Cost-Effective Scalable Access Layer

The Cisco Nexus 2224TP GE Fabric Extender provides an efficient and agile solution to help enable business transformation. As part of the unified fabric pillar of Cisco Data Center Business Advantage it interoperates with other Cisco solutions to transform the data center.

In a compact 1 rack unit (1 RU) form factor the Cisco Nexus 2224TP GE Fabric Extender provides:

• 24 Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet (100/1000BASE-T) server ports
• Two 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports

The combination of the Cisco Nexus 2224TP with upstream Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches offers a cost-effective solution for low-server-density racks. This provides your data center both architectural flexibility and simplified operations.

Feature and CapabilitiesArchitectural Flexibility

The Cisco Nexus 2224TP GE Fabric Extender offers architectural flexibility with:

• Reduced data center cabling costs and footprint with optimized inter-rack cabling
• Increased resiliency with Virtual PortChannel (vPC) and in-service software upgrades

Simplified Operations

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches provide:

• A single point of management and policy enforcement
• Ready-to-use auto configuration management

Increased Business Agility

This solution offers quick expansion of network capacity.

Cisco Nexus Switches:

• 5000 Series
• 6000 Series
• 7000 Series
• 9000 Series

• Fabric extender host interfaces: 24
• Fabric extender host interfaces type: 100BASE-T/1000BASE-T ports: RJ-45 connectors
• Fabric extender fabric interfaces: 2
• Fabric speed: 20 Gbps in each direction (40 Gbps full duplex)
• Oversubscription: 1.2:1
• Performance: Hardware forwarding at 88 Gbps or 65 mpps
• Typical input operating power: 80W (max 95W)
• Output current: 5A/7A (typical/maximum)
• Heat dissipation: 201/282 BTU/hour (typical/maximum)