N2K-C2348TQ-E - Cisco Nexus 2300 48-Ports 1/10GBASE-T Ethernet Layer 2 Rack-mountable Managed Platform Fabric Extender with 6-Ports QSFP+

About Cisco Nexus 2348TQ-E, QSFP+, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.3an, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE..., 100,1000,10000,40000 Mbit/s, Grey, UL 60950-1, CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1EN 60950-1, IEC 60950-1AS/NZS 60950-1GB4943, 47CFR 1

Cisco Nexus 2348TQ-E. Networking standards: IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.3an, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE...

The Cisco Nexus 2348TQ Fabric Extender (FEX) provides 48 10 GBASE-T host port interfaces and up to six 40 GE fabric interfaces in a compact 1-rack-unit (1RU) form factor. This platform, with innovative features and enhanced buffers, is ideally suited for migrating to 10GBASE-T in the network access.

Architectural Flexibility

The Cisco Nexus 2348TQ FEX is part of Nexus 2300 Series Fabric Extenders. Combining the fabric extender and Cisco Nexus switches creates a flexible strategy for server access. Read on to learn its capabilities.

Reduced TCO

- Allows easy migration from 100M or 1 Gigabit Ethernet to 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- Uses existing category 6 or 7a cabling
- Effectively reuses structured cabling with bidirectional optics
- Reduces power consumption

Simplified Operations

- Offers a single point of management, software upgrade, and policy enforcement
- Features for fast, easy management include autoconfiguration

Increased Business Agility

- Supports Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) for LAN and SAN convergence
- Offers large 32-MB buffers that sustain workload spikes
- Provides architectural flexibility with Cisco Dynamic Fabric Automation and Application Centric Infrastrucure
- Delivers improved resilience with virtual PortChannel (vPC), and In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSUs)