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N3K-C3016-FD-L3 is the DC-powered Cisco Nexus 3016 in forward airflow (port side exhaust), sold with the Layer 3 Base and LAN Enterprise licenses. DC input is -40 to -72 VDC at up to 33 A, and the chassis is a 1RU unit with 16 QSFP+ ports that run as 40 Gigabit Ethernet or 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
The switch reaches 1.28 Tbps of switching capacity and 950 mpps forwarding, with line-rate Layer 2 and 3 traffic on all ports. Spanning tree covers 512 RSTP and 64 MSTP instances, ACL space is 2000 ingress and 1000 egress entries, and EtherChannel groups can hold 16 ports each.
Cooling is one fan tray with redundant fans, and forward airflow spares include the N3K-C3064-FAN module. The N2200-PDC-400W is the 400 W DC power supply for forward airflow. Typical power is 172 W with Twinax at full load and maximum power is 227 W.
The AC-powered and reversed airflow Nexus 3016 bundles are separate parts with their own order codes. Find them alongside other data center switches in Cisco switches.
| Chassis | 1RU, 16 QSFP+ ports, native 40 Gigabit Ethernet or 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet per port |
| Switching capacity | 1.28 Tbps |
| Forwarding rate | 950 mpps |
| Buffers | 9 MB shared |
| MAC addresses | 128,000 |
| VLANs | 4096 |
| Maximum power | 227 W |
| Redundancy | 2 power supplies, 1 fan tray with redundant fans |
| Software | Layer 3 Base and LAN Enterprise licenses |
| Power | DC, -40 to -72 VDC, 33 A maximum |
| Airflow | forward (port side exhaust) |
| Spanning tree | RSTP 512, MSTP 64 |
| ACL entries | 2000 ingress, 1000 egress |
| Spares | N3K-C3064-FAN, N2200-PDC-400W |
| Compatible with | QSFP+ 40GbE optics and cables, such as QSFP-40G-SR4 |