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Table 1 summarizes the characteristics of the Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric interconnects.

Table 1.	Characteristics of Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects2
Item		Cisco UCS 6248UP	Cisco UCS 6296UP
Description		48-port fabric interconnect		96-port fabric interconnect
Form factor		1RU		2RU
Number of fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE		32 fixed ports with an additional 16 ports		48 fixed ports with an additional 48 ports
Enhanced Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+) ports		available through expansion module		available through three expansion module
Throughput		960 Gbps		1920 Gbps
Expansion slots		1		3
Fan modules		1+1		2+2

Expansion Module Option for Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects

The Cisco UCS 6200 Series supports an expansion module that can be used to increase the number of 10 Gigabit Ethernet, FCoE and FC ports (Figure 5). This unified port module provides up to 16 ports that can be configured for 10 Gigabit Ethernet, FCoE and/or 1/2/4/8-Gbps native Fibre Channel using the SFP or SFP+3 interface for transparent connectivity with existing Fibre Channel networks.

Figure 5. Unified Port 16-Port Expansion Module

Features and Benefits

Table 2 summarizes the features and benefits of the Cisco UCS 6200 Series.

Table 2. Features and Benefits

Feature

Management by Cisco UCS Manager

Unified fabric

Fabric extender architecture

Performance

Benefit

●Allows all elements connected to the interconnects to participate in a single, highly available management domain

●Decreases TCO by reducing the number of NICs, HBAs, switches, and cables needed

●Transparently encapsulates Fibre Channel packets into Ethernet

●Scales to 20 chassis without adding complexity by eliminating the need for dedicated chassis management and blade switches and by reducing the number of cables needed

●Provides deterministic latency for optimized application performance

●Provides high-speed, low-latency connectivity to the chassis

●Provides approximately 50% reduction in end-to-end system latency (latency is 3.2 microseconds)

2The Cisco UCS 6200 Series requires Cisco UCS Manager operating software Release 2.0 or later.

3Ports are fully compatible with the 8GFC standard and negotiate among 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps, constrained by optics compatibility. Ports support both 1/2/4-Gbps Cisco 4GFC optical transceivers using the SFP interface and 2/4/8-Gbps Cisco 8GFC optical transceivers using the SFP+ interface.

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