{"id":111,"date":"2019-05-24T23:59:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T20:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isp-tech.ru\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2021-12-20T23:04:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T20:04:15","slug":"cisco-nexus-3172","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isp-tech.ru\/en\/switch-asic\/cisco-nexus-3172\/","title":{"rendered":"Cisco Nexus 3172 &#8211; (N3K-C3172) switches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cisco Nexus 3172 (N3K-C3172)  series switches was announced in 2013.<br>Based on BCM56850 StrataXGS\u00ae Trident2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/isp-tech.ru\/data\/cisco\/cisco-n3k-c3100-switch-architecture.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here<\/a>  you can read about Cisco Nexus 3172  architecture. <br><a href=\"https:\/\/isp-tech.ru\/data\/cisco\/cisco-n3k-c3172-datasheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View datasheet<\/a>&nbsp;for Nexus 3172<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1.4-Tbps switching capacity<\/li><li>Forwarding rate of up to 1 bpps<\/li><li>Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>N3K-C3172 supporting VXVLAN BGP EVPN from NX-OS version 7.0(3)I4(1) <br>This switches can work in N3K mode or in N9K mode.<br>In N9K mode switch will follow N9K license model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a list of 6 models in N3K-3172 line, they have some difference in specifications:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-5\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-5\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Switch model<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Ports layout<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">System memory<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Boot flash<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cisco N3K-C3172PQ-10GE<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">48 SFP+  \u0438 6 QSFP+<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">4 GB<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cisco N3K-C3172PQ-XL<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">48 SFP+  \u0438 6 QSFP+<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">8 GB<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">16 GB <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cisco N3K-C3172TQ-10GT<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">48 10G BASE-T \u0438 6 QSFP+<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">4 GB<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cisco N3K-C3172TQ-32T<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">32(48 need lic) 10G BASE-T \u0438 6 QSFP+ <\/td><td class=\"column-3\">4 GB<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cisco N3K-C3172TQ-XL<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">48 10G BASE-T \u0438 6 QSFP+<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">8 GB<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">16 GB <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cisco N3K-C31128PQ-10GE<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">96 SFP+ \u0438 8 QSFP+<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">64 GB SSD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-5 from cache -->\n\n\n\n<p>Licenses in N3K mode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f3f4f5\"><tbody><tr><td> Base license (N3K-BAS1K9)&nbsp; <\/td><td>\u25cf&nbsp;&nbsp; Static routing<br>\u25cf&nbsp;  RIPv2<br>\u25cf&nbsp;  EIGRP stub<br>\u25cf   OSPFv2 (limited routes)<br>\u25cf&nbsp;  PIMv2 (sparse mode)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>  LAN Enterprise license&nbsp; <\/td><td>\u25cf&nbsp;&nbsp;OSPF (unlimited routes)<br>\u25cf&nbsp; EIGRP (unlimited routes)<br>\u25cf  BGP<br>\u25cf&nbsp;&nbsp;Policy-Based Routing<br>\u25cf  Generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnels<br>\u25cf  Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) mode<br>\u25cf  VXLAN<br>\u25cf  VXLAN bridging with BGP eVPN control plane ( c \u0441\u043e\u0444\u0442\u0430  7.0(3)I4(1)  )<br>    <strong>Note&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><br>The Layer 3 Base Services Package license is a prerequisite for the Layer 3 Enterprise Services Package license on Cisco Nexus 3000 and 3100 Series switches, except the Cisco Nexus 3164Q, 31128PQ, 3232C, and 3264Q switches and the Cisco Nexus 3100-V Series switches. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cisco Nexus 3172 (N3K-C3172) series switches was announced in 2013.Based on BCM56850 StrataXGS\u00ae Trident2. Here you can read about Cisco Nexus 3172 architecture. View datasheet&nbsp;for Nexus 3172 1.4-Tbps switching capacity Forwarding rate of up to 1 bpps Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports N3K-C3172 supporting VXVLAN BGP EVPN from NX-OS\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/isp-tech.ru\/en\/switch-asic\/cisco-nexus-3172\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cisco Nexus 3172 series switches.N3K-C3172 - isp-tech.ru<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cisco Nexus 3172 switches description. 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