Interconnect Features
A Cisco UCS 6200 series fabric interconnect is a top-of-rack fabric interconnect that provides Ethernet and Fibre Channel to all servers in the UCS system. Servers connect to the fabric interconnect, and it connects to the LAN or SAN.
This family of fabric interconnects connect UCS servers to 10 Gigabit Ethernet 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps Fibre Channel networks, and provides consolidated I/O connectivity to both production Ethernet LANs and Fibre Channel SANs in a cost-effective, high-performance, low-latency environment.
The Cisco UCS 6200 series has the following characteristics:
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The UCS 6248 UP fabric interconnect is a one-rack-unit (1 RU), 10-Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE device that offers up to 960-Gbps throughput and up to 48 ports. It has 32 1- or 10-Gbps fixed small form-factor pluggable plus (SFP+) ports and one expansion slot. The Cisco UCS 6248 UP has 32 ports on the base system and can be upgraded with one expansion module providing an additional 16 ports.
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The UCS 6296 UP fabric interconnect is a two-rack-unit (2 RU), 10-Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE device that offers up to 1920-Gbps throughput and up to 96 ports. It has 48 1- or 10-Gbps fixed SFP+ ports and three expansion slots. The Cisco UCS 6248 UP has 48 ports on the base system and can be upgraded with three expansion modules providing an additional 48 ports.
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Universal port functionality allows Ethernet or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) physical port types to be selected in software.
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Slots on the back of the switch for an expansion module. You can use the UCS EIGUP module.
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Slots on the front of the chassis for hot swap-capable power supplies.
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Slots on the front of the chassis for fan modules.
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One USB port at the front of the switch.