Hi,
The support for this module became available in NX-OS 5.0(3)N1(1b).
As per the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes for Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(3)N1(1b) and NX-OS Release 5.0(3)N1(1c), this is listed under the Expansion Modules section as follows:
Expansion Modules
Beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(3)N1(1b), one new unified port expansion module and two new Layer 3 routing modules are available:
- Unified Port Module
- Layer 3 Routing Modules
Unified Port Module
The new unified port module (N55-M16UP) has the following features:
- Supports the Cisco Nexus 5548P, Nexus 5548UP, and Nexus 5596UP switches.
- 16 1-, 2-, 4-, 8-Gigabit native Fibre Channel ports.
- 1- or 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports with FCoE FEX connectivity.
- SFP+ and SFP transceiver support.
- Flexibility to configure any port in Ethernet, Fibre Channel, or FCoE mode.
- No additional licensing is required; an installed and active FCoE license is used.
- Unified ports are colored orange to easily identify them.
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Regards