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Table 1 summarizes the characteristics of the Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric interconnects.
Table 1. Characteristics of Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects
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Item Cisco UCS 6248UP Cisco UCS 6296UP
Description 48-port fabric interconnect 96-port fabric interconnect
Form factor 1RU 2RU
Number of fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE
Enhanced Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+) ports
32 fixed ports with an additional 16 ports
available through expansion module
48 fixed ports with an additional 48 ports
available through three expansion module
Throughput 960 Gbps 1920 Gbps
Expansion slots 1 3
Fan modules 1+1 2+2
Expansion Module Option for Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects
The Cisco UCS 6200 Series supports an expansion module that can be used to increase the number of 10 Gigabit
Ethernet, FCoE and FC ports (Figure 5). This unified port module provides up to 16 ports that can be configured
for 10 Gigabit Ethernet, FCoE and/or 1/2/4/8-Gbps native Fibre Channel using the SFP or SFP+
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interface for
transparent connectivity with existing Fibre Channel networks.
Figure 5. Unified Port 16-Port Expansion Module
Features and Benefits
Table 2 summarizes the features and benefits of the Cisco UCS 6200 Series.
Table 2. Features and Benefits
Feature Benefit
Management by Cisco
UCS Manager
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Allows all elements connected to the interconnects to participate in a single, highly available management domain
Unified fabric
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Decreases TCO by reducing the number of NICs, HBAs, switches, and cables needed
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Transparently encapsulates Fibre Channel packets into Ethernet
Fabric extender
architecture
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Scales to 20 chassis without adding complexity by eliminating the need for dedicated chassis management and
blade switches and by reducing the number of cables needed
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Provides deterministic latency for optimized application performance
Performance
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Provides high-speed, low-latency connectivity to the chassis
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Provides approximately 50% reduction in end-to-end system latency (latency is 3.2 microseconds)
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The Cisco UCS 6200 Series requires Cisco UCS Manager operating software Release 2.0 or later.
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Ports are fully compatible with the 8GFC standard and negotiate among 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps, constrained by optics
compatibility. Ports support both 1/2/4-Gbps Cisco 4GFC optical transceivers using the SFP interface and 2/4/8-Gbps Cisco
8GFC optical transceivers using the SFP+ interface.