Cost Effective Access Layer 40 GE Connectivity

The Cisco Nexus 2248PQ provides 48 1 or 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE) Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) server ports and four QSFP+ (16 10 GE SFP+) uplink ports in a compact one-rack-unit (1 RU) form factor.

The combination of the Cisco Nexus 2248PQ and upstream Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches provides a cost-effective access layer and scalable strategy for 10 GE and FCoE at the server access layer. It also helps to enable a smooth migration to a 40 GE network fabric.

Cisco Nexus Switches:

• 5000 Series
• 6000 Series
• 7000 Series
• n9000 Series

• Fabric Extender Host Interfaces: 48
• Fabric Extender Host Interface Types: 1/10 GE ports SFP/SFP+
• Fabric Extender Fabric Interfaces: 4 QSFP+ (16 x 10 GE)
• Fabric Speed: 160 Gbps in each direction (320 Gbps full duplex)
• Oversubscription: 3:1
• Performance: Hardware forwarding at 1280 Gbps or 952 mpps
• FCoE support: Yes
• Airflow: Port-side exhaust and port-side intake
• Buffers: 32 MB network to host 8 MB host to network