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Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch
Cisco Nexus 2232PP
Note The N2K-C2232TF-10GE includes 16 Cisco FEX Transceivers (FET-10G=)
SFP+ Copper Cables
Copper interface cables are available for use with the 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ transceiver. Table 1-12
lists the available cables and provides a brief description of the cables.
Cisco Nexus 2232PP
The Cisco Nexus 2232PP is a stackable 1 RU 17.2 inch (45 cm) deep FEX that supports 32 10-Gigabit
SFP+ host-facing (downlink) ports and 8 10-Gigabit SFP+ network-facing (uplink) ports. You can order
it with front-to-back or back-to-front air cooling, which makes this FEX compatible with hot-aisle, cold
aisle data center designs.
You can use this FEX with the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch. The Cisco Nexus 2232PP is managed
and configured by the upstream switch. The FEX software ships with the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series
switch software. The FEX downloads the software image from the switch the same way that a module
would download it from the supervisor in a modular chassis.
This section includes the following topics:
• Chassis, page 1-24
• Ports, page 1-25
• Power Supplies, page 1-25
• Fan Trays, page 1-26
• Supported SFP+ Transceivers, page 1-28
Table 1-12 Copper Cables for the Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE FEX
Model Description
SFP-H10GB-CU1M 10-Gigabit BASE-CU SFP+ Passive Cable
(1 meter)
SFP-H10GB-CU3M 10-Gigabit BASE-CU SFP+ Passive Cable
(3 meters)
SFP-H10GB-CU5M 10-Gigabit BASE-CU SFP+ Passive Cable
(5 meters)
SFP-H10GB-CU7MA 10-Gigabit BASE-CU SFP+ Active Cable
(7 meters)
SFP-H10GB-CU10MA 10-Gigabit BASE-CU SFP+ Active Cable
(10 meters)