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Cisco UCS 6296UP 96-Port Fabric Interconnect
The Cisco UCS 6296UP 96-Port Fabric Interconnect is a 2RU 10 Gigabit Ethernet, FCoE, and native Fibre
Channel switch offering up to 1920-Gbps throughput and up to 96 ports. The switch has 48 1/10-Gbps fixed
Ethernet, FCoE, and Fibre Channel ports and three expansion slots.
Channel switch offering up to 1920-Gbps throughput and up to 96 ports. The switch has 48 1/10-Gbps fixed
Ethernet, FCoE, and Fibre Channel ports and three expansion slots.
One expansion module slot can provide up to 16 additional Fibre Channel, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE DCB, and
FCoE SFP+ ports.
FCoE SFP+ ports.
Cisco UCS 2100 and 2200 Series Fabric Extenders
The Cisco UCS 2100 and 2200 Series Fabric Extenders multiplex and forward all traffic from blade servers in a
chassis to a parent Cisco UCS fabric interconnect over 10-Gbps unified fabric links. All traffic, even traffic between
blades on the same chassis or virtual machines on the same blade, is forwarded to the parent interconnect, where
network profiles are managed efficiently and effectively by the fabric interconnect. At the core of the Cisco UCS
fabric extender are application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) processors developed by Cisco that multiplex
all traffic.
The Cisco UCS 2100 and 2200 Series Fabric Extenders multiplex and forward all traffic from blade servers in a
chassis to a parent Cisco UCS fabric interconnect over 10-Gbps unified fabric links. All traffic, even traffic between
blades on the same chassis or virtual machines on the same blade, is forwarded to the parent interconnect, where
network profiles are managed efficiently and effectively by the fabric interconnect. At the core of the Cisco UCS
fabric extender are application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) processors developed by Cisco that multiplex
all traffic.
Up to two fabric extenders can be placed in a blade chassis.
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The Cisco UCS 2104XP Fabric Extender has eight 10GBASE-KR connections to the blade chassis
midplane, with one connection per fabric extender for each of the chassis’ eight half slots. This configuration
gives each half-slot blade server access to each of two 10-Gbps unified fabric-based networks through
SFP+ sockets for both throughput and redundancy. It has four ports connecting the fabric interconnect.
midplane, with one connection per fabric extender for each of the chassis’ eight half slots. This configuration
gives each half-slot blade server access to each of two 10-Gbps unified fabric-based networks through
SFP+ sockets for both throughput and redundancy. It has four ports connecting the fabric interconnect.
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The Cisco UCS 2204XP Fabric Extender has four 10 Gigabit Ethernet, FCoE-capable, SFP+ ports that
connect the blade chassis to the fabric interconnect. Each Cisco UCS 2204XP has sixteen 10 Gigabit
Ethernet ports connected through the midplane to each half-width slot in the chassis. Typically configured in
pairs for redundancy, two fabric extenders provide up to 80 Gbps of I/O to the chassis.
connect the blade chassis to the fabric interconnect. Each Cisco UCS 2204XP has sixteen 10 Gigabit
Ethernet ports connected through the midplane to each half-width slot in the chassis. Typically configured in
pairs for redundancy, two fabric extenders provide up to 80 Gbps of I/O to the chassis.
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The Cisco UCS 2208XP Fabric Extender has eight 10 Gigabit Ethernet, FCoE-capable, SFP+ ports that
connect the blade chassis to the fabric interconnect. Each Cisco UCS 2208XP has thirty-two 10 Gigabit
Ethernet ports connected through the midplane to each half-width slot in the chassis. Typically configured in
pairs for redundancy, two fabric extenders provide up to 160 Gbps of I/O to the chassis.
connect the blade chassis to the fabric interconnect. Each Cisco UCS 2208XP has thirty-two 10 Gigabit
Ethernet ports connected through the midplane to each half-width slot in the chassis. Typically configured in
pairs for redundancy, two fabric extenders provide up to 160 Gbps of I/O to the chassis.
Cisco UCS M81KR Virtual Interface Card
The Cisco UCS M81KR VIC is unique to the Cisco UCS blade system. This mezzanine adapter is designed based
on a custom ASIC that is specifically intended for virtualized systems based on VMware. It uses custom drivers for
the virtualized host bus adapter (HBA) and the 10 Gigabit Ethernet NIC. As is the case with the other Cisco CNAs,
the Cisco UCS M81KR VIC encapsulates Fibre Channel traffic within the 10 Gigabit Ethernet packets for delivery
to the fabric extender and the fabric interconnect.
on a custom ASIC that is specifically intended for virtualized systems based on VMware. It uses custom drivers for
the virtualized host bus adapter (HBA) and the 10 Gigabit Ethernet NIC. As is the case with the other Cisco CNAs,
the Cisco UCS M81KR VIC encapsulates Fibre Channel traffic within the 10 Gigabit Ethernet packets for delivery
to the fabric extender and the fabric interconnect.
Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1240
A Cisco innovation, the Cisco UCS VIC 1240 is a four-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet, FCoE-capable modular LAN on
motherboard (mLOM) designed exclusively for the M3 generation of Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers. When
used in combination with an optional port expander, the Cisco UCS VIC 1240 capabilities can be expanded to eight
ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
motherboard (mLOM) designed exclusively for the M3 generation of Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers. When
used in combination with an optional port expander, the Cisco UCS VIC 1240 capabilities can be expanded to eight
ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet.