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Fabric Extender: Cisco Nexus 2000 Series
Description Cisco Nexus 2232PP Cisco Nexus 2232TM
Fabric extender host interfaces 32 32
Fabric extender host interfaces 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet ports SFP/
SFP+ (Supported transceiver and 
cables include Twinax SFP-H10GB-
CU1M, SFP-H10GB-CU3M, SFP-
H10GB-CU5M, SFP-H10GB-ACU7M, 
and SFP-H10GB-ACU10M, include 
SFP+ SFP-10G-SR, SFP-10G-LR, and 
include SFP GLC-T, GLC-SX-MM, 
GLC-LH-SM, SFP-GE-T, SFP-GE-S, 
SFP-GE-L)
1/10GBASE-T ports: RJ-45 
connectors
Fabric extender fabric interfaces 8 Uplink module: 8 SFP+ (N2K-
M2800P)
Fabric extender fabric interfaces •  Fiber: Cisco Fabric Extender 
Transceiver (FET-10G) and SFP+ 
optics (SFP-10G-SR and SFP-10G-
LR)
•  Copper: 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ 
passive Twinax copper cables (SFP-
H10GB-CU1M, SFP-H10GB-CU3M, 
and SFP-H10GB-CU5M) and active 
Twinax copper cables (SFP-H10GB-
ACU7M, SFP-H10GB-ACU10M)
•  Distance between Cisco Nexus 
2000 Series Fabric Extender and 
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch: 
Up to 3 km (300m for FCoE traffic)
•  Fiber: Cisco Fabric Extender 
Transceiver (FET-10G) and SFP+ 
optics (SFP-10G-SR and SFP-10G-
LR)
•  Copper: 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ 
passive Twinax copper cables (SFP-
H10GB-CU1M, SFP-H10GB-CU3M, 
and SFP-H10GB-CU5M) and active 
Twinax copper cables (SFP-H10GB-
ACU7M and SFP-H10GB-ACU10M)
•  Distance between Cisco Nexus 
2000 Series Fabric Extender and 
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch: 
Up to 3 km
Fabric speed 80 Gbps in each direction (160 Gbps 
full duplex)
80 Gbps in each direction (160 Gbps 
full duplex)
Oversubscription 4 :1 4 :1
Performance Hardware forwarding at 560 Gbps or 
595 mpps
Hardware forwarding at 560 Gbps or 
595 mpps
Cisco parent switch •  Cisco Nexus 5000 Series
•  Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series
Minimum software •  Cisco NX-OS Release 4.2 (Nexus 
5000 Series)
•  Cisco NX-OS Release 5.2 (Nexus 
7000 Series)
Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(3)N2(1) 
(Nexus 5000 Series)
Product Overview