N5K-M1008 Cisco Nexus 5000 8-Port Fibre Channel Expansion Module

The N5K-M1008 is a Cisco Nexus 5000 generic expansion module (GEM) with eight Fibre Channel ports. Each port is SFP-based and runs at 4, 2 or 1 Gbps, and the module has one LED on its front panel.

In the Cisco Nexus 5010 the GEM goes in the single slot at the back of the switch, and the chassis supports hot swapping of expansion modules. The 5010 has twenty base ports, and a module with six or eight ports brings the total to 26 or 28 ports on the back of the switch.

Three other modules fit the same slot: the N5K-M1404 with four 10G SFP+ ports and four 4-, 2- or 1-Gbps Fibre Channel ports, the N5K-M1600 with six 10G SFP+ uplinks, and the N5K-M1060 with six 8-, 4-, 2- or 1-Gbps Fibre Channel SFP+ ports.

The host switch in the store is the N5K-C5010P-BF Nexus 5010 chassis. The 5010 is a 1 RU switch with its ports at the rear, and it takes this module in its one GEM slot. More switch parts are in Cisco switches.

Related part: N5K-M1404 Cisco Nexus 5000 Expansion Module, 4 x 10G SFP+ and 4 x Fibre Channel

Related part: N5K-M1600 Cisco Nexus 5000 Expansion Module, 6-Port 10G SFP+ Uplink