Cisco Nexus 2348TQ 10GE Fabric Extender

Compact, Cost-Effective, Flexible Access Solution

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.

Video Data Sheet

Learn about the next-generation Cisco Nexus 2300 Series Fabric Extenders. (3:05 min)

Features and Capabilities

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)

Specifications at a Glance

Physical

1+1 redundant and hot-swappable power supplies
N+1 redundant and hot-swappable fans
Forty-eight 100M/1GBASE-T/10GBASE-T host port interfaces
6 QSFP+ ports
1 HDMI console port

Performance

Up to 240 Gbps of switching capacity in each direction (480 Gbps full duplex)
Hardware forwarding at 1440 Gbps or 2160 million packets per second (mpps)
Oversubscription ratio of 2:1
32-MB buffer

Cisco Nexus 2348TQ 10GE Fabric Extender

NOTE: This product is no longer being sold.