10G capability on SNS-3615

[Ashley Hare]

Hello,

Is anyone able to confirm the 10G capability of the SNS-3615 appliance?

I've read through the documentation available on the Cisco site which states..

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/ise/sns3600hig/b_sns_3600_install/b_sns_3600_install_chapter_00.html

"Dual 1-Gb or 10-Gb Ethernet ports:

• LAN1 (linked to Cisco ISE GigabitEthernet 0 interface)

• LAN2 (linked to Cisco ISE GigabitEthernet 1 interface)

Note	The interface labelling is from left to right.

The dual LAN ports can support 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps depending on the link partner capability."

The built in option that the unit is sold with is a quad port 1Gb adapter (SNS-PCIE-IRJ45) which isn't 10G capable.

What are the options here? Is the module swappable for 10G?

[Damien Miller · Accepted solution]

The base C220M5 server that the SNS series appliances are based on have "Dual embedded Intel x550 10GBASE-T LAN-On-Motherboard (LOM) ports", and the quad port gigabit expansion card. There are a total of 6 ethernet ports that can be used by the application, the two lower ports are capable of negotiating 10g with rj45. 

From the SNS guide you linked. 

"#3 
Dual 1-Gb or 10-Gb Ethernet ports:

• LAN1 (linked to Cisco ISE GigabitEthernet 0 interface)

• LAN2 (linked to Cisco ISE GigabitEthernet 1 interface)

Note	The interface labelling is from left to right.

The dual LAN ports can support 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps depending on the link partner capability."

[Ashley Hare]

Thanks, that's clearer now. 

I was being mislead by the "6GbE network interfaces" listed under the hardware spec.

Table 1. Cisco SNS 3600 Series Appliance Hardware SpecificationsCisco SNS 3600 Series ApplianceHardware SpecificationsDiagrams

Cisco SNS-3615-K9

Cisco UCS C220 M5 Intel Xeon Silver 2.1 GHz 4110, 8 CPU Cores, 16 Threads 32 GB RAM 1 x 600-GB disk RAID-0 6 GbE network interfaces For physical, environmental, and power specifications, see Server Specifications

It's a shame that the two 10G capable slots weren't made as SFP. I'm struggling to find a 10G copper SFP for a Nexus FEX 2300.

A lot of sites listing "SFP-10G-T" and "SFP-10G-T-S", but these look to be 'compatible' SFPs and don't feature on the official compatibility matrix for the product.