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Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter3 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switch
Cisco Nexus 2232TM FEX
Figure3-20 Back-to-Front Airflow Fan Tray for the Cisco Nexus 2232PP and 2232TM FEXs
For more information on this fan tray, see the fan tray specifications in AppendixB, “Technical
Specifications”. For LED descriptions, see AppendixE, “LEDs”. To replace one of these fan trays, see
“Removing and Installing the Fan Tray” section on page4-21.
Transceivers and Connectors Supported by the Cisco Nexus 2232TM FEX
The Cisco Nexus 2232TM FEX supports SFP+ Ethernet optical and copper transceivers and optical FEX
Transceivers (FETs) for up to eight fabric uplink connections to the Cisco Nexus 9396PX switch.
The Cisco Nexus 2232TM FEX also supports RJ-45 connectors for up to 32 downlink connections to
hosts. Table 3 -2 lists the transceivers and connectors supported by this FEX for its uplink and downlink
connections.
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1Captive screws (2) 3Back-to-front airflow indicated by a
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2Handle used for removing and installing the module 4Status LED
Table3-6 Supported Transceivers and Connector for the Cisco Nexus 2232TM FEX Interfaces
Transceiver or Connector
Cable
Type
Fabric
Interface
(Uplink)
Host
Interface
(Downlink) Comments
FET-10G Optical X – 10-Gbps FEX transceiver
SFP-10G-LR Optical X – 10-Gbps long range transceiver (up to 6.2 miles [10 km])
SFP-10G-SR Optical X – 10-Gbps Short range transceiver (up to 984 feet [300 m])
SFP-H10GB-CU1M Copper X – 10-Gbps Twinax, passive transceiver (3.3 feet [1 meter])
SFP-H10GB-CU3M Copper X – 10-Gbps Twinax, passive transceiver (9.8 feet [3 meters)
SFP-H10GB-CU5M Copper X – 10-Gbps Twinax, passive transceiver (16.4 feet [5 meters])