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This module from the Cisco interface cards range provides 24 non-blocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports that take SFP+ transceivers, and it is the M2-Series card with the XL option for Nexus 7000 chassis. One module uses one I/O slot, and an 18-slot chassis reaches 384 such ports, against 192 in the 10-slot, 168 in the 9-slot and 48 in the 4-slot chassis.
Two integrated forwarding engines deliver up to 120 million packets per second of Layer 2 and Layer 3 IPv4 unicast traffic, or 60 million for IPv6 unicast. Each port has 5.21 MB of ingress and 5.21 MB of egress buffer, with eight ingress queues and one strict-priority plus seven DWRR egress queues, and the module carries 2 GB of DRAM.
The XL option raises IPv4 routes from 128K to as many as 1 million and IPv6 routes from 64K to as many as 350K, while ACL entries rise from 64K to 128K. XL mode needs a Scalable Feature License for the chassis, MAC entries stay at 128K, and MACsec on every port needs a software licence.
The card runs in Nexus 7000 chassis with 4, 9, 10 or 18 slots, with Fabric-1 or Fabric-2 modules and Supervisor 1, Supervisor 2 or Supervisor 2 Enhanced, and it needs NX-OS 6.1 or later. Typical power draw is 720 W and maximum 795 W. It weighs 16.5 lb (7.5 kg) and measures 1.733 x 15.3 x 21.9 in (4.4 x 38.9 x 55.6 cm).
Related: Cisco Nexus 7000 parts
| Part number | N7K-M224XP-23L |
| Ports | 24 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ |
| Forwarding | 120 Mpps IPv4 unicast, 60 Mpps IPv6 unicast |
| Memory | 2 GB DRAM |
| Port buffer | 5.21 MB ingress and 5.21 MB egress per port |
| IPv4 routes | 128K, up to 1M with XL |
| IPv6 routes | 64K, up to 350K with XL |
| Minimum software | NX-OS 6.1 |
| Power | 720 W typical, 795 W maximum |
| Weight | 16.5 lb (7.5 kg) |
| Operating temperature | 0 to 40 C |