Cisco Nexus 5596UP 48-Port 10GbE Chassis | Data Center Switch — CON-SNC-7706SDP1

Consolidate high-speed server, storage, and aggregation traffic in a compact 2RU platform designed for demanding data center environments. The Cisco Nexus 5596UP chassis delivers 48 fixed 10GbE ports, giving infrastructure teams the port density needed to simplify top-of-rack and aggregation designs without expanding rack footprint. Dual power supplies help maintain service continuity during a power event, while four fans support thermal stability under sustained load. That combination matters when the switch sits at the center of critical application traffic and cannot afford avoidable interruptions. The fixed-port architecture also reduces complexity compared with modular alternatives, making capacity planning and deployment more predictable. For teams standardizing on 10GbE, this chassis provides a practical balance of density, resilience, and rack efficiency. It is well suited for environments where every RU must justify itself and where consistent throughput is more valuable than excess feature overhead. Ideal For Top-of-rack switching for virtualized server clusters Aggregation for storage and compute traffic in a data center rack High-density 10GbE access layer for enterprise infrastructure Network core adjacency in space-constrained equipment rooms Why This Product 1 48 fixed 10GbE ports for dense rack connectivity 2 Dual power supplies for higher availability 3 2RU chassis saves rack space versus larger modular systems 4 4-fan cooling supports sustained data center operation