Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes, for Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N1(1) and NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N2(1) OL-22747-02, December 2010)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes, for Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N1(1) and NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N2(1)
OL-22747-02
New and Changed Features
The Cisco Nexus 2148T Fabric Extender forwards all traffic to a parent Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch
over 10-Gigabit Ethernet fabric uplinks, allowing all traffic to be inspected by policies established on
the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch. No software is included with the Cisco Nexus 2148T. Software is
downloaded and upgraded from its parent Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch.
The Cisco Nexus 2148T has 48 1-Gigabit Ethernet host interfaces for its downlink connection to servers
or hosts and 4 10-Gigabit Ethernet fabric interfaces with SFP+ interface adapters for its uplink
connection to the parent switch.
Cisco Nexus 2248TP Fabric Extender
The Cisco Nexus 2248TP is a stackable 1 RU 450 mm deep switch that supports 48 1000-TX host ports
and 4 10G SFP+ network ports. Both 100 Mbps and Gigabit Ethernet are supported on the 48 TX host
ports.
Host ports can be configured in an EtherChannel as well as part of a vPC. It is typically used with the
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch. The Cisco Nexus 2248TP is managed and configured by the upstream
switch. The Fabric Extender software is shipped with the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch software. The
Fabric Extender downloads the software image from the switch in the same way that a module would
download it from the supervisor in a modular chassis.
Cisco Nexus 2232PP Fabric Extender
The Cisco Nexus 2232PP is a stackable 1 RU 450 mm deep switch that supports 32 10G/1G SFP+ host
ports and 8 10G SFP+ network ports. Host ports can be configured in an EtherChannel as well as part of
a vPC. It is typically used with the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch. The Cisco Nexus 2232PP is
managed and configured by the upstream switch. The Fabric Extender software is shipped with the Cisco
Nexus 5000 Series switch software. The Fabric Extender downloads the software image from the switch
in the same way that a module would download it from the supervisor in a modular chassis.
Cisco Nexus 2224TP Fabric Extender
The Cisco Nexus 2224TP Fabric Extender is similar to the Cisco Nexus 2248T Fabric Extender but has
24 100/1000Base-T downlink ports, and 2 SFP+ uplink ports.
New and Changed Features
This section briefly describes the new features introduced in the Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N1(1) and
Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N2(1). This section includes the following topics:
• Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N2(1), page 6
• Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N1(1), page 7
Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N2(1)
The Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N2(1) includes the following new or changed features:
• VTP Client/Server