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Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter 1 Overview
Chassis Features
Figure 1-10 Features on the Port Side of the Cisco Nexus 2248PQ FEX Chassis
Note On Cisco Nexus 5000 and 6000 Series switches, this FEX is supported with the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series
and Cisco Nexus 6004 switches as parent switches. The supported software is Cisco Nexus OS Release
6.0(2)N1(1) or later.
Cisco Nexus 2232TM and 2232TM-E FEX Chassis Features
The Cisco Nexus 2232TM (N2K-C2232TM) and 2232TM-E (N2K-C2232TM-E) FEXs have the
following interfaces:
• 32 1- and 10-GBASE-T host-facing ports
• 8 10-Gigabit Ethernet (SFP+) parent-switch facing fabric ports on an uplink module
• 1 HDMI port for console or management usage
The features on the fan-module side of this FEX chassis are identified in Figure 1-11, and the features
on the port side of this chassis are identified in Figure 1-12.
1 Management/console HDMI port 5 40-Gigabit parent-switch facing ports
(4) for QSFP+ transceivers
2 ID LED 6 6 screw holes for attaching a mounting
bracket
3 Status LED 7 Grounding pad
4 Fixed 1- and 10-Gigabit host-facing ports (48) for
SFP or SFP+ transceivers