topic Nexus 7009 & Fabric Extender N2348UPQ 10G in Storage Networking

Nexus 7009 & Fabric Extender N2348UPQ 10G

fcfs — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:19:31 GMT

I totally understand that the Nexus 7000 series of switches do not support native fiber channel, but if i were to connect a 2348UPQ fabric extender, can i convert the ethernet ports on the fabric extender to fc ports and be able to configure zoning/vfc etc

Re: Nexus 7009 & Fabric Extender N2348UPQ 10G

Kirk J — Fri, 25 May 2018 18:15:08 GMT

Greetings.

From

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/nexus-2000-series-fabric-extenders/datasheet-c78-731663.html

The Cisco Nexus 2300 fabric extenders provide a 1-rack-unit (1RU) energy-efficient platform with a choice of front-to-back (port-side exhaust) and back-to-front (port-side intake) airflow options that offer 100 Megabit Ethernet; 1, 10, and 40 Gigabit Ethernet; Fibre Channel (on 2348UPQ with 5600 only starting 7.3 release); and FCoE for a broad range of traditional data center and large-scale virtualized cloud deployments.

The parent switch the fex is connected to would need to have native fiber channel capabilities, which the N7ks do not.

Thanks,

Kirk...

Re: Nexus 7009 & Fabric Extender N2348UPQ 10G

fcfs — Fri, 25 May 2018 20:22:59 GMT

well that's unfortunate. luckily i have a pair of 5596UP's. Thank you.