Cisco Nexus 2000 User Manual

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Data Sheet

Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders

Product Overview

The Cisco Nexus® 2000 Series Fabric Extenders comprise a category of data center products designed to simplify
data center access architecture and operations. The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series uses the Cisco® fabric extender
architecture to provide a highly scalable unified server-access platform across a range of 100 Megabit Ethernet, 1
and 10 Gigabit Ethernet, unified fabric, copper and fiber connectivity, and rack and blade server environments. The
platform is well suited to support today’s traditional 1 Gigabit Ethernet environments while allowing transparent
migration to 10 Gigabit Ethernet, virtual machine-aware unified fabric technologies.

The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders behave like remote line cards for a parent Cisco Nexus switch.
The fabric extenders are essentially extensions of the parent Cisco Nexus switch fabric, with the fabric extenders
and the parent switch together forming a distributed modular system. This architecture enables physical topologies
with the flexibility and benefits of both top-of-rack (ToR) and end-of-row (EoR) deployments (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders Provide Highly Scalable Unified Server-Access Connectivity

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The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series architecture provides the following benefits:

●

Architecture flexibility: A common, scalable, and adaptive architecture across data center racks and points
of delivery (PoDs)1 supports various server options, connectivity options, physical topologies, and evolving
needs.

●

Highly scalable server access: 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet server access is scalable, with no reliance on
Spanning Tree Protocol.

●

Simplified operations: One single point of management and policy enforcement using upstream Cisco
Nexus switches eases the commissioning and decommissioning of server racks through zero-touch
installation and automatic configuration of fabric extenders.

●

Increased business benefits: Consolidation, cabling reduction, rack-space reduction, reduced power and
cooling, investment protection through feature inheritance from the parent switch, and the capability to add
functions without the need for a major equipment upgrade of server-attached infrastructure all contribute to
reduced operating expenses (OpEx) and capital expenditures (CapEx).

The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series design aligns with that of servers. It offers front-to-back cooling, compatible with data
center hot-aisle and cold-aisle designs, all switch ports at the rear of the unit in close proximity to server ports, and
all user-serviceable components accessible from the front panel. It also offers back-to-front cooling, with switch
ports in front of the chassis, aligned with the cold aisle, for optimized cabling in network racks. The Cisco Nexus
2000 Series is built for nonstop operation, with redundant hot-swappable power supplies and a hot-swappable fan
tray with redundant fans. Its compact 1-rack-unit (1RU) form factor takes up relatively little space, making it easy to
incorporate into rack designs. The fabric extenders are available in several models to provide speed, connectivity,
and port-density options (Figure 2).

Figure 2. Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders from Bottom Right to Top Left: Cisco Nexus 2224TP GE, 2248TP GE,

2248TP-E GE, 2232TM 10GE, 2232TM-E 10GE, 2232PP 10GE, and 2248PQ 10GE; Cost-Effective Fabric Extender
Transceivers for Cisco Nexus 2000 Series and Cisco Nexus Parent Switch Interconnect Are in Front of the Fabric
Extenders

The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series provides two types of ports: ports for end-host attachment (host interfaces) and
uplink ports (fabric interfaces). Fabric interfaces, differentiated with a yellow color, are for connectivity to the
upstream parent Cisco Nexus switch.

A PoD is a module or group of network, computing, storage, and application components that work together to deliver a network

service. The PoD is a repeatable pattern, and its components increase the modularity, scalability, and manageability of data
centers.

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Fabric Extender

Description

Cisco Nexus 2148T

48t 1000BASE-T host interfaces and 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric interfaces (Enhanced Small Form-Factor
Pluggable [SFP+])

Cisco Nexus 2224TP GE

24 x 100/1000BASE-T host interfaces and 2 x10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric interfaces (Enhanced Small Form­Factor Pluggable [SFP+])

Cisco Nexus 2248TP GE

48 x 100/1000BASE-T host interfaces and 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric interfaces (SFP+)

Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E

48 x 100/1000BASE-T host interfaces and 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric interfaces (SFP+)

Cisco Nexus 2232PP 10GE

32 x 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) host interfaces (SFP+) and 8 x 10 Gigabit
Ethernet and FCoE fabric interfaces (SFP+)

Cisco Nexus 2248PQ 10GE

48 x 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE host interfaces (SFP+) and 4 Quad SFP+ (QSFP+) Gigabit Ethernet and
FCoE fabric interfaces (QSFP+)

Cisco Nexus 2232TM 10GE

32 x 1/10GBASE-T host interfaces and uplink modules (8 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric interfaces [SFP+])

Cisco Nexus 2232TM-E 10GE

32 x 1/10GBASE-T host interfaces and uplink modules (8 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric interfaces [SFP+]); FCoE
support up to 30m with Category 6a and 7 cables

Table 1 lists the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders. Fabric extenders can be mixed and matched to a
parent switch to provide connectivity options.

Table 1. Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders

The Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E (Figure 3) is a general-purpose 1 Gigabit Ethernet fabric extender with enhancements
that target workloads such as large-volume databases, distributed storage, and video editing. Like the Cisco Nexus
2248TP, the Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E supports 48 x 100/1000BASE-T host-facing ports and four 10 Gigabit
Ethernet fabric interfaces. It also supports 32-MB shared buffers.

Figure 3. Cisco Nexus N2248TP-E

The Cisco Nexus 2248PQ 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric extender (Figure 4) is the newest member of the Cisco Nexus
fabric extenders. It supports high-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet environments and has 48 x 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet
SFP+ host ports and 4 QSFP+ fabric ports (16 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric ports). QSFP+ connectivity simplifies
cabling while lowering power and solution cost. The Cisco Nexus 2248PQ 10GE Fabric Extender supports FCoE
and a set of network technologies known collectively as Data Center Bridging (DCB) that increase the reliability,
efficiency, and scalability of Ethernet networks. These features allow support for multiple traffic classes over a
lossless Ethernet fabric, thus enabling consolidation of LAN, SAN, and cluster environments.

Figure 4. Cisco Nexus N2248PQ

The Cisco Nexus 2232PP 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric extender (Figure 5) is an excellent platform for
migration from 1 Gigabit Ethernet to 10 Gigabit Ethernet and unified fabric environments. It supports FCoE and
DCB.

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Cisco Nexus Parent
Switch

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series

Cisco Nexus 6000 Series

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series

Cisco Nexus Fabric
Extender Models

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Cisco Nexus 2224TP

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Cisco Nexus 2248TP

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Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E

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Cisco Nexus 2232PP

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Cisco Nexus 2248PQ*

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Cisco Nexus 2232TM

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Cisco Nexus 2232TM-E

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Cisco Nexus 2224TP

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Cisco Nexus 2248TP

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Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E

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Cisco Nexus 2232PP

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Cisco Nexus 2248PQ

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Cisco Nexus 2232TM

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Cisco Nexus 2232TM-E

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Cisco Nexus 2224TP

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Cisco Nexus 2248TP

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Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E

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Cisco Nexus 2232PP

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Cisco Nexus 2248PQ

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Cisco Nexus 2232TM

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Cisco Nexus 2232TM-E

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Cisco Nexus 2224TP

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Cisco Nexus 2248TP

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Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E

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Cisco Nexus 2232PP

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Cisco Nexus 2248PQ

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Cisco Nexus 2232TM

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Cisco Nexus 2232TM-E

Cisco Nexus Parent
Model

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Cisco Nexus 5010P or
5020P Switch*

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Cisco Nexus 5548P
Switch

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Cisco Nexus 5548UP
Switch

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Cisco Nexus 5596UP
Switch

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Cisco Nexus 6001P
Switch

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Cisco Nexus 6001T
Switch

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Cisco Nexus 6004EF
Switch

●

Cisco Nexus 7000
Series 32-port 10
Gigabit Ethernet SFP+
I/O module
(N7K-M132XP-12)

●

Cisco Nexus 7000
Series 32-port 10
Gigabit Ethernet (XL)
SFP+ I/O module (N7K-

●

Cisco Nexus 9372PX
Switch

●

Cisco Nexus 9396PX
Switch

●

Cisco Nexus 9564PX
I/O module

●

Cisco Nexus 9464PX
I/O module

Figure 5. Cisco Nexus N2232PP

The Cisco Nexus 2232TM-E fabric extender (Figure 6) supports scalable 1/10GBASE-T environments, ease of
migration from 1GBASE-T to 10GBASE-T, and effective reuse of existing structured cabling. It comes with an
uplink module that supports eight 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric interfaces. It is a superset of the Cisco Nexus 2232TM
with the latest generation of 10GBASE-T PHY, enabling lower power and improved bit error rate (BER). The Cisco
Nexus 2232TM-E supports DCB and LAN and SAN consolidation. FCoE support distances of up to 30 meters with
Category 6a and 7 cables from the adapter to the fabric extender.

Figure 6. Cisco Nexus N2232TM-E

Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders connect to a parent Cisco Nexus switch through their fabric links using
CX1 copper cable, short-reach or long-reach optics, and the cost-effective Cisco Fabric Extender Transceivers.
Fabric Extender Transceivers are optical transceivers that provide a highly cost-effective solution for connecting
the fabric extender to its parent switch over OM3 or OM4 multimode fiber.

The fabric extenders behave like remote line cards for a parent Cisco Nexus 5000, 6000, or 7000 Series Switch.
Working in conjunction with Cisco Nexus switches, the fabric extenders extend the capabilities and benefits offered
by the parent Cisco Nexus switch while providing flexible, scalable, and cost-effective server access. Table 2
summarizes the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series parent switch support matrix.

Table 2. Cisco Nexus Fabric Extender Parent Switch Support Matrix

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Cisco Nexus Parent
Switch

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Cisco Nexus 5596T
Switch

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Cisco Nexus 5672UP
Switch

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Cisco Nexus 56128P
Switch

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Cisco Nexus 5696Q
Switch

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Cisco Nexus 5648Q
Switch

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Cisco Nexus 5624Q
Switch

M132XP-12L)

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Cisco Nexus 7000
Series line-rate 48-port
1/10 Gigabit Ethernet,
SFP/SFP+ I/O module
(N7K-F248XP-25)

●

Cisco Nexus 7000
Series 24-port 10
Gigabit Ethernet SFP+
I/O module
(N7K-M224XP-23L)

●

Cisco Nexus 7000
Series 6-port 40 Gigabit
Ethernet QSFP+ I/O
module (N7K-M206FQ­23L)

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Cisco Nexus 7000
Series enhanced 48­port 1/10 Gigabit
Ethernet SFP+ I/O
module (N7K-F248XP­25E)

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Cisco Nexus 7700
platform 48-port 1/10
Gigabit Ethernet SFP+
I/O module
(N77-F248XP-23E)

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Cisco Nexus 7000 F3­Series 48-port 1/10
Gigabit Ethernet SFP+
I/O module
(N7K-F348XP-25)

●

Cisco Nexus 7000 F3­Series 12-port 40
Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+
I/O module
(N7K-F312FQ-25)

●

Cisco Nexus 7700 F3
Series 48-port 1/10
Gigabit Ethernet SFP+
I/O module
(N77-F348XP-23)

Scalability

●

Up to 24 fabric
extenders per Cisco
Nexus 5600 platform
switch in both Layer 2
and Layer 3
configurations; up to
1152 x 1 Gigabit
Ethernet servers and
1152 x 10 Gigabit
Ethernet servers per
switch

●

Up to 24 fabric
extenders per Cisco
Nexus 5548P, 5548UP,
or 5596UP Switch (16
fabric extenders for
Layer 3 configurations);
up to 1152 x 1 Gigabit
Ethernet servers and
1152 x 10 Gigabit
Ethernet servers per
switch

●

Up to 12 fabric
extenders per Cisco
Nexus 5010P and
5020P Switch: up to 576
x 1 Gigabit Ethernet
servers and 384 x 10
Gigabit Ethernet servers
per switch

●

Up to 48 fabric
extenders in Layer 2
configurations and up to
24 fabric extenders in
Layer 3 configurations;
up to 2304 x 1 Gigabit
Ethernet servers and
2304 x 10 Gigabit
Ethernet servers per
switch

●

Up to 64 fabric
extenders per Cisco
Nexus 7000 Series
Switch with Cisco Nexus
7000 Series Supervisor
2E Module and Cisco
NX-OS Software
Release 6.2

●

Up to 15 fabric
extenders in active­active mode per Cisco
Nexus 7000 Series
Switch with Cisco Nexus
7000 Series Supervisor
2E Module and Cisco
NX-OS Software
Release 7.2.0D1(1).

●

Up to 3072 x 1 Gigabit
Ethernet and 3072 x 10
Gigabit Ethernet servers
per Cisco Nexus 7000
Series Switch with Cisco
Nexus 7000 Series
Supervisor 2E Module
and Cisco NX-OS
Software Release 6.2

●

Up to 16 fabric
extenders per Cisco
Nexus 9300 or 9500
platform switch with
Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 7.0(3)I1(2)

*

2248PQ is not supported on 5010/5020

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Benefits

Architecture Flexibility

●

Unified server access architecture: The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series offers a highly cost-effective access-layer
architecture for 100 Megabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, mixed Gigabit Ethernet, and
10 Gigabit Ethernet servers; Ethernet or unified fabrics; physical or virtual servers; and rack or blade server
environments.

●

Flexible physical topologies: The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series architecture allows the Layer 1 and 2 topologies
to be decoupled, therefore providing flexibility in physical architecture designs, including ToR, middle-of-row
(MoR), and EoR deployments, while allowing quick expansion of network capacity and remote line-card
portability across multiple parent switches. It is also space optimized for all these architectures.

Highly Scalable Access Layer

Today’s data centers must have massive scalability to manage the combination of an increasing number of servers
and a higher demand for bandwidth from each server. The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series increases the scalability of the
access layer to accommodate both sets of demands without increasing management points within the network.

●

Massive scalability: A deployment of Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders connected to a Cisco
Nexus 5000, 6000, or 7000 Series Switch supports highly scalable 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet environments,
as shown in Table 2.

●

Layer 2 scalability: Reliance on Spanning Tree Protocol is eliminated between the fabric extender and the
parent switch, thus enabling a large, multipath, loop-free topology. Use of a single management entity to
support a large server domain allows policy to be enforced more efficiently and enhances Layer 2 data
center access scalability. Use of the virtual PortChannel (vPC) feature also allows fast convergence and
effective use of bandwidth in Layer 2 environments.

Simplified Operations

●

Single point of management: The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders are remote line cards for a
Cisco Nexus parent switch. All device configurations are managed on the parent switch, and configuration
information is downloaded to the fabric extender using in-band communication.

●

Software maintenance simplification: The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series software is embedded in the Cisco
Nexus parent switch software. The fabric extender is a ready-to-use device that automatically downloads
the software image from the parent switch in the same way that a line card downloads software from the
supervisor engine in a modular chassis. In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) on the fabric extenders
provides the capability to perform transparent software upgrades, reducing downtime and allowing
customers to integrate the newest features and functions with little or no negative effect on network
operation for Ethernet, storage, and converged network environments.

●

Switch feature consistency across a large number of servers: The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series forwards all
traffic to the parent Cisco Nexus switch over 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric uplinks. Passing all traffic to the
parent switch allows traffic to be shaped according to policies established on the parent switch with a single
point of management. Standardizing on the Cisco Nexus switches allows data centers to support the same
switch features across the entire access layer with a single point of management.

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Tenfold reduction in management points: The number of management points is significantly less than when
discrete switches are used at the top of the rack. A traditional 12-rack design using a discrete, redundant
pair of Gigabit Ethernet switches at the top of each rack has 24 management points. The equivalent
architecture using the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series has only 2 management points: a tenfold reduction in
management complexity.

Business Benefits

●

Cost-effective 10 Gigabit Ethernet solution: The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series is an excellent platform for
migration from 1 Gigabit Ethernet to 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Scalable 10 Gigabit Ethernet provides 10 times
the bandwidth for approximately twice the price of Gigabit Ethernet.

●

Consolidation: The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series protects an organization’s investment into the future,
supporting evolving data center needs by providing an easy migration path to low-latency 10 Gigabit
Ethernet, high-performance computing (HPC), virtual machine-aware networks. In addition, the combination
of the Cisco Nexus 5000 or 6000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2232PP or 2248PQ provides a unified network
fabric that supports LAN and SAN consolidation. Another benefit of the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series
architecture is the capability to collapse data center access and aggregation layers into one single layer.

●

Investment protection: The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders can be mixed and matched with a
common parent Cisco Nexus switch. New functions can be derived from upstream Cisco Nexus switches,
resulting in the capability to add new functions without the need for a major equipment upgrade.

●

Rack-space reduction: The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series consists of 1RU fabric extenders. The fabric
extenders are not physically constrained by the position of the Cisco Nexus parent switch in the physical
topology and are attached to the upstream Cisco Nexus switch through fabric links.

●

Cabling reduction with optimal intra- and inter-rack cabling options: The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series supports
ToR, EoR, and MoR deployment models. Placing the fabric extender at the top of the rack allows the use of
short cables from the rack to the servers, reducing cable costs, air dams, complexity, and opportunities for
error. The only inter-rack cabling required is for uplinks from the fabric extender to the parent switch.
Placing the parent Cisco Nexus switch at the end or middle of a row of racks makes efficient use of powerful
switching resources.

●

The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series supports an optimal cabling strategy that simplifies network operations and
prepares for future technologies:

◦ Short intra-rack runs of copper: Intra-rack cables connecting to Gigabit Ethernet servers can be Category

5e, 6, 6a, or 7 with the Cisco Nexus 2148T, 2224TP, 2248TP, and 2248TP-E fabric extenders. Category
6, 6a, or 7 can connect 10GBASE-T servers to the Cisco Nexus 2232TM and 2232TM-E. Twinax cables
connect servers to ToR Cisco Nexus 2232PP fabric extenders. This model allows server racks and PoDs
to be preconfigured by server vendors so that they can be rolled into place and put into service upon
arrival.

◦ Longer inter-rack horizontal runs of fiber: Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders in each rack are

connected to parent switches that are placed at the end or middle of the row. For long reach between the
fabric extender and the parent switch, you can use Fabric Extender Transceiver, SFP+ short-reach (SR),
SFP+ long-reach (LR) optics over OM2 or OM3 cables, and QSFP+ optics for 40-Gbps connectivity.
Fiber protects investments into the future because it will support upcoming Ethernet standards, including
40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet. If the distance to the Cisco Nexus 5000, 6000, or 7000 Series Switch is
less than 10 meters, you can use Twinax cables (CX1 direct attach). Alternatively, you can use copper
cables to reach EoR or MoR 1GBASE-T or 10GBASE-T fabric extenders.

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Effective bandwidth utilization: Today’s data center servers are either single- or dual-homed to the network.
However, network designs almost always involve redundant deployment. Through the vPC feature support
on the Cisco Nexus 5000, 6000, and 7000 Series, a server can be dually connected to a pair of fabric
extenders, or each fabric extender can be connected to a pair of Cisco Nexus 5000, 6000, or 7000 Series
Switches, thus giving customers both server and fabric extender connectivity redundancy and providing
active-active connectivity with twice the bandwidth utilization as in active-standby or forwarding-blocking
configurations.

●

Reduced power and cooling needs: Cost-effective 10 Gigabit Ethernet solutions, optimal cabling, device
consolidation, rack-space reduction, and efficient bandwidth use all contribute to a significant reduction in
power and cooling needs in the data center.

Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Deployment Scenarios

The fabric extenders can be used in the following deployment scenarios:

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Rack servers with 100 Megabit Ethernet, 1 Gigabit Ethernet, or 10 Gigabit Ethernet network interface cards
(NICs); the fabric extender can be physically located at the top of the rack and the Cisco Nexus parent
switch can reside in the middle or at the end of the row, or the fabric extender and the Cisco Nexus parent
switch can both reside at the end or middle of the row

●

10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE deployments, using servers with converged network adapters (CNAs) for
unified fabric environments with the Cisco Nexus 2232PP, 2248PQ, and 2232TM-E.

●

1/10GBASE-T server connectivity with ease of migration from 1 to 10GBASE-T and effective reuse of
structured cabling

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Server racks with integrated lights-out (iLO) management, with 100 Megabit Ethernet or 1 Gigabit Ethernet
management and iLO interfaces

●

1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet blade servers with pass-through blades

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Low-latency, high-performance computing environments

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Virtualized access

For more information, visit the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series case studies page:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10110/prod_case_studies_list.html.

The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series can be used in conjunction with a Cisco Nexus parent switch in four main design
scenarios (shown in Figure 7):

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Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders single-connected to one upstream Cisco Nexus 5000, 6000, or
7000 Series Switch: In this deployment scenario, access-layer redundancy is achieved through redundant
server connections to two upstream distributed modular systems using vPC (Cisco Nexus 5000, 6000, or
7000 Series) or server NIC teaming to two Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders.

●

Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders dual-connected to two upstream Cisco Nexus 5000, 6000, or
7000 Series Switches (vPC): In this deployment scenario, access-layer redundancy is achieved through a
combination of Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders dual-connected to an upstream parent switch
and server NIC teaming.

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Description

Cisco Nexus 2148T

Cisco Nexus 2224TP

Cisco Nexus 2248TP

Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E

Fabric extender
host interfaces

●

48 ● 24 ● 48 ● 48

Fabric extender
host interfaces
type

●

1000BASE-T ports:
RJ-45 connectors

●

100BASE-T/1000BASE-T
ports: RJ-45 connectors

●

100BASE-T/1000BASE-T
ports: RJ-45 connectors

●

100BASE-T/1000BASE-T
ports: RJ-45 connectors

Fabric extender
fabric interfaces

● 4 ● 2 ● 4 ●

4

●

Enhanced vPC (EvPC): In this deployment scenario, access-layer redundancy is achieved in two ways:
through redundant connections between the Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extenders and the Cisco Nexus
parent switches using vPC, and through redundant server connections to two fabric extenders using vPC
and active-active server NIC teaming. This scenario is supported only with the Cisco Nexus 5000 or 6000
Series Switches used as upstream switches. This scenario is not currently supported with the Cisco Nexus
7000 Series Switches.

●

vPC+: In this deployment scenario, access-layer redundancy is achieved through server vPC, fabric
extender vPC, and EvPC. In addition, a vPC+ domain allows the Cisco Nexus parent switch and the fabric
extenders to be viewed as a single virtual switch in a Cisco FabricPath network.

Figure 7. Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders Design Scenarios, from Left to Right: Server vPC, Fabric Extender vPC,

EvPC, and vPC+

All topologies are supported with Cisco Nexus 5000 and 6000 Series parent switches.
The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series supports server vPC and fabric extender vPC scenarios.
The Cisco Nexus 9000 Series supports the server vPC scenario.

Product Specifications

Tables 3 through 9 provide product specifications and Table 10 lists standards support for the Cisco Nexus 2000
Series Fabric Extenders.

Table 3. Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Fabric Extenders Product Specifications

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Description

Cisco Nexus 2148T

Cisco Nexus 2224TP

Cisco Nexus 2248TP

Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E

Fabric extender
fabric interfaces
type

●

Fiber: SFP+ optics (SFP­10G-SR, SFP-10G-SR-S,
SFP-10G-LR and SFP­10G-LR-S)

●

Copper: 10 Gigabit
Ethernet SFP+ passive
Twinax copper cables
(SFP-H10GB-CU1M,
SFP-H10GB-CU3M, and
SFP-H10GB-CU5M) and
active Twinax copper
cables (SFP-H10GB­ACU7M and SFP­H10GB-ACU10M)

●

Distance between Cisco
Nexus 2000 Series
Fabric Extender and
Cisco Nexus 5000Series
Switch: Up to 3 km

●

Fiber: Cisco Fabric
Extender Transceiver
(FET-10G) and SFP+
optics (SFP-10G-SR,
SFP-10G-SR-S, SFP­10G-LR and SFP-10G­LR-S)

●

Copper: 10 Gigabit
Ethernet SFP+ passive
Twinax copper cables
(SFP-H10GB-CU1M,
SFP-H10GB-CU3M, and
SFP-H10GB-CU5M) and
active Twinax copper
cables (SFP-H10GB­ACU7M and SFP­H10GB-ACU10M)

●

AOC cables:
SFP-10G-AOC1M, SFP­10G-AOC2M, SFP-10G­AOC3M, SFP-10G­AOC5M, SFP-10G­AOC7M, SFP-10G­AOC10M

●

AOC breakout cables:
QSFP-4X10G-AOC1M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC2M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC3M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC5M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC7M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC10M

●

Copper breakout cables:
QSFP-4SFP10G-CU1M,
QSFP-4SFP10G-CU3M,
QSFP-4SFP10G-CU5M,
QSFP-4x10G-AC7M, and
QSFP-4x10G-AC10M

●

Distance between Cisco
Nexus 2000 Series
Fabric Extender and
Cisco Nexus 5000 or
Nexus 6000 Series
Switch: Up to 3 km

●

Distance between Cisco
Nexus 2000 Series
Fabric Extender and
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
Switch: Up to 10 km

●

Fiber: Cisco Fabric
Extender Transceiver
(FET-10G) and SFP+
optics (SFP-10G-SR,
SFP-10G-SR-S, SFP­10G-LR and SFP-10G­LR-S)

●

Copper: 10 Gigabit
Ethernet SFP+ passive
Twinax copper cables
(SFP-H10GB-CU1M,
SFP-H10GB-CU3M, and
SFP-H10GB-CU5M) and
active Twinax copper
cables (SFP-H10GB­ACU7M and SFP­H10GB-ACU10M)

●

AOC cables:
SFP-10G-AOC1M, SFP­10G-AOC2M, SFP-10G­AOC3M, SFP-10G­AOC5M, SFP-10G­AOC7M, SFP-10G­AOC10M

●

AOC breakout cables:
QSFP-4X10G-AOC1M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC2M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC3M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC5M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC7M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC10M

●

Copper breakout cables:
QSFP-4SFP10G-CU1M,
QSFP-4SFP10G-CU3M,
QSFP-4SFP10G-CU5M,
QSFP-4x10G-AC7M, and
QSFP-4x10G-AC10M

●

Distance between Cisco
Nexus 2000 Series
Fabric Extender and
Cisco Nexus 5000 or
Nexus 6000 Series
Switch: Up to 3 km

●

Distance between Cisco
Nexus 2000 Series
Fabric Extender and
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
Switch: Up to 10 km

●

Fiber: Cisco Fabric
Extender Transceiver
(FET-10G) and SFP+
optics (SFP-10G-SR,
SFP-10G-SR-S, SFP­10G-LR and SFP-10G­LR-S)

●

Copper: 10 Gigabit
Ethernet SFP+ passive
Twinax copper cables
(SFP-H10GB-CU1M,
SFP-H10GB-CU3M, and
SFP-H10GB-CU5M) and
active Twinax copper
cables (SFP-H10GB­ACU7M and SFP­H10GB-ACU10M)

●

AOC cables:
SFP-10G-AOC1M, SFP­10G-AOC2M, SFP-10G­AOC3M, SFP-10G­AOC5M, SFP-10G­AOC7M, SFP-10G­AOC10M

●

AOC breakout cables:
QSFP-4X10G-AOC1M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC2M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC3M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC5M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC7M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC10M

●

Copper breakout cables:
QSFP-4SFP10G-CU1M,
QSFP-4SFP10G-CU3M,
QSFP-4SFP10G-CU5M,
QSFP-4x10G-AC7M, and
QSFP-4x10G-AC10M

●

Distance between Cisco
Nexus 2000 Series
Fabric Extender and
Cisco Nexus 5000 or
Nexus 6000 Series
Switch: Up to 10 km

●

Distance between Cisco
Nexus 2000 Series
Fabric Extender and
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
Switch: Up to 10 km

Fabric speed

●

40 Gbps in each direction
(80 Gbps full duplex)

●

20 Gbps in each direction
(40 Gbps full duplex)

●

40 Gbps in each direction
(80 Gbps full duplex)

●

40 Gbps in each direction
(80 Gbps full duplex)

Oversubscription

●

1.2:1 ● 1.2:1 ● 1.2:1 ● 1.2:1

Performance

●

Hardware forwarding at
176 Gbps or 131 million
packets per second
(mpps)

●

Hardware forwarding at
88 Gbps or 65 mpps

●

Hardware forwarding at
176 Gbps or 131 mpps

●

Hardware forwarding at
176 Gbps or 131 mpps

Cisco parent
switch

●

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 6000

●

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 6000

●

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 6000

●

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series

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Description

Cisco Nexus 2148T

Cisco Nexus 2224TP

Cisco Nexus 2248TP

Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E

Minimum
software

●

Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 4.0(1A)N2(1)
(Cisco Nexus 5000
Series)

●

Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 4.2(1)N2(1)
(Cisco Nexus 5000
Series)

●

Cisco Nexus 6000 Series
Switches running Cisco
NX-OS Software Release

6.0 and later

●

Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 5.2 on the Cisco
Nexus 7000 Series

●

Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 6.1 on the Cisco
Nexus 9000 Series

●

Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 4.2 (Cisco
Nexus 5000 Series)

●

Cisco Nexus 6000 Series
Switches running Cisco
NX-OS Software Release

6.0 and later

●

Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 5.1 on the Cisco
Nexus 7000 Series

●

Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 6.1 on the Cisco
Nexus 9000 Series

●

Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 5.1(3)N(1)1
(Cisco Nexus 5000
Series)

●

Cisco Nexus 6000 Series
Switches running Cisco
NX-OS Software Release

6.0 and later

●

Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 6.1(1) on the
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series

●

Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 6.1 on the Cisco
Nexus 9000 Series

Dimensions
(H x W x D)

●

1.72 x 17.3 x 20.0 in.
(4.37 x 43.94 x 50.8 cm)

●

1.72 x 17.3 x 17.7 in.
(4.37 x 43.94 x 44.96 cm)

●

1.72 x 17.3 x 17.7 in.
(4.37 x 43.94 x 44.96 cm)

●

1.72 x 17.3 x 17.7 in.
(4.37 x 43.94 x 44.96 cm)

Weight

●

18 lb (8.2 kg)

●

*

Systems are fully loaded
with two power supplies
and one fan tray

●

16.6 lb (7.53 kg)

●

*

Systems are fully loaded
with two power supplies
and one fan tray

●

17.7 lb (8.0 kg)

●

*

Systems are fully loaded
with two power supplies
and one fan tray

●

17.7 lb (8.0 kg)

●

*

Systems are fully loaded
with two power supplies
and one fan tray

Indicator and port
specification

●

System status: Green (operational), amber (fault), flashing amber (POST boot up), and off (no power)

●

Locator LED: Bright blue locator

●

Port status: Green (link established), amber (administratively disabled), and flashing amber (fault)

●

Fan status: Green (operational) and amber (fault)

●

Power status: Green (operational) and amber (fault)

Environment

●

Operating temperature: 32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)

●

Nonoperating temperature: -4 to 158°F (-20 to 70°C)

●

Humidity: 5 to 95 percent (noncondensing)

●

Altitude: 0 to 10,000 ft (0 to 3000m)

Power supply

●

N2K-PAC-200W

●

N2200-PAC-400W,
N2200-PAC-400W-B,
N2200-PDC-400W, and
N2200-PDC-350W-B

●

N2200-PAC-400W,
N2200-PAC-400W-B,
N2200-PDC-400W, and
N2200-PDC-350W-B

●

N2200-PAC-400W,
N2200-PAC-400W-B,
N2200-PDC-400W, and
N2200-PDC-350W-B

Fan tray ● N2K-C2148-FAN

●

N2K-C2248-FAN and
N2K-C2248-FAN-B

●

N2K-C2248-FAN and
N2K-C2248-FAN-B

●

N2K-C2248-FAN and
N2K-C2248-FAN-B

Typical input
operating power

●

150W (max 165W)

●

80W (max 95W)

●

95W (max 110W)

●

95W (max 110W)

Input current

●

1.5A/2.2A
(typical/maximum)

●

Note: Input currents listed
for 110V; divide by 2 for
220V

●

Supply will surge on AC
power-up for a fraction of
a second beyond this
rating

●

0.75A/0.90A
(typical/maximum)

●

Note: Input currents listed
for 110V; divide by 2 for
220V

●

Supply will surge on AC
power-up for a fraction of
a second beyond this
rating

●

1.0A/1.2A
(typical/maximum)

●

Note: Input currents listed
for 110V; divide by 2 for
220V

●

Supply will surge on AC
power-up for a fraction of
a second beyond this
rating

●

1.0A/1.2A
(typical/maximum)

●

Note: Input currents listed
for 110V; divide by 2 for
220V

●

Supply will surge on AC
power-up for a fraction of
a second beyond this
rating

Output current

●

11.5A/16.7A
(typical/maximum)

●

5A/7A (typical/maximum)

●

8A/10A
(typical/maximum)

●

8A/10A
(typical/maximum)

Heat dissipation

●

670 BTU/hr

●

201/282 BTU/hour
(typical/maximum)

●

322/403 BTU/hour
(typical/maximum)

●

322/403 BTU/hour
(typical/maximum)

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Description

Cisco Nexus 2232PP

Cisco Nexus 2248PQ

Cisco Nexus 2232TM

Cisco Nexus 2232TM­E

Fabric extender
host interfaces

●

32 ● 48 ● 32 ● 32

Fabric extender
host interface type

●

1/10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
SFP/SFP+ (supported
transceiver and cables include
Twinax SFP-H10GB-CU1M,
SFP-H10GB-CU3M, SFP­H10GB-CU5M, SFP-H10GB­ACU7M, and SFP-H10GB­ACU10M; SFP+ SFP-10G-SR,
SFP-10G-SR-S, SFP-10G-LR,
and SFP-10G-LR-S; and SFP
GLC-T, GLC-SX-MM, GLC­LH-SM, SFP-GE-T, SFP-GE­S, and SFP-GE-L)

●

AOC cables:
FP-10G-AOC1M,
SFP-10G-AOC2M, SFP-10G­AOC3M, SFP-10G-AOC5M,
SFP-10G-AOC7M, and SFP­10G-AOC10M

●

1/10 Gigabit Ethernet
ports SFP/SFP+
(supported transceiver
and cables include
Twinax SFP-H10GB­CU1M, SFP-H10GB­CU3M, SFP-H10GB­CU5M, SFP­H10GBACU7M, and
SFP-H10GB­ACU10M; SFP+ SFP­10G-SR, SFP-10G­SR-S, SFP-10G-LR,
and SFP-10G-LR-S;
and SFP GLC-T, GLC­SX-MM, GLC-LH-SM,
SFP-GE-T, SFP-GE­S, and
SFP-GE-L)

●

AOC cables:
FP-10G-AOC1M,
SFP-10G-AOC2M,
SFP-10G-AOC3M,
SFP-10G-AOC5M,
SFP-10G-AOC7M,
and SFP-10G­AOC10M

●

1/10GBASE-T ports: RJ-45
connectors

●

1/10GBASE-T
ports: RJ-45
connectors

Fabric extender
fabric interfaces

● 8 ●

4x 40 Gigabit Ethernet
QSFP (16 x 10 Gigabit
Ethernet)

●

Uplink module: 8 SFP+
(N2K-M2800P)

●

Uplink module: 8 x
10 Gigabit Ethernet
SFP+ included

Fabric extender
fabric interface
type

●

Fiber: Cisco Fabric Extender
Transceiver (FET-10G) and
SFP+ optics (SFP-10G-SR,
SFP-10G-SR-S, SFP-10G-LR,
and SFP-10G-LR-S)

●

Copper: 10 Gigabit Ethernet
SFP+ passive Twinax copper
cables (SFP-H10GB-CU1M,
SFP-H10GB-CU3M, and SFP­H10GB-CU5M) and active
Twinax copper cables (SFP­H10GB-ACU7M and SFP­H10GB-ACU10M)

●

AOC cables:
SFP-10G-AOC1M,
SFP-10G-AOC2M, SFP-10G­AOC3M, SFP-10G-AOC5M,
SFP-10G-AOC7M, and SFP­10G-AOC10M

●

AOC breakout cables: QSFP­4X10G-AOC1M, QSFP­4X10G-AOC2M, QSFP­4X10G-AOC3M, QSFP­4X10G-AOC5M, QSFP­4X10G-AOC7M, and QSFP­4X10G-AOC10M

●

Copper breakout cables:
QSFP-4SFP10G-CU1M,
QSFP-4SFP10G-CU3M,
QSFP-4SFP10G-CU5M,
QSFP-4x10G-AC7M, and
QSFP-4x10G-AC10M

●

Distance between Cisco
Nexus 2000 Series Fabric
Extender and Cisco Nexus
5000 or 6000 Series Switch:

●

Fiber: QSFP-40G­SR4, QSFP-40G-SR4­S and QSFP-40G­CSR4

●

Copper: 40 Gigabit
Ethernet QSFP+
passive Twinax cables
(QSFP-H40G-CU1M,
QSFP-H40G-CU3M,
and QSFP-H40G­CU5M) and active
Twinax cables (QSFP­H40G-ACU7M and
QSFP-H40G-ACU10M

●

AOC cables:
QSFP-H40G-AOC1M,
QSFP-H40G-AOC2M,
QSFP-H40G-AOC3M,
QSFP-H40G-AOC5M,
QSFP-H40G-AOC7M,
and QSFP-H40G­AOC10M

●

AOC breakout cables:
QSFP-4X10G­AOC1M, QSFP­4X10G-AOC2M,
QSFP-4X10G­AOC3M, QSFP­4X10G-AOC5M,
QSFP-4X10G­AOC7M, and QSFP­4X10G-AOC10M

●

Copper breakout
cables: QSFP­4SFP10G-CU1M,
QSFP-4SFP10G­CU3M, QSFP-

●

Fiber: Cisco Fabric
Extender Transceiver
(FET-10G) and SFP+
optics (SFP-10G-SR, SFP­10G-SR-S, SFP-10G-LR,
and SFP-10G-LR-S)

●

Copper: 10 Gigabit
Ethernet SFP+ passive
Twinax copper cables
(SFP-H10GB-CU1M, SFP­H10GB-CU3M, and SFP­H10GB-CU5M) and active
Twinax copper cables
(SFP-H10GB-ACU7M and
SFP-H10GB-ACU10M)

●

AOC cables:
SFP-10G-AOC1M,
SFP-10G-AOC2M,
SFP-10G-AOC3M,
SFP-10G-AOC5M,
SFP-10G-AOC7M, and
SFP-10G-AOC10M

●

AOC breakout cables:
QSFP-4X10G-AOC1M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC2M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC3M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC5M,
QSFP-4X10G-AOC7M,
and QSFP-4X10G­AOC10M

●

Copper breakout cables:
QSFP-4SFP10G-CU1M,
QSFP-4SFP10G-CU3M,
QSFP-4SFP10G-CU5M,
QSFP-4x10G-AC7M, and
QSFP-4x10G-AC10M

●

Fiber: Cisco Fabric
Extender
Transceiver (FET­10G) and SFP+
optics (SFP-10G­SR, SFP-10G-SR­S, SFP-10G-LR,
and SFP-10G-LR-S)

●

Copper: 10 Gigabit
Ethernet SFP+
passive Twinax
copper cables
(SFP-H10GB­CU1M, SFP­H10GB-CU3M, and
SFP-H10GB-CU5M)
and active Twinax
copper cables
(SFP-H10GB­ACU7M and SFP­H10GB-ACU10M)

●

AOC cables:
SFP-10G-AOC1M,
SFP-10G-AOC2M,
SFP-10G-AOC3M,
SFP-10G-AOC5M,
SFP-10G-AOC7M,
and SFP-10G­AOC10M

●

AOC breakout
cables: QSFP­4X10G-AOC1M,
QSFP-4X10G­AOC2M, QSFP­4X10G-AOC3M,
QSFP-4X10G­AOC5M, QSFP-

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Description

Cisco Nexus 2232PP

Cisco Nexus 2248PQ

Cisco Nexus 2232TM

Cisco Nexus 2232TM­E

Up to 10 km (300m for FCoE
traffic)

4SFP10G-CU5M,
QSFP-4x10G-AC7M,
and QSFP-4x10G­AC10M

●

Distance between
Cisco Nexus 2000
Series Fabric Extender
and Cisco Nexus 5000
or 6000 Series Switch:
Up to 10 km (300m for
FCoE traffic)

●

Distance between Cisco
Nexus 2000 Series Fabric
Extender and Cisco Nexus
5000 or 6000 Series
Switch: Up to 10 km

4X10G-AOC7M,
and QSFP-4X10G­AOC10M

●

Copper breakout
cables: QSFP­4SFP10G-CU1M,
QSFP-4SFP10G­CU3M, QSFP­4SFP10G-CU5M,
QSFP-4x10G­AC7M, and QSFP­4x10G-AC10M

●

Distance between
Cisco Nexus 2000
Series Fabric
Extender and Cisco
Nexus 5000 or 6000
Series Switch: Up to
10 km

Fabric speed

●

80 Gbps in each direction
(160-Gbps full duplex)

●

160 Gbps in each
direction (320-Gbps
full duplex)

●

80 Gbps in each direction
(160-Gbps full duplex)

●

80 Gbps in each
direction (160-Gbps
full duplex)

Oversubscription

●

4:1 ● 3:1 ● 4:1 ● 4:1

Performance

●

Hardware forwarding at 560
Gbps or 595 mpps

●

Hardware forwarding
at 960 Gbps or 952
mpps

●

Hardware forwarding at
560 Gbps or 595 mpps

●

Hardware
forwarding at 560
Gbps or 595 mpps

FCoE ● FCoE supported

●

FCoE supported

●

FCoE not supported

●

FCoE supported up
to 30m with
Category 6a or 7
cables

Cisco parent
switch

●

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 6000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 5500
Series

●

Cisco Nexus 6000
Series

●

Cisco Nexus 7000
Series

●

Cisco Nexus 9000
Series

●

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 6000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series

●

Cisco Nexus 5000
Series

●

Cisco Nexus 6000
Series

●

Cisco Nexus 7000
Series

●

Cisco Nexus 9000
Series

Minimum software

●

Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 4.2 (Cisco Nexus
5000 Series)

●

Cisco Nexus 6000 Series
running Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 6.0 and later

●

Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 5.2 (Cisco Nexus
7000 Series)

●

Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 6.1 (Cisco Nexus
9000 Series)

●

Cisco Nexus OS
Release 6.0(2)N1(1)
(Cisco Nexus 5000
and 6000 Series)

●

Cisco NX-OS Release

6.2(2) (Cisco Nexus
7000 Series)

●

Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 6.1 (Cisco
Nexus 9000 Series)

●

Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 5.0(3)N2(1) (Cisco
Nexus 5000 Series)

●

Cisco Nexus 6000 Series
running Cisco NX-OS
Software Release 6.0 and
later

●

Cisco NX-OS Release

6.1(1) (Cisco Nexus 7000
Series)

●

Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 6.1 (Cisco Nexus
9000 Series)

●

Cisco NX-OS
Software Release

5.2(1)N1(1) (Cisco
Nexus 5000 Series)

●

Cisco Nexus 6000
Series running
Cisco NX-OS
Software Release

6.0 and later

●

Cisco NX-OS
Release 6.2(2)
(Cisco Nexus 7000
Series)

●

Cisco NX-OS
Software Release

6.1 (Cisco Nexus
9000 Series)

Cisco Nexus 2000 Series 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fabric Extenders Environment

Dimensions
(H x W x D)

●

1.72 x 17.3 x 17.7 in.
(4.37 x 43.94 x 44.96 cm)

●

1.72 x 17.3 x 17.7 in.
(4.37 x 43.94 x 44.96
cm)

●

1.72 x 17.3 x 17.7 in. (4.37
x 43.94 x 44.96 cm)

●

1.72 x 17.3 x 17.7
in. (4.37 x 43.94 x

44.96 cm)

Weight ● 18.3 lb2 (8.3 kg2)

●

17.5 lb (8.0 kg)

●

18.5 lb2 (8.4 kg2)

●

18.5 lb2 (8.4 kg2)

2

Systems are fully loaded with two power supplies and one fan tray.

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Description

Cisco Nexus 2232PP

Cisco Nexus 2248PQ

Cisco Nexus 2232TM

Cisco Nexus 2232TM­E

Indicator and port
specification

●

System status: Green (operational), amber (fault), flashing amber (POST boot up), and off (no power)

●

Locator LED: Bright blue locator

●

Port status: Green (link established), amber (administratively disabled), and flashing amber (fault)

●

Fan status: Green (operational) and amber (fault)

●

Power status: Green (operational) and amber (fault)

Environment

●

Operating temperature:
32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)

●

Nonoperating temperature: -4
to 158°F (-20 to 70°C)

●

Humidity: 5 to 95 percent
(noncondensing)

●

Altitude: 0 to 10,000 ft (0 to
3000m)

●

Operating
temperature: 32 to
104°F (0 to 40°C)

●

Nonoperating
temperature: -4 to
158°F (-20 to 70°C)

●

Humidity: 5 to 95
percent
(noncondensing)

●

Altitude: 0 to 10,000 ft
(0 to 3000m)

●

Operating temperature: 32
to 104°F (0 to 40°C)

●

Nonoperating temperature:

-4 to 158°F (-20 to 70°C)

●

Humidity: 5 to 95 percent
(noncondensing)

●

Altitude: 0 to 10,000 ft (0 to
3000m)

●

Operating
temperature: 32 to
104°F (0 to 40°C)

●

Nonoperating
temperature: -4 to
158°F (-20 to 70°C)

●

Humidity: 5 to 95
percent
(noncondensing)

●

Altitude: 0 to 10,000
ft (0 to 3000m)

Power supply

●

N2200-PAC-400W, N2200­PAC-400W-B, N2200-PDC­400W, and N2200-PDC-350W­B

●

N2200-PAC-400W,
N2200-PAC-400W-B,
N2200-PDC-400W,
and N2200-PDC­350W-B

●

N2200-PAC-400W, N2200­PAC-400W-B, and
N2200-PDC-400W

●

N2200-PAC-400W,
N2200-PAC-400W­B, and
N2200-PDC-400W

Fan tray ● N2K-C2232-FAN and N2K-

C2232-FAN-B

●

NXA-FAN-30CFM-F
and NXA-FAN­30CFM-B (N+1
redundancy = 4 fans)

●

N2K-C2232-FAN and N2K­C2232-FAN-B

●

N2K-C2232-FAN
and N2K-C2232­FAN-B

Typical input
operating power

●

210W
(maximum 270W)

●

175W
(maximum 234W)

●

280 to 350W (maximum
386W)

●

210W at 30M,
240W at 100M
(maximum 300W)

Input current

●

2.5A (typical); 4.1A (maximum)

Note: Input current listed for 110V;
divide by 2 for 220V

●

Supply will surge on AC
power-up for a fraction of a
second beyond this rating

●

1.46A (typical); 1.95A
(maximum)

Note: Input current listed
for 110V; divide by 2 for
220V

●

Supply will surge on
AC power-up for a
fraction of a second
beyond this rating

●

3.18A (typical); 3.51A
(maximum)

Note: Input current listed for
110V; divide by 2 for 220V

●

Supply will surge on AC
power-up for a fraction of a
second beyond this rating

●

2.15A (typical);

2.65A (maximum)

Note: Input current
listed for 110V; divide
by 2 for 220V

●

Supply will surge on
AC power-up for a
fraction of a second
beyond this rating

Output current

●

20A (typical); 33A (maximum)

●

13A (typical); 20A
(maximum)

●

26A (typical); 28.9A
(maximum)

●

17A (typical); 20.9A
(maximum)

Heat dissipation

●

806 BTU/hour (typical); 1330
BTU/hour (maximum)

●

597 BTU/hour
(typical); 798
BTU/hour (maximum)

●

1176 BTU/hour (typical);
1297 BTU/hour (maximum)

●

796 BTU/hour
(typical); 981
BTU/hour
(maximum)

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Cisco Fabric Extender
Transceiver

Specification

Support Matrix

Form Factor

Cable

Distance

Power

Cisco Fabric Extender
Transceiver (FET-10G)

●

Supported for fabric links only (Cisco
Nexus 2000 Series to Cisco parent
switch)

●

Cisco Fabric Extender Transceiver must
be connected to another Fabric Extender
Transceiver

●

Supported on Cisco Nexus 2200 platform
uplinks

●

Supported on Cisco Nexus 5000, 6000,
and 7000 Series Switch fabric links

SFP

Multimode fiber
(MMF)

●

25m (OM2)

●

100m (OM3)

Approximately
1W per
transceiver

Cisco Fabric Extender
Transceiver (FET-40G)

●

Supported for fabric links only (Cisco
Nexus 2200 platform to Cisco parent
switch)

●

Cisco Fabric Extender must be
connected to another Fabric Extender
Transceiver

●

Supported on Cisco 2200 platform
uplinks

●

Supported on Cisco Nexus 5000, 6000,
and 7000 Series Switch fabric links

SFP

MMF

●

30m (OM2)

●

100m (OM3)

Approximately

1.5W per
transceiver

Cisco Nexus 2000 Series

Weight

Pounds

Kilograms

N2K-PAC-200W=

1.5 lb

0.7 kg

N2200-PAC-400W=

2.2 lb

1 kg

N2200-PAC-400W-B=

2.2 lb

1 kg

N2200-PDC-400W=

2.2 lb

1 kg

N2200-PDC-350W-B=

2.2 lb

1 kg

N2K-C2148-FAN=

0.5 lb

0.2 kg

N2K-C2248-FAN=

1.4 lb

0.64 kg

N2K-C2232-FAN=

1.8 lb

0.8 kg

N2K-C2248-FAN-B=

1.4 lb

0.64 kg

N2K-C2232-FAN-B=

1.8 lb

0.8 kg

NXA-FAN-30CFM-F

0.25 lb

0.11 kg

NXA-FAN-30CFM-B

0.25 lb

0.11 kg

Cisco Nexus
2000 Series

Power Supply

N2K-PAC-200W

N2200-PAC-400W

N2200-PAC-400W-B

N2200-PDC-400W

N2200-PDC-350W-B

Platform

Cisco Nexus 2148T

Cisco Nexus 2224TP,
2248TP, 2248TP-E,
2232PP, 2232TM,
2232TM-E, and
2248PQ

Cisco Nexus 2224TP,
2248TP, 2248TP-E,
2232PP, 2232TM,
2232TM-E, and
2248PQ

Cisco Nexus 2224TP,
2248TP, 2248TP-E,
2232PP, 2232TM,
2232TM-E, and
2248PQ

Cisco Nexus 2224TP,
2248TP, 2248TP-E,
2232PP, and 2248PQ

Compatible fan
tray

N2K-C2148-FAN

N2K-C2248-FAN,
N2K-C2232-FAN, and
NXA-FAN-30CFM-F

N2K-C2248-FAN-B,
N2K-C2232-FAN-B,
and NXA-FAN-30CFM­B

N2K-C2248-FAN,
N2K-C2232-FAN, and
NXA-FAN-30CFM-F

N2K-C2248-FAN-B,
N2K-C2232-FAN-B,
and NXA-FAN­30CFM-B

Table 5. Cisco Nexus Fabric Extender Transceiver Specifications

Table 6. Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Spare Weight Specifications

Table 7. Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Power Specifications

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Cisco Nexus
2000 Series

Power Supply

Compatible
power supply

N2K-PAC-200W

N2200-PAC-400W

N2200-PAC-400W-B

N2200-PDC-400W

N2200-PDC-350W-B

Airflow

Port-side exhaust
(front-to-back airflow)

Port-side exhaust
(front-to-back airflow)

Port-side intake
(back-to-front airflow)

Port-side exhaust
(front-to-back airflow)

Port-side intake
(back-to-front airflow)

Input voltage

90 to 264V AC

90 to 264V AC

90 to 264V AC

-40 to -72V DC

-40 to -72V DC

Frequency

50 to 60 Hz

50 to 60 Hz

50 to 60 Hz

DC

DC

Efficiency

●

85% (110 to 240V
input) at typical
power draw

●

81% (110 to 240V
In) at maximum
power draw

●

90/92% (110 to
240V input) at
typical power draw

●

88 to 91% (110 to
240V In) at
maximum power
draw

●

90/92% (110 to
240V input) at
typical power draw

●

88 to 91% (110to
240V In) at
maximum power
draw

●

88% (-48V input) at
typical power draw

●

85% (-48V In) at
maximum power
draw

●

88% (-48V input) at
typical power draw

●

85% (-48V In) at
maximum power
draw

RoHS
compliance

RoHS-5 compliant

RoHS-6 compliant

RoHS-6 compliant

RoHS-6 compliant

RoHS-6 compliant

Hot swappable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Maximum rated
output power

200W

400W

400W

400W

350W

Power-cord
rating

3A at 100V input; 1.5A
at 240V input
maximum

6A at 100V input; 3A at
240V input maximum

6A at 100V input; 3A at
240V input maximum

●

15A at -48V input;
8A at -60V input
maximum

●

Maximum 14AWG
wire

●

15A at -48V input;
8A at -60V input
maximum

●

Maximum 14AWG
wire

Cisco Nexus
2000 Series

Fan Module

N2K-C2148­FAN

N2K-C2248­FAN

N2K-C2232­FAN

NXA-FAN­30CFM-F

N2K-C2248­FAN-B

N2K-C2232­FAN-B

NXA-FAN­30CFM-B

Platform

Cisco Nexus
2148T

Cisco Nexus
2224TP,
2248TP, and
2248TP-E

Cisco Nexus
2232PP,
2232TM, and
2232TM-E

Cisco Nexus
2248PQ

Cisco Nexus
2224TP,
2248TP, and
2248TP-E

Cisco Nexus
2232PP,
2232TM, and
2232TM-E

Cisco Nexus
2248PQ

Airflow

Port-side exhaust (front-to-back airflow), with power supplies of the
chassis aligned with cold aisle, and port side aligned with hot aisle;
color-coded blue for cold aisle: NXA-FAN-30CFM-F

Port-side intake (back-to-front airflow reversed), with
port side of the chassis aligned with cold aisle, and
power supplies aligned with hot aisle; color-coded
red for hot aisle: NXA-FAN-30CFM-B

Compatible
power supply

N2K-PAC­200W

N2200-PAC­400W and
N2200-PDC­400W

N2200-PAC­400W and
N2200-PDC­400W

N2200-PAC­400W and
N2200-PDC­400W

N2200-PAC­400W-B and
N2200-PDC­350W-B

N2200-PAC­400W-B and
N2200-PDC­350W-B

N2200-PAC­400W-B and
N2200-PDC­350W-B

Accessories

Airflow Extension Sleeve

Airflow Vent

Part number

NXA-AIRFLOW-SLV

NXA-ACC-KIT-BAV

Description

Cisco Nexus airflow extension sleeve: Optimizes airflow in
port-side exhaust (front to back) airflow deployments for
alignment of port in back of rack and extension of power­supply side of chassis to front of rack with airflow sleeve

Cisco Nexus airflow vent: Optimizes airflow in port-side intake
(back to front) ToR deployments; airflow vent consists of metallic
cover to place on the upper exhaust of the fabric extender port­side and mounting rails with snap-on holes for airflow vent

Compatibility

Cisco Nexus 2200 platform chassis

Cisco Nexus 2200 platform chassis

Dimensions
(H x W x D)

●

1.72 (1RU) x 17.3 x 8.5 in. (fully retracted) or 12.9 in.
(fully extended)

●

Adjustable depth for the fabric extender: 26 to 30 in.

Vent cover is part of the mounting hardware kit, and its size is
meaningless to the overall form factor of the chassis: 0.42 x

17.53 x 2.56 in.

Weight ● 5.7 lb (2.6 kg)

●

0.42 lb (0.19 kg)

Table 8. Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fan Specifications

Table 9. Cisco Nexus 2000 Airflow Optimization Accessories

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Specification

Description

Regulatory compliance

Products should comply with CE Markings according to directives 2004/108/EC and 2006/95/EC.

Safety ● UL 60950-1

●

CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1EN 60950-1

●

IEC 60950-1AS/NZS 60950-1GB4943

EMC: Emissions

●

47CFR Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A

●

AS/NZS CISPR22 Class A

●

CISPR22 Class A

●

EN55022 Class A

●

ICES003 Class A

●

VCCI Class A

●

EN61000-3-2

●

EN61000-3-3

●

KN22 Class A

●

CNS13438 Class A

EMC: Immunity

●

EN50082-1

●

EN61000-6-1

●

EN55024

●

CISPR24

●

EN300386

●

KN 61000-4 series

RoHS

The Cisco Nexus 2148T is RoHS-5 compliant, and the Cisco Nexus 2224T, 2248TP, 2232PP, 2248PQ, 2232TM, and
2232TM-E are RoHS-6 compliant.

Network Equipment
Building Standards
(NEBS)

The Cisco Nexus 2248TP, 2248TP-E, and 2232PP meet NEBS level-3 standards (hardware revision 3).

Description

Specification

Layer 2 features

●

Layer 2 VLAN trunks

●

IEEE 802.1Q VLAN encapsulation

●

Cisco EtherChannel technology on uplinks

●

PortChannel on server ports on Cisco Nexus 2200 platforms

●

Advanced PortChannel hashing

●

Jumbo frames on all ports (up to 9216 bytes)

●

Pause frames (Priority Flow Control [PFC] and IEEE 802.3x)

●

Private VLANs (promiscuous only on uplinks)

●

Local multicast replication on Cisco Nexus 2200 platform (8000 entries)

●

Autonegotiation to 1000BASE-T; full duplex on host interfaces

Enhanced
Ethernet

●

DCB (Cisco Nexus 2232PP)

Quality of
service (QoS)

●

Layer 2 IEEE 802.1p (class of service [CoS])

●

8 hardware queues per port (Cisco Nexus 2200 platforms), or 4 hardware queues per port (Cisco Nexus 2148T)

●

Per-port QoS configuration

●

Local policing on Cisco Nexus 2200 platform (64 policers)

●

CoS trust

●

Configurable tail-drop threshold on Cisco Nexus 2200 platforms

●

Egress strict-priority queuing

●

Egress port-based scheduling: Weighted Round Robin (WRR)

Table 10. Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Compliance Information

Feature support for the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series is mainly derived from the parent switch feature set. Therefore,
consult the Cisco Nexus 5000, 6000, and 7000 Series data sheets for a comprehensive list of features supported.
Table 11 lists the hardware capabilities of the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series.

Table 11. Feature Support for Cisco Nexus 2000 Series

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Description

Specification

High availability

●

Hot-swappable field-replaceable power supplies and fan modules

●

1:1 power redundancy

●

Uplink traffic management through Cisco EtherChannel hashing or static port pinning

●

vPCs for dual-homed active-active connectivity across two Cisco Nexus 5000 or 6000 Series Switches

●

vPCs for dual-homed straight-through NIC connectivity across two Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders

●

ISSU

Security ● Local classification (256 access control list [ACL] entries)

Management

●

Fabric extender management using in-band management

●

Locator and beacon LEDs on front and back of chassis (locator beacons on the front and rear of the chassis help reduce
errors when the equipment is serviced)

●

Per-port locator and beacon LEDs

●

Syslog

●

Simple Network Management Protocol Versions 1, 2, and 3 (SNMP v1, v2, and v3)

●

Enhanced SNMP MIB support

●

XML (NETCONF) support

●

Remote Monitoring (RMON)

●

Cisco Discovery Protocol Versions 1 and 2

●

Cisco Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) source on server ports

●

Power-on self-test (POST)

●

Cisco Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD): Ethernet

●

Comprehensive bootup diagnostic tests

●

CiscoWorks

●

Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM); the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series is managed through the parent Cisco Nexus
switch using DCNM and standard SNMP, XML interface, and command-line interface (CLI)

Configuration
MIBs

●

ENTITY-MIB

●

IF-MIB

●

FABRIC-EXTENDER MIB

●

CISCO-ENTITY-EXT-MIB

●

CISCO-ENTITY-FRU-CONTROL-MIB

●

CISCO-ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB

●

CISCO-ETHERNET-FABRIC-EXTENDER-MIB

Monitoring MIBs

●

RMON-MIB

Industry
standards

●

IEEE 802.1p: CoS prioritization

●

IEEE 802.1Q: VLAN tagging

●

IEEE 802.3: Ethernet

●

IEEE 802.3ae: 10 Gigabit Ethernet

●

SFF 8431 SFP+ support

●

IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX specification

●

IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T specification

●

IEEE 802.3an 10GBASE-T

●

10GBASE-SR

●

10GBASE-LR

●

RMON

●

SFF-8461

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Part Number

Description

Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Chassis

N2K-C2224TP

Cisco Nexus 2224TP Series 1GE Fabric Extender, 2PS, 1 Fan Module, 24x100/1000Base-T + 2x10GE
(req SFP+), choice of airflow and power supply

N2K-C2248TP

Cisco Nexus 2248TP Series 1GE Fabric Extender, 2PS, 1 Fan Module, 48x100/1000Base-T + 4x10GE
(req SFP+), choice of airflow and power supply

N2K-C2248TP-E

Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E Series 1GE Fabric Extender, 2PS, 1 Fan Module, 48x100/1000Base-T + 4x10GE
(req SFP+), 32MB buffer, choice of airflow and power supply

N2K-C2232PP

Cisco Nexus 2232PP Series 10GE Fabric Extender, 2PS, 1 Fan Module, 32x1/10GE (req SFP/SFP+) + 8x10GE
(req SFP+), choice of airflow and power supply

N2K-C2248PQ

Cisco Nexus 2248PQ 10GE Fabric Extender, 2PS, 4 Fan Module, 48x1/10GE (req SFP/SFP+) + 4x40G QSFP+(req
QSFP+), choice of airflow and power supply

N2K-C2232TM

Cisco Nexus 2232TM Series 10GBASE-T Fabric Extender, 2PS, 1 Fan Module, 32x1/10GBase-T + 8x10GE Module
(req SFP+), choice of airflow and power supply

N2K-C2232TM-E

Cisco Nexus 2232TM-E Series 10GBASE-T Fabric Extender, 2PS, 1 Fan Module, 32x1/10GBase-T + 8x10GE
Module (req SFP+), choice of airflow and power supply

N2K-C2224TP-1GE

Cisco Nexus 2224TP Series 1GE Fabric Extender, 2 AC PS, 1 Fan Module (Standard Airflow/port side exhaust),
24x100/1000Base-T + 2x10GE (req SFP+), same as N2K-C2224TP

N2K-C2248TP-1GE

Cisco Nexus 2248TP Series 1GE Fabric Extender, 2 AC PS, 1 Fan Module (Standard Airflow/port side exhaust),
48x100/1000Base-T + 4x10GE (req SFP+), same as N2K-C2248TP

N2K-C2232PP-10GE

Cisco Nexus 2232PP Series 10GE Fabric Extender, 2 AC PS, 1 Fan Module (Standard Airflow/port side exhaust),
32x1/10GE (req SFP/SFP+) + 8x10GE (req SFP+), same as N2K-C2232PP

N2K-C2232TM-10GE

Cisco Nexus 2232TM Series 10GBASE-T Fabric Extender, 2 AC PS, 1 Fan Module (Standard Airflow/port side
exhaust), 32x1/10GBase-T + 8x10GE Module (req SFP+), same as N2K-C2232TM

Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Chassis with Fabric Extender

N2K-C2224TF

Cisco Nexus 2224TP Series 1GE Fabric Extender, 2PS, 1 Fan Module, 24x100/1000Base-T + 2x10GE (includes
4 Fabric Extender Transceivers), choice of airflow and power supply

N2K-C2248TF

Cisco Nexus 2248TP Series 1GE Fabric Extender, 2PS, 1 Fan Module, 48x100/1000Base-T + 4x10GE (includes
8 Fabric Extender Transceivers), choice of airflow and power supply

N2K-C2248TF-E

Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E Series 1GE Fabric Extender, 2PS, 1 Fan Module, 48x100/1000Base-T + 4x10GE (includes 8
Fabric Extender Transceivers), 32MB buffer, choice of airflow and power supply

N2K-C2232PF

Cisco Nexus 2232PP Series 10GE Fabric Extender, 2PS, 1 Fan Module, 32x1/10GE (req SFP/SFP+) + 8x10GE
(includes 16 Fabric Extender Transceivers), choice of airflow and power supply

N2K-C2248PQF

Cisco Nexus 2248PQ 10GE Fabric Extender, 2PS, 4 Fan Module, 48x1/10GE (req SFP/SFP+) + 4x40G
QSFP+(includes “8 FET-40G” or “4 FET-40G and 16 FET-10G”), choice of airflow and power supply

N2K-C2232TF

Cisco Nexus 2232TM Series 10GBASE-T Fabric Extender, 2PS, 1 Fan Module, 32x1/10GBase-T + 8x10GE Module
(includes 16 Fabric Extender Transceivers), choice of airflow and power supply

N2K-C2232TF-E

Cisco Nexus 2232TM-E Series 10GBASE-T Fabric Extender, 2PS, 1 Fan Module, 32x1/10GBase-T + 8x10GE
Module (includes 16 Fabric Extender Transceivers), choice of airflow and power supply

N2K-C2224TF-1GE

Cisco Nexus 2224TP Series 1GE Fabric Extender, 2 AC PS, 1 Fan Module (Standard Airflow/port side exhaust),
24x100/1000Base-T + 2x10GE (includes 4 Fabric Extender Transceivers)

N2K-C2248TF-1GE

Cisco Nexus 2248TP Series 1GE Fabric Extender, 2 AC PS, 1 Fan Module (Standard Airflow/port side exhaust),
48x100/1000Base-T + 4x10GE (includes 8 Fabric Extender Transceivers)

N2K-C2232PF-10GE

Cisco Nexus 2232PP Series 10GE Fabric Extender, 2 AC PS, 1 Fan Module (Standard Airflow/port side exhaust,
32x1/10GE (req SFP/SFP+) + 8x10GE (includes 16 Fabric Extender Transceivers)

N2K-C2232TF-10GE

Cisco Nexus 2232TP Series 10GBASE-T Fabric Extender, 2 AC PS, 1 Fan Module (Standard Airflow/port side
exhaust), 32x1/10GBase-T + 8x10GE Module (includes 16 Fabric Extender Transceivers)

Fan Modules

N2K-C2148T-FAN=

Cisco Nexus 2148T FEX Fan Module (Std airflow, port side exhaust), spare

N2K-C2248-FAN=

Cisco Nexus 2224TP, 2248TP, and 2248TP-E FEX Fan Module (Std airflow, port side exhaust), spare

Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Ordering Information

Table 12 provides ordering information for the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders.

Table 12. Ordering Information

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Part Number

Description

N2K-C2232-FAN=

Cisco Nexus 2232PP and 2232TM FEX Fan Module (Std airflow, port side exhaust), spare

N2K-C2248-FAN-B=

Cisco Nexus 2224TP, 2248TP, and 2248TP-E FEX Fan Module, Back-to-front airflow (Reversed airflow, port side
intake), spare

N2K-C2232-FAN-B=

Cisco Nexus 2232PP and 2232TM FEX Fan Module, Back-to-front airflow (Reversed airflow, port side intake), spare

NXA-FAN-30CFM-F=

Cisco Nexus 2232PQ FEX Fan Module (Std airflow, port side exhaust; Color coding: Blue), spare

NXA-FAN-30CFM-B=

Cisco Nexus 2248PQ FEX Fan module (Reversed airflow, port side intake; Color coding: Red), spare

Power Supplies

N2K-PAC-200W(=)

Cisco Nexus 2148T FEX 1GE 200W Power supply (Std airflow, port side exhaust), spare

N2200-PAC-400W=

Cisco Nexus 2200 AC Power supply (Std airflow, port side exhaust), spare

N2200-PAC-400W-B=

Cisco Nexus 2200 AC Power supply, Back-to-front airflow (Reversed airflow, port side intake), spare

N2200-PDC-400W=

Cisco Nexus 2200 DC Power supply (Std airflow, port side exhaust), spare

N2200-PDC-350W-B=

Cisco Nexus 2200 DC Power supply, Back-to-front airflow (Reversed airflow, port side intake), spare

N2K-P1-BLNK=

Cisco Nexus 2148T FEX 1GE Power supply Blank, spare

N2200-P-BLNK=

Cisco Nexus 2200 Power supply Blank, spare

1 Gigabit Ethernet Transceivers and Cables

GLC-T(=)

1000BASE-T SFP

GLC-SX-MM(=)

GE SFP, LC connector SX transceiver

GLC-LH-SM(=)

GE SFP, LC connector LX/LH transceiver

SFP-GE-T(=)

1000BASE-T SFP, Extended Temperature Range

SFP-GE-S(=)

GE SFP, LC connector SX transceiver, with Digital Optical Monitoring (DOM) and Extended Temperature Range

SFP-GE-L(=)

GE SFP, LC connector LX/LH transceiver, with Digital Optical Monitoring (DOM) and Extended Temperature Range

10 Gigabit Ethernet Transceivers and Cables

SFP-10G-SR(=)

10GBASE-SR SFP+ Module

SFP-10G-LR(=)

10GBASE-LR SFP+ Module

SFP-H10GB-CU1M(=)

10GBASE-CU SFP+ Passive Cable 1 Meter

SFP-H10GB-CU3M(=)

10GBASE-CU SFP+ Passive Cable 3 Meter

SFP-H10GB-CU5M(=)

10GBASE-CU SFP+ Passive Cable 5 Meter

SFP-H10GB-ACU7M(=)

10GBASE-CU SFP+ Active Cable 7 Meter

SFP-H10GB-ACU10M(=)

10GBASE-CU SFP+ Active Cable 10 Meter

40 Gigabit Ethernet Transceivers and Cables

QSFP-40G-SR4

40GBASE-SR4 QSFP module, (multi-mode fiber, MMF at 100m)

QSFP-40G-CSR4

40GBASE Extended CSR4 QSFP module, (multi-mode fiber, MMF at 300m)

QSFP-H40G-CU1M

Cisco 40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ direct-attach copper cable, 1-meter, passive

QSFP-H40G-CU3M

Cisco 40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ direct-attach copper cable, 3-meter, passive

QSFP-H40G-CU5M

Cisco 40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ direct-attach copper cable, 5-meter, passive

QSFP-H40G-ACU7M

Cisco 40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ direct-attach copper cable, 7-meter, active

QSFP-H40G-ACU10M

Cisco 40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ direct-attach copper cable, 10-meter, active

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU1M

Cisco 40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ to 4 10GBASE-CU SFP+ direct-attach breakout cable, 1-meter, passive

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU3M

Cisco 40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ to 4 10GBASE-CU SFP+ direct-attach breakout cable, 3-meter, passive

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU5M

Cisco 40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ to 4 10GBASE-CU SFP+ direct-attach breakout cable, 5-meter, passive

QSFP-4x10G-AC7M

Cisco 40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ to 4 10GBASE-CU SFP+ direct-attach breakout cable, 7-meter, active

QSFP-4x10G-AC10M

Cisco 40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ to 4 10GBASE-CU SFP+ direct-attach breakout cable, 10-meter, active

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Part Number

Description

AOC Cables

SFP-10G-AOC1M

Cisco 10GBASE-AOC SFP+ Cable 1 Meter

SFP-10G-AOC2M

Cisco 10GBASE-AOC SFP+ Cable 2 Meter

SFP-10G-AOC3M

Cisco 10GBASE-AOC SFP+ Cable 3 Meter

SFP-10G-AOC5M

Cisco 10GBASE-AOC SFP+ Cable 5 Meter

SFP-10G-AOC7M

Cisco 10GBASE-AOC SFP+ Cable 7 Meter

SFP-10G-AOC10M

Cisco 10GBASE-AOC SFP+ Cable 10 Meter

QSFP-4X10G-AOC1M

Cisco 40GBase-AOC QSFP to 4 SFP+ Active Optical breakout Cable, 1-meter

QSFP-4X10G-AOC2M

Cisco 40GBase-AOC QSFP to 4 SFP+ Active Optical breakout Cable, 2-meter

QSFP-4X10G-AOC3M

Cisco 40GBase-AOC QSFP to 4 SFP+ Active Optical breakout Cable, 3-meter

QSFP-4X10G-AOC5M

Cisco 40GBase-AOC QSFP to 4 SFP+ Active Optical breakout Cable, 5-meter

QSFP-4X10G-AOC7M

Cisco 40GBase-AOC QSFP to 4 SFP+ Active Optical breakout Cable, 7-meter

QSFP-4X10G-AOC10M

Cisco 40GBase-AOC QSFP to 4 SFP+ Active Optical breakout Cable, 10-meter

QSFP-H40G-AOC1M

Cisco 40GBase-AOC QSFP direct-attach Active Optical Cable, 1-meter

QSFP-H40G-AOC2M

Cisco 40GBase-AOC QSFP direct-attach Active Optical Cable, 2-meter

QSFP-H40G-AOC3M

Cisco 40GBase-AOC QSFP direct-attach Active Optical Cable, 3-meter

QSFP-H40G-AOC5M

Cisco 40GBase-AOC QSFP direct-attach Active Optical Cable, 5-meter

QSFP-H40G-AOC7M

Cisco 40GBase-AOC QSFP direct-attach Active Optical Cable, 7-meter

QSFP-H40G-AOC10M

Cisco 40GBase-AOC QSFP direct-attach Active Optical

SFP-10G-AOC1M

Cisco 10GBASE-AOC SFP+ Cable 1 Meter

Accessory Kit

N2K-C2148T-ACC=

Cisco Nexus 2000 FEX 1GE Accessory Kit, spare

N2200-ACC-KIT=

Cisco Nexus 2200 FEX Accessory Kit, spare (includes rack mount kit, ground lug kit, and ESD strap)

NXA-AIRFLOW-SLV=

Nexus 2K/3K airflow extension sleeve

NXA-ACC-KIT-BAV=

Nexus 2K/3K airflow vent accessory kit

Power Cords

CAB-N5K6A-NA(=)

Power Cord, 210/220V 30A North America

CAB-AC-250V/13A(=)

Power Cord for North America, 125VAC/13A

CAB-C13-C14-JMPR(=)

Recessed receptacle AC power cord 27

CAB-C13-C14-2M(=)

Power Cord Jumper, C13-C14 Connectors, 2 Meter Length

CAB-C13-C14-AC(=)

Power Cord Jumper, C13-C14 Connectors, 3 Meter Length

CAB-C13-CBN(=)

Cabinet Jumper Power Cord, 250 VAC 16A, C14-C13 Connectors

CAB-9K12A-NA(=)

Power Cord, 125VAC 15A NEMA 5-15 Plug, North America

SFS-250V-10A-AR(=)

SFS Power Cord - 250V, 10A - Argentina

CAB-9K10A-AU(=)

Power Cord, 250VAC 10A 3112 Plug, Australia

SFS-250V-10A-CN(=)

SFS Power Cord - 250V, 10A - PRC

CAB-9K10A-EU(=)

Power Cord, 250VAC 10A CEE 7/7 Plug, EU

SFS-250V-10A-ID(=)

SFS Power Cord - 250V, 10A - South Africa, UAE, India

CAB-IND-10A(=)

10A Power cable for India

SFS-250V-10A-IS(=)

SFS Power Cord - 250V, 10A - Israel

CAB-9K10A-IT(=)

Power Cord, 250VAC 10A CEI 23-16/VII Plug, Italy

CAB-9K10A-SW(=)

Power Cord, 250VAC 10A MP232 Plug, Switzerland

CAB-9K10A-UK(=)

Power Cord, 250VAC 13A BS1363 Plug (13 A fuse), UK

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Warranty

The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders have a 1-year limited hardware warranty. The warranty includes
hardware replacement with a 10-day turnaround from receipt of a return materials authorization (RMA).

Service and Support

Cisco offers a wide range of services to help accelerate your success in deploying and optimizing the Cisco Nexus
2000 Series Fabric Extenders in your data center. The innovative Cisco Services offerings are delivered through a
unique combination of people, processes, tools, and partners and are focused on helping you increase operation
efficiency and improve your data center network. Cisco Advanced Services use an architecture-led approach to
help you align your data center infrastructure with your business goals and achieve long-term value. Cisco
SMARTnet™ Service helps you resolve mission-critical problems with direct access at any time to Cisco network
experts and award-winning resources. With this service, you can take advantage of the Cisco Smart Call Home
capability, which offers proactive diagnostics and real-time alerts on your Cisco Nexus 5000, 6000, 7000, and 2000
Series Switches. Spanning the entire network lifecycle, Cisco Services offerings help increase investment
protection, optimize network operations, support migration operations, and strengthen your IT expertise. For more
information about Cisco Nexus services, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/nexusservices.

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For More Information

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Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders: http://www.cisco.com/go/nexus2000

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches: http://www.cisco.com/go/nexus5000

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Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches: http://www.cisco.com/go/nexus6000

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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches: http://www.cisco.com/go/nexus7000

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Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches: http://www.cisco.com/go/nexus9000

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Cisco NX-OS Software: http://www.cisco.com/go/nxos