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Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch
This chapter describes the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders (FEXs) and includes these
sections:
•Information About Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch, page1-1
•Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E , page 1-1
•Cisco Nexus 2248TP, page1-10
•Cisco Nexus 2248PQ, page1-17
•Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE, Cisco NexusN2K-C2232TM-E-10GE, page1-21
•1Cisco Nexus 2224TP, page1-27
•1Cisco Nexus 2224TP, page1-27
•Cisco Nexus 2148T, page 1- 31

Information About Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus

5000 Series Switch

The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders (FEXs) support Gigabit Ethernet and 10-Gigabit Ethernet
environments while allowing transparen t migration to 10-Gigabit Et hernet virtual machine aw are unified
fabric technologies. The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series FEXs behave as remote I/O modules for a parent Cisco
Nexus 5000 Series switch. The FEX is an extension of the parent Cisco Nexus switch fabric, with the
FEX and the parent Cisco Nexus switch together forming a virtual modular system.
A Cisco Nexus 2000 Series FEX forwards all the traffic to the parent Cisco Nexus 5000 Switch over
10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink s. Passing all traffic to the par ent switch allows traffic to be s haped according
to policies established on the parent Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch with a single point of management.

Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E

The Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E is a stackable 1 RU 17.2-inch (45 cm) deep FEX that supports 48 1000-TX
host-facing (downlink) ports and 4 10-Gigabit SFP+ network-facing (uplink) ports. You can order it with
front-to-back or back-to-front air cooling, and with AC or DC power supplies.