Unified Fabric for the Server Access Layer

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Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Video Data Sheet

Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Video Data Sheet

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Cost-Effective Access Layer

The Cisco Nexus 2232PP 10G provides 32 10 Gb Ethernet and Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE) Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) server ports and eight 10 Gb Ethernet and FCoE SFP+ uplink ports in a compact 1 rack unit (1RU) form factor.

The combination of the Cisco Nexus 2232PP 10G and upstream Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches provides a cost-effective access layer and scalable strategy for 10 Gb Ethernet and FCoE at the server access layer.

Reduce TCO

• The innovative Fabric Extender approach reduces data center cabling costs and footprint with optimized inter-rack cabling
• Unified fabric and FCoE at the server access layer reduce capital expenditure and operating expenses

Simplify Operation

• Nexus 5000 provides a single point of management and policy enforcement
• Plug-and-play management includes autoconfiguration

Increase Business Agility and Resilience

• Virtual Port Channel (vPC) and in-service software upgrades (ISSU) Increase resilience
• Virtual machine aware network services facilitate quick expansion of network capacity