAN on physical, PortChannel, VLAN, and Fibre Channel interfaces
ERSPAN
Ingress and egress packet counters per interface
PTP (IEEE 1588) boundary clock
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Cisco OHMS
Comprehensive bootup diagnostic tests
Cisco Call Home
Cisco DCNM
Advanced buffer monitoring

Products should comply with CE Markings per directives 2004/108/EC and 2006/95/EC

UL 60950-1 Second Edition
CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1 Second Edition
EN 60950-1Second Edition
IEC 60950-1 Second Edition
AS/NZS 60950-1
GB4943

47CFR Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A
AS/NZS CISPR22 Class A
CISPR22 Class A
EN55022 Class A
ICES003 Class A
VCCI Class A
EN61000-3-2
EN61000-3-3
KN22 Class A
CNS13438 Class A

EN55024
CISPR24
EN300386
KN24