As a top-of-rack switch all the servers in the rack connect to the Cisco Nexus 5020 switch and it connects to the LAN or SAN. The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch is a part of a family of switches that provide 10-Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports and both 10-Gigabit Ethernet and native 1- 2- and 4-Gbps Fiber Channel ports. The switches provide consolidated I/O connectivity to both production Ethernet LANs and Fiber Channel SANs in a cost-effective high-performance low-latency Ethernet switch.