Cisco C1-N7702 Full Product Description

1. Short Overview

2. Key Definition & Suffix Explanation

1. C1 prefix: Cisco ONE commercial channel SKU series (standard reseller/enterprise bundled chassis PID, same physical hardware as technical bare chassis N77-C7702)Cisco
2. N77: Nexus 7700 next-gen 100G modular data center switch platform
3. 7702: 2-slot compact chassis (1 full I/O line card slot + 1 half-slot supervisor slot)
4. Core difference between C1-N7702 and N77-C7702: Only ordering channel PID difference; all hardware, slot layout, performance, airflow, module compatibility are 100% identical.
5. What C1-N7702 contains factory-integrated:
   • N77-C7702 3RU passive midplane empty chassis
   • Built-in single hot-swappable multi-fan tray (pre-installed, no separate fan purchase needed)
   • Standard 19-inch rack mounting rails, cable management brackets, hardware documentation
6. ItemsNOT included (must order separately):
   • Dual 3000W AC/DC power supplies (N77-AC-3KW-WS / N77-DC-3KW-WS)
   • Supervisor 2E / Supervisor 3E control modules (N77-SUP2E / N77-SUP3E)
   • F3/M3 series I/O line/service modules for the single I/O slot
   • SFP+/QSFP+/QSFP28 optical transceivers
   • Add-on feature licenses (IVR, OTV, FCIP, FICON, MPLS XL scale, DMM, IOA)
   • Locked front door, air filter, extended cable management accessories

3. Chassis Hardware Architecture & Slot Layout

Front Panel 2 Horizontal Slots (3RU standard 19-inch rack)

1. Slot 1: One full universal hot-swappable I/O line card slot (only one I/O module supported at maximum):
   • N77-F348XP-23: 48×10G SFP+
   • N77-F324FQ-25: 24×40G QSFP+
   • N77-F312CK-26: 12×100G QSFP28 (max 12×100G ports total chassis)
   • N77-M348XP-23L: M3 multi-protocol service card with L4-L7 offload, FCIP/iSCSI gateway capability
2. Slot 2: Dedicated half-size supervisor slot (supports single Sup2E/Sup3E; chassis has no second supervisor slot for native dual control-plane redundancy)

Rear Redundant Subsystems

• Two empty hot-swappable power supply bays (1+1 redundant power, PSUs sold separately)
• No external rear crossbar fabric modules: Distributed fabric ASICs embedded inside supervisor and I/O line cards, eliminating separate fabric module maintenance and spare inventory cost

Airflow Specification

Management Interfaces (per Supervisor module)

• RJ45 RS232 serial console port for local CLI access
• Mini USB dual local console port for zero-cable laptop administration
• Dual isolated 10/100/1000BASE-T out-of-band Ethernet management ports (dedicated port for SAN telemetry streaming export)
• External USB Type-A flash storage slot for NX-OS firmware upgrades, running configuration backup and syslog export
• Physical reset button for factory default configuration recovery

Front Panel LED Status Indicators

4. Hardware Performance Specifications

1. Full non-blocking distributed fabric aggregate bandwidth: 2.4 Tbps full-duplex system-wide throughput
2. Wire-speed forwarding rate: Up to 2400 Mpps Ethernet frame switching at maximum 100G line rate
3. Layer 2 MAC address table capacity: 128,000 MAC entries
4. Layer 3 route scale: IPv4 unicast 128,000 entries; IPv6 unicast 64,000 entries; multicast routes 32,000 entries
5. Maximum VDC virtual multi-tenant logical switch partitions: 4 independent isolated VDCs
6. Port-channel limit: 1024 logical trunk bundles, maximum 16 physical ports per PortChannel for vPC/ISL links
7. Native hardware ASIC offload feature set:
   • Lossless FCoE storage convergence: PFC priority flow control, DCBX, VNTag, FC-NVMe low-latency tunneling
   • DMM non-disruptive data migration, IOA storage I/O acceleration
   • OTV cross-data-center overlay encapsulation, LISP endpoint mapping
   • FCIP tunnel compression, write acceleration and tape pipelining for long-distance DR backup replication

Physical & Environmental Parameters

• Rack height: 3 RU (13.08 cm tall), standard 19-inch EIA horizontal rack mount
• External dimensions (H × W × D): 13.08 cm × 43.9 cm × 73.9 cm; extended depth 89.15 cm with cable management kit installed
• Bare chassis weight (C1-N7702 only, fan tray included, no PSUs/supervisors/line cards): ~17 kg (37.5 lbs)
• Fully loaded maximum weight (dual AC PSUs + 1×Sup2E + 1×48-port 100G I/O line card): ~26 kg (57 lbs)
• Operating ambient temperature: 0°C ~ 40°C (32°F ~ 104°F); certified altitude up to 2000m
• Storage temperature: -40°C ~ 70°C (-40°F ~ 158°F)
• Relative humidity: 10%–90% non-condensing operating
• Compliance certifications: FCC Class A, UL 60950-1, CE, VCCI Class A, NEBS Level 3, RoHS, FIPS 140-2 Level 2 validated

Supervisor 2E (N77-SUP2E) Key Specs (compatible with C1-N7702)

• Dual-core x86 enterprise CPU, 16GB DRAM, 16GB internal compact flash storage
• Dual 1G out-of-band management Ethernet ports, serial + mini USB local console
• Dedicated onboard NPU for real-time streaming LAN/SAN performance telemetry export

5. Full NX-OS Feature Set Supported

Layer 2 Ethernet & Converged FCoE Storage Fabric

• VDC Virtual Device Context: Logical multi-tenant isolation to separate production/test/backup LAN/SAN workloads
• 4094 VLANs per VDC, PVLAN private VLAN anti-spoofing isolation
• Complete lossless FCoE protocol stack: VSAN virtual storage fabrics, hard WWN zoning, Auto-Zone automatic fabric provisioning, FC-NVMe low-latency forwarding
• MSTP multi-instance spanning tree for Layer 2 loop prevention, vPC dual-active peer-link redundancy
• SPAN / RSPAN remote traffic mirroring for multi-session performance troubleshooting
• NPV/NPIV FCoE edge virtualization to offload Fibre Channel host registration and reduce upstream MDS SAN fabric control-plane overhead
• Slow drain detection and buffer credit congestion isolation for lossless storage traffic
• POAP Power On Auto Provisioning zero-touch automatic switch deployment for mass rack rollouts

Multilayer Routing & Cross-Data Center Interconnect Features

• Dynamic IPv4/IPv6 routing protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP
• VRF virtual routing and forwarding for multi-tenant Layer 3 isolation
• Licensed IVR Inter-VSAN Routing for cross-storage-fabric data forwarding
• OTV Overlay Transport Virtualization: Layer 2 workload mobility across geographically separated disaster recovery data centers
• LISP Locator/ID Separation Protocol: Multi-pod workload mobility and DC interconnection
• Full carrier-grade MPLS suite: LDP, VPLS, VPWS, EVPN-FC dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 multi-tenant transport
• FCIP tunnel hardware acceleration: Lossless compression, write acceleration, tape pipelining for long-distance off-site tape backup replication
• M3 service line card support for iSCSI multi-protocol gateway and L4-L7 traffic offload

QoS, Security & Automation

• Four hardware priority queues per Ethernet/FCoE port for tiered classification of storage I/O, VM east-west traffic, management and backup streams
• Ingress policing + egress bandwidth shaping to throttle low-priority backup/replication traffic
• RBAC granular multi-tier administrative access control, Cisco ISE identity services engine integration
• SSHv2 encrypted remote management, SNMPv3 secure monitoring, AES encrypted startup configurations, DH-CHAP FCoE inter-fabric link authentication
• FIPS 140-2 Level 2 compliance for financial, government and regulated enterprise deployments
• Cisco DCNM centralized graphical converged LAN/SAN fabric management, REST API automation
• Onboard Python interpreter + NX-API REST interfaces for custom data center automation scripts
• GOLD Generic Online Diagnostics continuous hardware health validation without production traffic interruption

6. High Availability Architecture & Differentiators vs Larger Nexus 7706/7710

1. Compact 3RU rack footprint optimized for small virtualized pod top-of-row core aggregation (N7706=9RU, N7710=14RU)
2. Distributed embedded fabric ASICs inside supervisors/I/O line cards — no external rear crossbar modules required, reducing spare part inventory and maintenance steps
3. Single integrated multi-fan tray with multi-fan fault tolerance; single fan failure triggers SNMP alert without immediate traffic outage
4. Dual hot-swappable 3000W AC/DC power supplies (1+1 N+1 redundant power protection)
5. Only one universal I/O line card expansion slot ceiling (max 1×48-port 100G module), limited total port density compared to multi-slot larger chassis
6. Single native supervisor slot; full dual-chassis HA failover requires pairing a second C1-N7702-S2E-AC as vPC peer switch
7. Fixed front-to-back cold aisle airflow design compatible with mainstream enterprise data center rack layouts
8. Unified NX-OS feature parity with all Nexus 7700 family: EVPN, OTV, LISP, VDC, FCoE and REST API automation feature set fully consistent across chassis models
9. End-of-Sale status Oct 12, 2023; hardware support expires Oct 31, 2028, legacy maximum 100G Ethernet hardware generation with no native 400G port support

7. Typical Deployment Scenarios

1. Small virtualized data center pod core aggregation: Deployed as pod top-of-row core switch, single 100G F3 line card delivers 12×100G uplinks to leaf Nexus 2000 FEX extenders and small-scale all-flash NVMe FCoE storage arrays, VDC + VSAN segmentation isolates independent production/test/backup converged LAN/SAN logical fabrics.
2. Medium multi-building enterprise campus edge converged switch: Interconnects remote building access switches via OTV cross-DC overlay tunnels, built-in FCIP hardware offload provides asynchronous disaster recovery replication between primary and secondary backup data centers.
3. Small-to-medium service provider multi-tenant metro PoP edge gateway: VDC multi-tenant logical switch partitioning separates independent enterprise customer LAN/SAN fabrics on a single physical chassis, unused I/O slot reserved for future port count expansion or M3 L4-L7 service line card upgrades.
4. Financial/mainframe zSystems converged storage core: Native FCoE + FICON compatibility enables long-distance FCIP tape backup replication, dual AC power redundancy paired with a second C1-N7702-S2E-AC peer switch for full site-wide HA fault tolerance.
5. Legacy Nexus 5000 FCoE fixed switch migration upgrade: Backward compatible with existing 10G SFP transceivers while unlocking 40G/100G high-density port expansion, VDC virtual multi-tenant partitioning and modern NX-OS OTV/LISP cross-data-center automation workflows.
6. Centralized small enterprise tape library backup fabric aggregation core: Dedicated backup fabric switch using multi-port FCIP PortChannel trunks to primary production FCoE SAN fabrics for asynchronous off-site tape archive replication, unused I/O slot available for high-density host port expansion or encryption/replication SSM service module additions.

8. Standard Package Contents of C1-N7702 Bare Chassis SKU

Separately Mandatory Components (Not Included in C1-N7702 Bare Chassis)

• Dual N77-AC-3KW-WS 3000W AC hot-swappable redundant power supplies (DC variant N77-DC-3KW-WS for telecom deployments)
• One N77-SUP2E / N77-SUP3E supervisor control module (mandatory for chassis operation)
• Optional Nexus 7700 family pluggable I/O line/service modules (48-port 10/40/100G F3 switching module, M3 multi-protocol FCIP/iSCSI L4-L7 service module, SSM storage encryption/replication module)
• SFP+/QSFP+/QSFP28 optical fiber transceivers for all Ethernet/FCoE port interfaces (backward compatible with legacy 1G SFP transceivers)
• Optional feature software licenses: IVR Inter-VSAN Routing, FCIP SAN Extension Enabler, Mainframe FCoE Enabler, OTV Data Center Interconnect, IOA I/O Acceleration, DMM Data Migration
• RS232 serial console rollover cable, mini USB console cable, fiber/copper patch cords, rack cable management accessories, locking front door, air filter kit

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