Sources say first release of Insieme switch will use Broadcom chips
Unconfirmed details are starting to emerge on the Cisco Nexus 9000, the new data center switch being developed by spin-in candidate Insieme Networks. Cisco is expected to introduce the Insieme-built Nexus 9000 line Nov. 6.
Contrary to previous speculation, the Nexus 9000 will initially be optimized for high-density 40G Ethernet applications, not 100G. At first release, the eight-slot switch will support 288 40G ports, sources say.
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And even though Insieme is spinning its own custom ASICs, those won’t appear until the second release of the switch in about a year, sources say. The first release of the Nexus 9000 will operate on Broadcom’s Trident 2, Titan and HiGig2 chipsets — three Trident 2’s will connect a Nexus 9000 line card to the Titan fabric using HiGig2 interfaces, they say.
Rival Juniper had to default to Broadcom silicon in its QFabric data center switching line when its own ASICs reportedly wouldn’t work.
Cisco declined comment on this information. But here, what one source claims, is command output from the Insieme switch showing the Nexus 9000 — N9K — designation (looks like a Nexus 9508) and the HiGig content:
root@switch# show moduleshow interface eth4/1Ethernet4/1 is down (Link not connected)show system internal fabric connectivityHiGIG Link-info Fabriccard slot:22
Mod Ports Module-Type Model Status
— —– ———————————– —————— ———-
4 34 Snowbird Cortina-Test-LC ok
22 0 Fabric Module N9K-C9508-FM ok
24 0 Fabric Module N9K-C9508-FM ok
26 0 Fabric Module N9K-C9508-FM ok
27 0 Supervisor Module Cortina-Sup active *
29 0 System Controller active
root@switch#
admin state is up, Dedicated Interface
Hardware: 1000/10000 Ethernet, address: 0023.bdf7.31e0 (bia 0023.bdf7.b60c)
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation ARPA, medium is broadcast
auto-duplex, auto-speed
Beacon is turned off
Auto-Negotiation is turned on
Input flow-control is off, output flow-control is off
Auto-mdix is turned off
Switchport monitor is off
EtherType is 0x8100
EEE (efficient-ethernet) : n/a
Last link flapped never
Last clearing of “show interface” counters never
0 interface resets
30 seconds input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
30 seconds output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
Load-Interval #2: 5 minute (300 seconds)
input rate 0 bps, 0 pps; output rate 0 bps, 0 pps
RX
0 unicast packets 0 multicast packets 0 broadcast packets
0 input packets 0 bytes
0 jumbo packets 0 runts 0 giants 0 CRC 0 no buffer
0 input error 0 short frame 0 overrun 0 underrun 0 ignored
0 watchdog 0 bad etype drop 0 bad proto drop 0 if down drop
0 input with dribble 0 input discard
0 Rx pause
TX
0 unicast packets 0 multicast packets 0 broadcast packets
0 output packets 0 bytes
0 jumbo packets
0 output error 0 collision 0 deferred 0 late collision
0 lost carrier 0 no carrier 0 babble 0 output discard
0 Tx pause
root@switch#
HiGIG Link-info Linecard slot:4
————————————————————–
LC-Slot LC-Unit LC-HGLink FM-Slot FM-Unit FM-HGLink
————————————————————–
4 0 HG06 22 0 HG11
4 0 HG07 22 0 HG09
4 0 HG04 22 1 HG11
4 0 HG05 22 1 HG09
4 0 HG14 24 0 HG11
4 0 HG15 24 0 HG09
4 0 HG12 24 1 HG11
4 0 HG13 24 1 HG09
4 0 HG22 26 0 HG11
4 0 HG23 26 0 HG09
4 0 HG21 26 1 HG09
4 0 HG20 26 1 HG11
4 1 HG05 22 0 HG10
4 1 HG07 22 1 HG10
4 1 HG13 24 0 HG10
4 1 HG15 24 1 HG10
4 1 HG21 26 0 HG10
4 1 HG23 26 1 HG10
————————————————————–
FM-Slot FM-Unit FM-HGLink LC-Slot LC-Unit LC-HGLink
————————————————————–
22 0 HG09 4 0 HG07
22 0 HG11 4 0 HG06
22 0 HG10 4 1 HG05
22 1 HG09 4 0 HG05
22 1 HG11 4 0 HG04
22 1 HG10 4 1 HG07
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