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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