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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 2232PP FEX
Transceivers Supported by the Cisco Nexus 2232PP FEX
The Cisco Nexus 2232PP FEX supports copper or optical SFP and SFP+ transceivers for up to 32 host
downlink connections and optical FEX Transceivers (FETs) and SFP+ transceivers for up to eight fabric
uplink connections, as specified in the following table.
Table3-8 Supported Transceivers and Connector for the Cisco Nexus 2232PP FEX Interfaces
Transceiver or Connector
Cable
Type
Fabric
Interface
(Uplink)
Host
Interface
(Downlink) Comments
FET-10G Optical X – 10-Gbps FEX transceiver
GLC-LH-SM Optical X 1-Gbps
GLC-SX-MM Optical X 1-Gbps
GLC-T Copper X 1-Gbps
SFP-GE-L Optical X 1-Gbps
SFP-GE-S Optical X 1-Gbps
SFP-GE-T Copper X 1-Gbps
SFP-10G-LR Optical X X 10-Gbps long range transceiver (up to 6.2 miles [10 km])
SFP-10G-SR Optical X X 10-Gbps Short range transceiver (up to 984 feet [300 m])
SFP -H10GB-CU1M Copper X X 10-Gbps Twinax, passive transceiver (3.3 feet [1 meter])
SFP -H10GB-CU3M Copper X X 10-Gbps Twinax, passive transceiver (9.8 feet [3 meters)
SFP -H10GB-CU5M Copper X X 10-Gbps Twinax, passive transceiver (16.4 feet [5 meters])
SFP -H10GB-ACU7M Copper X X 10-Gbps Twinax, active transceiver (23.0 feet [7 meters])
SFP -H10GB-ACU10M Copper X X 10-Gbps Twinax, active transceiver (32.8 feet [10 meters])
SFP-10G-AOC1M Optical X X 10-Gbps active optical cable (3.3 feet [1 meter])
SFP-10G-AOC2M Optical X X 10-Gbps active optical cable (6.6 feet [2 meters])
SFP-10G-AOC3M Optical X X 10-Gbps active optical cable (9.8 feet [3 meters])
SFP-10G-AOC5M Optical X X 10-Gbps active optical cable (16.4 feet [5 meters])
SFP-10G-AOC7M Optical X X 10-Gbps active optical cable (23.0 feet [7 meters])
SFP-10G-AOC10M Optical X X 10-Gbps active optical cable (32.8 feet [10 meters])
QSFP-4X10G-AOC1M Optical X – 40- and 10-Gbps active optical breakout cable (3.3 feet
[1 meter])
QSFP-4X10G-AOC2M Optical X – 40- and 10-Gbps active optical breakout cable (6.6 feet
[2 meters])
QSFP-4X10G-AOC3M Optical X – 40- and 10-Gbps active optical breakout cable (9.8 feet
[3 meters])
QSFP-4X10G-AOC5M Optical X – 40- and 10-Gbps active optical breakout cable (16.4 feet
[5 meters])
QSFP-4X10G-AOC7M Optical X – 40- and 10-Gbps active optical breakout cable (23.0 feet
[7 meters])