{"id":89307,"date":"2026-09-08T18:44:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geektechsol.com\/index.php\/product\/refurbished-n5696-m20up-cisco-nexus-up-lem-expansion-module\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T18:45:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:45:05","slug":"refurbished-n5696-m20up-cisco-nexus-up-lem-expansion-module","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"http:\/\/geektechsol.com\/index.php\/product\/refurbished-n5696-m20up-cisco-nexus-up-lem-expansion-module\/","title":{"rendered":"Refurbished N5696-M20UP Cisco Nexus UP LEM expansion module"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Refurbished N5696-M20UP Technical Specifications<\/p>\n<p>Cisco Nexus UP LEM expansion module<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturer Cisco Systems, Inc<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturer Part Number N5696-M20UP<\/p>\n<p>Brand Name Cisco<\/p>\n<p>Product Model N5696-M20UP<\/p>\n<p>Product Name N5696-M20UP Service Module<\/p>\n<p>Product Type Service Module<\/p>\n<p>Technical Information<\/p>\n<p>Application\/Usage Data Networking, Optical Network<\/p>\n<p>Media &#038; Performance<\/p>\n<p>Media Type Supported Optical Fiber<\/p>\n<p>I\/O Expansions<\/p>\n<p>Number of Total Expansion Slots 20<\/p>\n<p>Expansion Slot Type SFP (mini-GBIC), SFP+<\/p>\n<p>Miscellaneous<\/p>\n<p>Compatibility Cisco Nexus 5696Q Switch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Refurbished N5696-M20UP Overview<\/p>\n<p>The Cisco Nexus 5696Q offers a Unified Port, Linecard Expansion Module (UP LEM) for Ethernet\/FCoE and native Fibre Channel support. The UP LEM (N5696-M20UP) provides up to twenty 1\/10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports using the SFP+ interface or up to twenty ports of native Fibre Channel connectivity using 8 and 4G SFP+ and SFP interfaces. 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