QSFP uplinkport in UCS MINI

[Amr Hafez]

Hi,

Could I use the QSFP port in UCS MINI FI 6324 as uplink port to connect to either QSFP port in Nexus switch or 4 x 10 Gbps SFP+ in Nexus switch?

[Walter Dey]

Hi Amr

The QSFP port can only be used to connect to a secondary chassis, rack servers, or storage.

http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b-series-blade-servers/ucsmini-specsheet.pdf

Walter.

[Amr Hafez]

Hi Walter

Cisco Data sheet and specs sheet mentioned that port support Ethernet and FCoE, an thw uplink port is Ethernet 

So, why this port could not work as uplink port ?

also, this port support FCoE storage only so we could not connect FC storage directly 

could we connect this port to MDS

[Walter Dey]

The 4 SFP+ ports are universal and support classical FC.

The specs clearly says 

The QSFP port can only be used to connect to a secondary chassis, rack servers, or storage. 

Although this ports are Ethernet, they are restricted to the above configuration.