Data Sheet

Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnect
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CISCO UCS 6200 FABRIC INTERCONNECT SERIES STANDARD CAPABILITIES and FEATURES
CISCO UCS 6200 FABRIC INTERCONNECT SERIES STANDARD
CAPABILITIES and FEATURES
Table 1 lists the capabilities and features of the Cisco UCS 6200 Fabric Interconnect series. Details about
how to configure this Fabric Interconnect series for a particular feature or capability (for example, power
supplies, expansion modules, or transceivers) are provided in
CONFIGURING the FABRIC INTERCONNECT on
page 12.
Table 1 Capabilities and Features
Capability/Feature Cisco UCS 6248UP Cisco UCS 6296UP
Chassis 1RU 48-port Fabric Interconnect 2RU 96-port Fabric Interconnect
Throughput 960 Gbps 1920 Gbps
Fan Modules 1 + 1 2 + 2
Unified Ports (SFP+) 32 fixed 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet,
FCoE, or 1/2/4/8 Gbps FC port with
an additional 16 ports made
available by adding an expansion
module.
48 fixed 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet,
FCoE, or 1/2/4/8 Gbps FC port with
an additional 48 ports made
available by adding an expansion
module.
■ Increases flexibility with a range of interconnect solutions, including
copper Twinax cable for short runs and fiber for long runs
■ Consumes less power per port than traditional solution
■ Helps enable cost-effective connections on fabric extenders with Cisco
Fabric Extender Transceiver (FET) optics
Management by Cisco
UCS Manager
■ Allows all elements connected to the interconnects to participate in a
single, highly available management domain
Unified Fabric ■ Decreases total cost of ownership (TCO) by reducing the number of
NICs, HBAs, switches, and cables needed
■ Transparently encapsulates Fibre Channel packets into Ethernet
Fabric Extender
Architecture
■ Scales to 20 chassis without adding complexity by eliminating the need
for dedicated chassis management and blade switches and by reducing
the number of cables needed
■ Provides deterministic latency for optimized application performance
SFP-compatible Ports Allows all fixed and modular expansion ports to be configured to operate in 1
Gigabit Ethernet mode with the transceiver options specified for use with
SFP-compatible ports (see
Table 6 on page 17).
NOTE: The 6200 series Fabric Interconnects require UCS Manager
version 2.0 or later