Cisco Nexus 5020

Cisco Nexus 5020 ... protocol is used to consolidate Ethernet and Fiber Channel traffic onto the same physical connection between the server and the switch. As a top-of-rack switch, all the servers in the rack connect to the Cisco Nexus 5020 switch, and it connects to the LAN or SAN.

The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch is a part of a family of switches that provide 10-Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports and both 10-Gigabit Ethernet and native 1-, 2-, and 4-Gbps Fiber Channel ports. The switches provide consolidated I/O connectivity to both production Ethernet LANs and Fiber Channel SANs in a cost-effective, high-performance, low-latency Ethernet switch.