The Cisco Fabric Extender for HP BladeSystem forwards traffic to the parent Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch over eight 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks. Low-cost uplink connections up to 10 meters can be made with copper Twin-ax cable, and longer connections up to 100 meters can use the Fabric Extender Transceiver. Standard 10Gb optics such as SR and LR are also supported.
Downlinks to each server are auto-negotiating and work with all HP Ethernet and CNA modules allowing customers a choice of Ethernet, FCoE or iSCSI connections. Being a seamless extension of a Nexus 5000 allows traffic to be switched according to policies established by the Nexus 5000 Series Switch with a single point of management.
Performance
- Sixteen 1Gb/10Gb downlinks
- Each Ethernet downlink supports FibreChannel over Ethernet (FCoE), Datacenter Bridging (DCB), and iSCSI
- Each Ethernet downlink can autonegotiate to 1Gb to support legacy NICs and/or Wake On LAN Eight 10Gb uplinks
- Each Fabric uplink carries both Ethernet and FibreChannel over Ethernet (FCoE) traffic
- Fabric uplinks support .5m/1m/3m/5m/7m/10m twinax, Fabric Extender Tranceiver (FET-10G), 10Gbase-SR, and 10Gbase-LR optics
- Up to 24 Fabric Extenders can be managed by a single Nexus 5000 series switch
- Ports support Ethernet, iSCSI and DCB protocols
Management
- Centralized Management - All configuration & monitoring performed on parent Nexus switch
- Up to 24 Fabric Extenders can be managed by a single Nexus 5000 series switch
- Supported by CiscoWorks and Cisco Data Center Network Manager
- Support for SNMP V1, V2, V3
- XML (Netconf) support.
HP ProLiant Servers Supported
- HP ProLiant BL2x220c G7
- HP ProLiant BL280c G6
- HP ProLiant BL460c G7
- HP ProLiant BL460c G6
- HP ProLiant BL465c G7
- HP ProLiant BL465 G6
- HP ProLiant BL490c G7
- HP ProLiant BL490c G6
- HP ProLiant BL495c G6
- HP ProLiant BL620c G7
- HP ProLiant BL680c G7
- HP ProLiant BL685c G7
- HP ProLiant BL685 G6
- NOTE: Some servers listed above may be discontinued.
- HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade
- HP Integrity BL860c i2 Server Blade
- HP Integrity BL870c Server Blade
- HP Integrity BL870c i2 Server Blade
- HP Integrity BL890c i2 Server Blade
Cisco Network Switches
- Cisco Nexus 5010
- Cisco Nexus 5020
- Cisco Nexus 5548
- Cisco Nexus 5596
For some more in-depth specs of this new Fabric Extender then please click "here".
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Technical ISS Solutions Team
