The Cisco Nexus 7000 series switches are designed to meet the requirements of mission-critical data centers. These switches deliver exceptional availability, outstanding scalability, and the proven and comprehensive Cisco NX-OS software data center switching feature set.
The Cisco Nexus 7700 switches have operational and feature consistency with the existing Cisco Nexus 7000 series switches, using common system architecture, the same Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) technology, and the same proven Cisco NX-OS software releases.
The Cisco Nexus 7700 Supervisor 3E (Supervisor 3 Enhanced) Module scales the control-plane and data-plane services for the Cisco Nexus 7700 switches in scalable data center networks. The enhanced supervisor module delivers control-plane and management functions. The supervisor controls the Layer 2 and 3 services, redundancy capabilities, configuration management, status monitoring, power and environmental management, and more. It provides centralized arbitration to the system fabric for all line cards.