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Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter 1 Overview
Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switch
an extension of the parent Cisco Nexus 9332PQ, 9372PX, 9372PX-E, 9396PX, or 9500 switch fabric,
with the FEX and the switch becoming a virtual modular system. The FEX forwards all 100/1000
Ethernet or 1/10-Gigabit Ethernet traffic from the hosts to the switch over 10- or 40-Gigabit uplinks.
To see which FEXs are supported by the Cisco Nexus 9300 switches, see Table 1-3. To see which FEXs
are supported by the Cisco Nexus 9500 switch I/O modules, see Table 1-4.
Table 1-3 FEXs Supported by Cisco Nexus 9300 Switches
FEX Model
Cisco Nexus 9332PQ
Cisco Nexus 9372PX
and 9372PX-E Cisco Nexus 9396PX
ACI
Mode
NX-OS
Mode
ACI
Mode
NX-OS
Mode
ACI
Mode
NX-OS
Mode
Cisco Nexus 2348UPQ X X X X X X
Cisco Nexus 2348TQ X X X X X X
Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E — — X X X X
Cisco Nexus 2248TP — — X X X X
Cisco Nexus 2248PQ — — X X X X
Cisco Nexus 2232TM-E — — X X X X
Cisco Nexus 2232TM — — — X — X
Cisco Nexus 2232PP — — X X X X
Cisco Nexus 2224TP — — — X — X
B22IBM ——XXXX
B22HP — — — X — X
B22F (Fujitsu) — — — X — X
B22DELL ——XXXX
Table 1-4 FEXs Supported by Cisco Nexus 9500 I/O Modules
FEX Model
X9736PQ X9636PQ X9564TX X9564PX X9536PQ X9464TX X9464PX X9432PQ
ACI
Mode
NX-OS
Mode
NX-OS
Mode
NX-OS
Mode
NX-OS
Mode
NX-OS
Mode
NX-OS
Mode
NX-OS
Mode
Cisco Nexus 2348UPQXXX XXXX X
Cisco Nexus 2348TQ — X X X X X X X
Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E X — — X — — X —
Cisco Nexus 2248TP X — — X — — X —
Cisco Nexus 2248PQ X — — X — — X —
Cisco Nexus 2232TM-E X — — X — — X —
Cisco Nexus 2232TM — — — X — — X —
Cisco Nexus 2232PP X — — X — — X —
Cisco Nexus 2224TP — — — X — — X —
B22IBM ——— X ——X —
B22HP ——— X ——X —