2011/11/08

Nexus 7000 F2-Series Module Announce

Cisco Announce New Nexus 7000 F2 Module.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps9441/ps9402/data_sheet_c78-685394.html

And NX-OS 6.0 release
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/6_x/nx-os/release/notes/60_nx-os_release_note.html
Cisco NX-OS Release 6.0 supports the following new hardware:
N7K-F248XP-25, 48 port 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ F2-series I/O module
N7K-C7010-FAB-2, Fabric 2 module for the Cisco Nexus 7000 10-Slot Chassis (N7K-C7010)
N7K-C7018-FAB-2, Fabric 2 module for the Cisco Nexus 7000 18-Slot Chassis (N7K-C7018)

F2 Module Function:
48-Port 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet(Interface flexibility with SFP and SFP+ support)
Comprehensive Layer 2 and Layer 3 capabilities
Support for Cisco Nexus 2000 Series
FCoE support
Online insertion and removal (OIR)
F2 has 48 ports 1G/10G at linerate (=480G), which requires five FAB2 (5 x 110 = 550G). 

But when you "Integrating F2-Series Modules Into a Cisco Nexus 7000 Series System"
You should notice at relese NX-OS 6.0:

An F2-Series module requires its own F2-Series module VDC. This VDC is restricted to the F2-Series module; M1 and F1 ports cannot be in the F2-Series module VDC. The default VDC can also be configured as an F2-Series module VDC.
If you boot up an unconfigured Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switch that contains only F2-Series modules, then the default VDC is automatically configured as an F2-Series module VDC.
Some software features are not available on the F2-Series module in Cisco NX-OS Release 6.0(1). These include ACL Capture, ERSPAN, FCoE, GRE tunnels, LISP, MACSEC, MPLS, Netflow, online diagnostics, OTV, PIM-Bidir, and certain counters. Many of these features will be supported in future software releases; however, the F2-Series hardware does not support LISP, MPLS, and OTV, so these features will remain unavailable on the F2-Series module.

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2011/11/05

無線網路50M/5M大作戰 ~ 802.11n 1000mW - SAPIDO傻多 RB-1733 - 遠距110m測試 - part 1

最近因為家中網路出口端從10M/2M升級至50M/5M的光纖網路, 原本的D-Link AP(11g)Repeat Mode已經不敷使用, 同時要面對長距離110m及大頻寬的網路需求只有再一次作戰囉~~

這是兩地的地形圖, 但是左邊房屋位於三樓(Edge User), 右邊房屋位於十樓(Internet 50M/5M進線位置), 直線目視距離約110m左右吧~

簡單的網路架構大約是這樣, 有點懶的畫, 以後再補吧~~

PC------via網路線------(傻多)------------via 110m Wireless----------------(傻多) ------via網路線------Internet 50M/5M