Portson the 6100 series fabric interconnect are not unified. For more information on Unified Ports, see
UnifiedPorts on the 6200 Series Fabric Interconnect.
Note
Eachfabric interconnectcan include thefollowing porttypes:
ServerPorts
Serverports handle data traffic between the fabric interconnect and the adapter cards on the servers.
Youcan only configure server ports on the fixed port module. Expansion modules do not include server
ports.
UplinkEthernet Ports
UplinkEthernet ports handle Ethernet traffic between the fabric interconnect and the next layer of the
network.All network-boundEthernet traffic is pinned to one of these ports.
Bydefault, Ethernet ports are unconfigured. However, you can configure them to function in the
followingways:
• Uplink
• FCoE
• Appliance
Youcan configure uplink Ethernet ports on either the fixed module or an expansion module.
UplinkFibre Channel Ports
UplinkFibre Channel ports handle FCoE traffic between the fabric interconnect and the next layer of
thestorage area network. All network-bound FCoE traffic is pinned to one of these ports.
Bydefault, Fibre Channel ports are uplink. However, you can configure them to function as Fibre
Channelstorage ports. This is useful in cases where Cisco UCS requires a connection to a Direct-Attached
Storage(DAS) device.
Youcan only configure uplink Fibre Channel ports on an expansion module. The fixed module does
notinclude uplink Fibre Channel ports.
Unified Ports on the 6200 Series Fabric Interconnect
Unifiedports are ports on the 6200 series fabric interconnect that can be configured to carry either Ethernet
orFibre Channel traffic. These ports are not reserved. They cannot be used by a Cisco UCS domain until you
configurethem.
Configurablebeacon LEDs indicate which unified ports are configured for the selectedport mode.

Port Modes

Theport mode determineswhether a unified port on the fabric interconnect is configured to carry Ethernet
orFibre Channeltraffic. The port modeis notautomatically discovered by the fabric interconnect; it is
configuredin Cisco UCS Manager.
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