Cisco Nexus 2348TQ 10GE Fabric Extender - Expansion module - Gigabit Ethernet / 10Gb Ethernet x 48 + 40 Gigabit QSFP+ x 6 - refurbished - with 12 x QSFP-Bidi or 6x 40GE Fabric Extender Transceiver and 24x 10GE Fabric Extender Transceiver
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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.
The Cisco Nexus 2348TQ Fabric Extender (FEX) provides 48 10 GT 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.
- Allows easy migration from 1 Gigabit Ethernet to 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- Effectively reuses structured cabling with bidirectional optics
- Reduces power consumption
- Offers a single point of management, software upgrade, and policy enforcement
- Features for fast, easy management include autoconfiguration
- Supports Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) for LAN and SAN convergence
- Offers large 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)
- Capable of flexible port personalities for either host or server connectivity
