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July 31, 2011  9:54 AM

Key differences between a Nexus 7010 and 7018 Switches – Series 4



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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One more difference I came across among Nexus 7010 and Nexus 7018 Switch is the power supplies, the Nexus 7010 Switch can hold up to three load sharing, fault tolerant , hot-swappable power supplies.  Whereas the Nexus 7018 switch can hold up to four load sharing, fault tolerant, hot-swappable...

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July 31, 2011  8:09 AM

Key differences between a Nexus 7010 and 7018 Switches – Series 3



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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The other difference I have noticed between a Nexus 7010 and Nexus 7018 Switches is the way the cooling works. The Nexus 7010 and Nexus 7018 Switches are cooled using the fan trays which are found at the back of Nexus 7000 Series chassis. The Nexus 7018 Switch applies side to side airflow , the...

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July 31, 2011  5:27 AM

Key differences between a Nexus 7010 and 7018 Switches – Series 2



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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In my previous post I mentioned about the physical difference about Nexus 7010 and 7018 Switches, apart from physical differences there are some other...

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July 30, 2011  6:31 AM

Key differences between a Nexus 7010 and 7018 Switches – Series 1



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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We all know the introduction of Nexus 7000 Series brought the revolution to Data Centers; Nexus 7000 Series Switches are quite different from the traditional Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches.  Nexus 7000 Switches comes in two...

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July 6, 2011  10:07 AM

The layer 3 link between Nexus 7010 and Cisco 6506 E Switches is frequently going down part 2



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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June 13, 2011  5:12 AM

The layer 3 link between Nexus 7010 and Cisco 6506 E Switches is frequently going down.



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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We have Cisco Nexus 7010 working as a Core and Aggregation Switch. We have created two VDC one for Core and other one for Aggregation. One of Cisco 6506 E Switches connected as a distribution switch from Nexus 7010 Core Switch. Things were normal since its installation, suddenly one night we...

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