Saturday 20 September 2014

F1 Vs. F2 Vs. F2E Vs. F3 - Cisco Nexus 7000

There are four types of F line cards available. Below is the difference between F1, F2, F2e and F3.

F1 Card:-
  • Only perform Layer-2 task.
  • No interface can be converted to Layer3.
  • M and F1 card can coexist in a chassis
F2 line card:-
  • Interface can be used as L2 or L3
  • M and F2 card cannot coexist in a chassis.
  • Don’t support OTV,MPLS and LISP
F2E line card:-
  • Interface can be used as L2 or L3
  •  M and F2E card can coexist in a chassis but in L2 mode only.
  •  Don’t support OTV,MPLS and LISP
F3 line cards:-
  • Interface can be used as L2 or L3
  • M and F3 card can coexist in a chassis
  • Support OTV, MPLS and LISP features.

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