Cisco Expansion Module Internal 4Gbit/s network switch component

N5K-M1404 Gatos Expansion Module Expansion Modules

Expansion modules allow Cisco Nexus 5000 switches to be configured as cost-effective 10-Gigabit Ethernet switches and as I/O consolidation platforms with native Fibre Channel connectivity. The Cisco Nexus 5010 switch has one slot for an optional uplink Gatos Expansion Module (GEM). The following modules can be inserted in this slot: N5K-M1404, N5K-M1600, N5K-M1008 and N5K-M1060.

The N5K-M1404 GEM supports four SFP+ transceiver modules and four 1-, 2-, 4-Gbps Fibre Channel transceivers. The N5K-M1404 Fibre Channel plus Ethernet expansion module is a field-replaceable unit (FRU). Figure 2-24 shows the Fibre Channel plus Ethernet expansion module.