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Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter 1 Overview
Chassis Features
Figure 1-1 Features on the Fan-Module Side of the Cisco Nexus 2348UPQ FEX Chassis
Figure 1-2 Features on the Port Side of the Cisco Nexus 2348UPQ FEX Chassis
Cisco Nexus 2348TQ and 2348TQ-E FEX Chassis Features
The Cisco Nexus 2348TQ (N2K-C2348TQ) and 2348TQ-E (N2K-C2348TQ-E) FEXs have the
following interfaces:
• 48 10GBASE-T host-facing ports that support 100-Megabit and 1/10-Gigabit speeds, and FCoE
(FCoE not supported on Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches)
• 6 40-Gigabit parent-switch facing fabric ports (for QSFP+ transceivers and 40-Gigabit QSFP+ to
four 10-Gigabit SFP+ breakout cables) that support BiDi optics. Two dedicated uplink ports are
color coded yellow and four flexible interface ports are color coded white.
• 1 HDMI management/console port
The features on the fan-module side of this FEX chassis are identified in Figure 1-3, and the features on
the port side of this chassis are identified in Figure 1-4.
1 Power supply modules (one or two, hot swappable)
(AC power supplies shown)
3 Management/Console HDMI port
2 Fan modules (three, hot swappable)
1 Fixed 1- and 10-Gigabit Unified-capable ports (48)
for SFP or SFP+ transceivers
2 40-Gigabit ports (six) for QSFP+ transceivers and 40-Gigabit
QSFP+ to four 10-Gigabit SFP+ breakout cables