Cisco Nexus 2000 Series - Ports

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Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch
Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE, Cisco NexusN2K-C2232TM-E-10GE
Figure 1-19 Rear View of the Cisco Nexus 2232TM Chassis
Ports
The Cisco Nexus 2232TM FEX supports a total of 32 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports (SFP+) and 8 10-Gigabit
Ethernet/FCoE uplinks (SFP+). SFP transceivers can also be plugged into the SFP+ cages to allow a
1-Gigabit downlink. The Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE provides two types of ports: ports for end-host
attachment and uplink ports. Uplink ports, which are colored yellow, connect to the upstream parent
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch.
The Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE supports Data Center Bridging (DCB) which increases the reliability,
efficiency, and scalability of Ethernet networks by allowing the switches to support multiple traffic
classes over a lossless Ethernet fabric. These features allow the switches to support multiple traffic
classes over a lossless Ethernet fabric, enabling consolidation of LAN, SAN, and cluster environments.
Figure 1-20 shows the ports on the rear of the Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE chassis.
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1 Status and ID LEDs 3 10-Gigabit Base-T host-facing (downlink)
ports (32)
2 HDMI port 4 10-Gigabit SFP+ ports (8)