Flexible, Scalable, Converged Infrastructure

The Cisco UCS 6248UP 48-Port Fabric Interconnect is a core part of the Cisco Unified Computing System. Typically deployed in redundant pairs, the Cisco UCS 6248UP Fabric Interconnects provide uniform access to both networks and storage.

Benefit from a low total cost of ownership (TCO) with enhanced features and capabilities:

• Increased bandwidth up to 960 Gbps
• Higher port density: Up to 48 ports in one rack unit (1RU) including one expansion module with 16 unified ports
• High-performance, flexible, unified ports capable of line-rate, low-latency, lossless 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and 4/2/1 and 8/4/2 Fibre Channel
• Reduced port-to-port latency from 3.2 microseconds to 2 microseconds Fibre Channel
• Centralized unified management with Cisco UCS Manager
• Efficient cooling and serviceability: Front-to-back cooling, redundant front-plug fans and power supplies, and rear cabling

Highly Scalable Architecture

The Fabric Extender architecture scales up to 320 servers or 40 chassis in a single unified system without additional complexity, eliminating dedicated chassis management and blade switches, and reducing cabling.

Scalable hardware can support Layer 3, Cisco FabricPath, 4000 VLANs, and 40 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks in the future.

Virtual-Machine-Optimized Services

VM-FEX technology helps enable a consistent operational model and visibility between physical and virtual environments; it simplifies enforcement of security and network policy when moving virtual machines across hosts.

Note: Please contact your Cisco representative for new product orderability and first customer shipment (FCS) timelines.