CH A P T E R 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch This chapter describes the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders (FEXs) and includes these sections: • Information About Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch, page 1-1 • Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E, page 1-1 • Cisco Nexus 2248TP, page 1-10 • Cisco Nexus 2248PQ, page 1-17 • Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE, Cisco NexusN2K-C2232TM-E-10GE, page 1-21 • 1Cisco Nexus 2224TP, page 1-27 • 1Cisco Nexus 2224TP, pag
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E You can use this FEX with the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch. The Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E is managed and configured by the upstream switch. The FEX software ships with the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch software. The FEX downloads the software image from the switch the same way that a module would download it from the supervisor in a modular chassis.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E 1 Power supply 3 Power supply (blank shown) 2 Fan tray 4 Status (top) and ID (bottom) LEDs Figure 1-2 Rear View of the Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E Chassis 1 2 239287 3 4 1 Status (top) and ID (bottom) LEDs 3 100/1000 downlink ports (48) 2 HDMI port 4 SFP+ uplink ports (four) Ports The Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E FEX supports a total of 48 100/1000BASE-T ports and four 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplinks (SFP+).
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E Table 1-1 Power Supplies for the Cisco Nexus 2200 Platform Chassis Power Supply Part Number DC power supply with front-to-back airflow N2200-PDC-400W DC power supply with with back-to-front airflow N2200-PDC-350W-B Figure 1-3 shows an AC power supply with front-to-back airflow. Figure 1-4 shows an AC power supply with back-to-front airflow. Figure 1-5 shows a DC power supply with front-to-back airflow.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E Figure 1-4 AC Power Supply with Back-to-Front Airflow for the Cisco Nexus 2200 Platform Chassis A2 20 PC -40 0 3 4 5 239932 2 1 1 Handle 4 Black stripe (back-to-front airflow) 2 FAIL (top) and OK (bottom) LEDs 5 AC power receptacle 3 Ejector latch Figure 1-5 DC Power Supply for the Cisco Nexus 2200 Platform Chassis 2 3 4 5 239933 1 1 Handle 4 Ejector latch 2 FAIL (left) and OK (rig
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E Figure 1-6 DC Power Supply with Back-to-Front Airflow for the Cisco Nexus 2200 Platform Chassis A2 20 PC -40 0 3 4 5 239932 2 1 1 Handle 4 Black stripe (back-to-front airflow) 2 FAIL (top) and OK (bottom) LEDs 5 AC power receptacle 3 Ejector latch You can order the Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E FEX with AC power supplies that have front-to-back or back-to-front airflow for cooling or DC power supplie
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E Blank Power Supply Filler Panel for the Cisco Nexus 2200 Platform Chassis 1 2 1 239290 Figure 1-7 2 Handle Ejector latch For power supply specifications, see the “Power Specifications” section on page B-1. To replace a power supply, see the “Removing and Installing Power Supplies” section on page 3-17. For LED descriptions, see Table D-1 on page D-2.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E Figure 1-8 1 Front-to-Back Airflow Fan Tray Components for the Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E and 2224TP FEXs 2 239291 3 1 1 Captive screws (2) 2 No black stripe indicates front-to-back airflow Figure 1-9 3 Status LED Back-to-Front Airflow Fan Tray for the Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E FEX 1 3 1 239934 2 Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide 1-8 OL-19013-05
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E 1 Captive screws (2) 3 2 Black stripe indicates back-to-front airflow Status LED To replace a fan tray, see the “Removing and Installing the Fan Tray” section on page 3-20. For LED descriptions, see Table D-1 on page D-2. Supported Transceivers and Cables The Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E FEX supports SFP+ Ethernet transceivers.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248TP Cisco Nexus 2248TP The Cisco Nexus 2248TP is a stackable 1 RU 17.2-inch (45 cm) deep FEX that supports 48 1000-TX host-facing (downlink) ports and 4 10-Gigabit SFP+ network-facing (uplink) ports. You can order it with front-to-back or back-to-front air cooling, and with AC or DC power supplies. You can use this FEX with the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248TP Figure 1-10 Front View of the Cisco Nexus 2248TP Chassis 1 3 239288 2 4 1 Power supply 3 Power supply (blank shown) 2 Fan tray 4 Status (top) and ID (bottom) LEDs Figure 1-11 Rear View of the Cisco Nexus 2248TP Chassis 1 2 239287 3 4 1 Status (top) and ID (bottom) LEDs 3 100/1000 downlink ports (48) 2 HDMI port 4 SFP+ uplink ports (four) Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248TP Ports The Cisco Nexus 2248TP FEX supports a total of 48 100/1000BASE-T ports and four, 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplinks (SFP+). It provides two types of ports: host-facing downlink ports and network-facing uplink ports. Uplink ports are differentiated with yellow for connectivity to the upstream parent Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248TP 1 Handle 4 No black stripe (front-to-back airflow) 2 OK (top) and FAULT (bottom) LEDs 5 AC power receptacle 3 Ejector latch Figure 1-13 AC Power Supply with Back-to-Front Airflow for the Cisco Nexus 2200 Platform Chassis A2 20 PC -40 0 1 3 4 5 239932 2 1 Handle 4 Black stripe (back-to-front airflow) 2 FAULT (top) and OK (bottom) LEDs 5 AC power receptacle 3 Ejector latch Figure 1-14
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248TP 1 Handle 4 Ejector latch 2 FAULT (top) and OK (bottom) LEDs 5 No black stripe (front-to-back airflow) 3 DC power receptacle You can order the Cisco Nexus 2248TP FEX with AC power supplies that have front-to-back or back-to-front airflow for cooling or DC power supplies that offer front-to-back airflow.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248TP Fan Tray The Cisco Nexus 2248TP (and 2224TP) FEX has one fan tray that is hot swappable during operations. Depending on the arrangement of hot and cold aisles in your data center, you can order front-to-back airflow to position the front of the FEX chassis in a cold aisle or back-to-front airflow to position the back of the FEX chassis in a cold aisle.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248TP Figure 1-17 Back-to-Front Airflow Fan Tray for the Cisco Nexus 2248TP and 2224TP FEXs 1 2 239934 3 1 1 Captive screws (2) 3 2 Black stripe indicates back-to-front airflow Status LED To replace a fan tray, see the “Removing and Installing the Fan Tray” section on page 3-20. For LED descriptions, see Table D-1 on page D-2.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248PQ SFP+ Copper Cables Copper interface cables are available for use with the 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ transceiver. Table 1-8 lists the available cables and provides a brief description of the cables.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248PQ You can order front-to-back airflow or back-to-front airflow for cooling. If you are going to install the chassis with its front end facing the cold aisle, you must order the chassis with front-to-back air flow. If you are going to install the chassis with its back end facing the cold aisle, you must order the chassis with back-to-front airflow.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248PQ Caution Be sure that all of the power supply and fan tray modules in the same chassis have the same airflow direction and that the air intake for those modules is positioned on a cool aisle. If you install a module that uses a different direction of airflow from the other modules in your system, you will see an error message.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2248PQ QSFP+ Transceivers Table 1-11 lists the supported QSFP+ transceivers and provides a brief description of each.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE, Cisco NexusN2K-C2232TM-E-10GE SFP+ Copper Cables Copper interface cables are available for use with the 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ transceiver. Table 1-13 lists the available cables and provides a brief description of the cables.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE, Cisco NexusN2K-C2232TM-E-10GE is mounted in a standard 19-inch (48.26 cm) rack and supports vertical orientation. All of the switch ports at the rear of the chassis are in close proximity to server ports, and all user-serviceable components are accessible from the front panel. You can order it with front-to-back or back-to-front air cooling, and AC or DC power supplies.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE, Cisco NexusN2K-C2232TM-E-10GE Figure 1-19 Rear View of the Cisco Nexus 2232TM Chassis 1 2 330056 3 4 1 Status and ID LEDs 3 10-Gigabit Base-T host-facing (downlink) ports (32) 2 HDMI port 4 10-Gigabit SFP+ ports (8) Ports The Cisco Nexus 2232TM FEX supports a total of 32 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports (SFP+) and 8 10-Gigabit Ethernet/FCoE uplinks (SFP+).
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE, Cisco NexusN2K-C2232TM-E-10GE Figure 1-20 Ports Located on the Rear of the Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE Chassis 2 3 330057 1 4 1 Status (top) and ID (bottom) LEDs 3 32 10-Gigabit BaseT host ports 2 HDMI Connector 4 8 10-Gigabit SFP+ ports Power Supplies The Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE FEX chassis has two bays for front-end AC or DC power supplies.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE, Cisco NexusN2K-C2232TM-E-10GE For power supply specifications, see Table B-1 on page B-2. To replace a power supply, see the “Removing and Installing Power Supplies” section on page 3-17. For LED descriptions, see Table D-1 on page D-2. Fan Trays The Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE FEX has one fan tray that is hot swappable during operations.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE, Cisco NexusN2K-C2232TM-E-10GE Figure 1-22 Back-to-Front Airflow Fan Tray for the Cisco Nexus 2232TM-10GE FEX 1 2 239936 3 1 1 Captive screws (2) 2 Black stripe indicates back-to-front airflow 3 Status LED To replace a fan tray, see the “Removing and Installing the Fan Tray” section on page 3-20. For LED descriptions, see Table D-1 on page D-2.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch 1Cisco Nexus 2224TP Note The N2K-C2232TF-10GE includes 16 Cisco FEX Transceivers (FET-10G=) SFP+ Copper Cables Copper interface cables are available for use with the 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ transceiver. Table 1-17 lists the available cables and provides a brief description of the cables.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch 1Cisco Nexus 2224TP Chassis The Cisco Nexus 2224TP chassis has a height of 1.72 inches (4.37 cm), a width of 17.34 inches (44.04 cm), and a depth of 18.9 inches (48.1 cm). It weighs 18 pounds (8.0 kg). Its one-rack-unit (1 RU) form factor takes up relatively little space, making it easy to incorporate into rack designs. The FEX is mounted in a standard 19-inch (48.26-cm) rack.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch 1Cisco Nexus 2224TP Figure 1-24 Rear View of the Nexus 2224TP Chassis 1 2 239280 3 4 1 Status (top) and ID (bottom) LEDs 3 100/1000BASE-T data ports (24) 2 HDMI port 4 SFP+ uplink ports (2) Ports The Cisco Nexus 2224TP FEX supports a total of 24 100/1000BASE-T downlink ports and two SFP+ uplink ports on the rear panel. There is an HDMI port on the rear panel for console and management port connectivity.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch 1Cisco Nexus 2224TP To see the components that you use when installing a power supply unit, see Figure 1-12 on page 1-12 for the AC power supply with front-to-back airflow, Figure 1-13 on page 1-13 for the AC power supply with back-to-front airflow, and Figure 1-14 on page 1-13 for the DC power supply with front-to-back airflow.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2148T SFP+ Transceivers The enhanced Small-Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+) 10-Gigabit Ethernet transceiver is a bidirectional device with a transmitter and receiver. It has a 20-pin connector on the electrical interface and duplex LC connector on the optical interface. Currently, the Cisco Nexus 2224TP FEX supports the short-range SFP and long-range SFP transceiver.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2148T 5000 Series switch. The FEX software ships with the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch software. The FEX downloads the software image from the switch the same way that a module would download it from the supervisor in a modular chassis.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2148T Figure 1-25 Front View of the Cisco Nexus 2148T FEX 273914 1 1 2 1 Power supply (two) 2 Fan tray (1) 3 3 Status (top) and ID (bottom) LEDs The rear of the Cisco Nexus 2148T FEX has 48 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports, 4 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and status and ID LEDs. Figure 1-26 identifies the components found on the rear of the Cisco Nexus 2148T FEX.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2148T Ports Each port on the Cisco Nexus 2148T FEX is numbered, and groups of ports are numbered based on their function. The ports are numbered from top to bottom and left to right. Group 1 includes 48 1-Gigabit Ethernet data ports. Group 2 includes four 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports. Figure 1-27 shows how ports are numbered and grouped by function.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2148T Blank Power Supply Filler Panel 1 2 1 239290 Figure 1-29 2 Handle Ejector latch Fan Tray The Cisco Nexus 2148T FEX has one fan tray that has front-to-back airflow. Figure 1-30 shows the fan tray. The fan tray is hot-swappable as long as you replace it within 60 seconds.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2148T 1 Captive screws (2) 3 No blck stripe indicates front-to-back airflow 2 Staus LED Supported SFP Transceivers The Cisco Nexus 2148T FEX supports SFP+ Ethernet transceivers.
Chapter 1 Using a Fabric Extender with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Cisco Nexus 2148T Table 1-23 Copper Cables Used with the Cisco Nexus 2148T FEX Model Description SFP-H10GB-CU7MA 10-Gigabit BASE-CU SFP+ Active Cable (7 meters) SFP-H10GB-CU10MA 10-Gigabit BASE-CU SFP+ Active Cable (10 meters) Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide OL-19013-05 1-37
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