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Nutanix HW compatibility : CISO NEXUS 3064-X and supermicro

  • December 2, 2015
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Hi folks !

My client asked me a quite though question today : since we are bounded to CISCO Nexus for physical switches, we digged on a low latency nexus with SFP+ connection.

It seems that 3064-X is a good choice but as far as I know, Cisco SFP+ compatibility with 3rd party is azardeous.

2 questions :

Are there some kind of hardware restriction w/ Nutanix Supermicro stuff appart from SFP+ cable (MOLEX 074752 series as far as I know) ?

Is there a compatibility matrix of this granularity level somewhere ?

best regards,
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aluciani
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  • Chevalier
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  • December 2, 2015
Hi 

Thanks for the question,  any insights you can add here :)

Thanks

vcdxnz001
Nutanix Employee
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  • Nutanix Employee
  • 37 replies
  • December 3, 2015
Hi ,

We use standard Intel NIC's, so the preferred cables are the Cisco SFP+ cables. You will get into problems if you use third party cables with the Cisco switches.

Kind regards,

Michael

Jon
Nutanix Employee
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  • Nutanix Employee
  • 547 replies
  • December 14, 2015
- were you able to get this all connected up?

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  • Adventurer
  • 7 replies
  • March 14, 2016
I hope so ! my client bought it... and I'll have hands on it in a few days from now !

"patient is mother of all virtues" 😉

Jon
Nutanix Employee
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  • Nutanix Employee
  • 547 replies
  • March 14, 2016
Ok, if you have any specific configuration questions, we've got a KB on portal.nutanix.com that talks about Cisco Nexus configs. Search Nexus and you'll find it.

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  • Adventurer
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  • March 31, 2016
Many thanks Jon !

I'll check it right away,

best regards,

Thomas