Description
Features and Capabilities
The N2K-C2348UPQ4F is a Cisco Nexus switch designed for use in data center environments. It offers a range of advanced features and capabilities that make it a powerful and versatile networking solution. Here are some of its key features and capabilities:
- 48 ports of Unified Port (UP) technology supporting Ethernet, Fiber Channel (FC), and Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocols.
- Four BiDi expansion modules that can provide an additional 8 ports per module for a total of 80 ports.
- Support for Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching, including VLANs, virtual routing and forwarding (VRF), and virtual PortChannels (vPCs).
- High-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GE) ports with support for Cisco’s Fabric Extender Technology (FEX).
- Advanced Quality of Service (QoS) features, including traffic shaping and congestion management.
- Support for the Cisco Nexus Data Broker software, which enables network traffic monitoring and analysis.
- Enhanced security features, including Access Control Lists (ACLs) and Secure Shell (SSH) access.
- Support for hot-swappable power supplies and fan modules, allowing for easy maintenance and upgrades.
- Energy-efficient design with support for Cisco EnergyWise technology, which helps to reduce power consumption and costs.
- Compatibility with Cisco’s Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) solution, which provides a software-defined networking (SDN) approach to data center management.
Management and Monitoring
The N2K-C2348UPQ4F Cisco Nexus switch is equipped with advanced management and monitoring capabilities that allow administrators to easily manage and monitor network traffic and performance. The switch supports several management protocols, including Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), and Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP), which enable administrators to quickly discover and configure network devices.
The switch is also equipped with a built-in web interface, which provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for configuring and managing the switch. The web interface includes a dashboard that displays real-time information about network traffic, performance, and other metrics. The dashboard can be customized to display the information that is most relevant to the administrator’s needs.
In addition to the web interface, the N2K-C2348UPQ4F switch supports a command-line interface (CLI) that allows administrators to configure and manage the switch using command-line commands. The CLI provides more advanced configuration options than the web interface and is typically used by more experienced network administrators.
The N2K-C2348UPQ4F switch also supports several monitoring features that allow administrators to monitor network traffic and performance. For example, the switch supports NetFlow, a protocol that collects information about network traffic and sends it to a NetFlow collector for analysis. The switch also supports Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP), which allows the switch to synchronize its clock with a network time server.
Redundancy and High Availability Features
The N2K-C2348UPQ4F Cisco Nexus switch is designed to provide high availability and redundancy features for mission-critical network environments. Some of the redundancy and high availability features of the N2K-C2348UPQ4F switch include:
- Power redundancy: The switch comes with dual redundant power supplies, which ensures that the switch remains operational in case of a power supply failure.
- Fan redundancy: The N2K-C2348UPQ4F switch also has redundant fans, which ensures that the switch remains cool and operational in case of a fan failure.
- Link aggregation: The switch supports Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), which allows multiple links to be aggregated together to increase bandwidth and provide redundancy in case of a link failure.
- Virtual PortChannel (vPC): The N2K-C2348UPQ4F switch supports vPC, which enables two separate switches to act as a single logical switch. This provides redundancy and load balancing between the switches and ensures that the network remains operational in case of a switch failure.
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP): The switch supports STP, which prevents loops in the network and provides redundancy by blocking redundant links.
- Graceful restart: The N2K-C2348UPQ4F switch supports graceful restart, which allows the switch to recover from a failure without disrupting network traffic.
- Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) redundancy: The switch supports VRF redundancy, which enables redundant routing instances to be used to provide redundancy and failover capabilities.
General Information
- Manufacturer: Cisco Systems, Inc
- MPN: N2K-C2348UPQ4F
- Device Type: Expansion module
- SKU: N2K-C2348UPQ4F
- Form Factor Rack-mountable
- Bundled with (4 x Cisco QSFP-40G-SR-BD) or (2 x Cisco FET-40G and 8 x Cisco FET-10G)
Networking
- Ports: Gigabit Ethernet / 10 Gigabit SFP+ / SFP (mini-GBIC) x 48 + 40 Gigabit QSFP+ x 6
- Connectivity Technology: Wired
- Data Link Protocol: GigE, 10 GigE, FCoE, 40 Gigabit LAN
- Network / Transport Protocol TCP/IP, UDP/IP, ICMP/IP
- Remote Management Protocol SNMP 1, SNMP 2, RMON, SNMP 3
- Status: Indicators Port status, power, system
- Features: Flow control, uplink, auto-negotiation, VLAN support, IGMP snooping, Syslog support, Weighted Round Robin (WRR) queuing, Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) support, Access Control List (ACL) support, Quality of Service (QoS), Jumbo Frames support, hot swappable power supply, hot swappable 3 fans
- Compliant Standards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.3ae
Expansion / Connectivity
- Interfaces: 48 x 1Gb Ethernet/10Gb Ethernet – SFP/SFP+ 6 x 40Gb Ethernet – QSFP+
Power
- Power Device: Plug-in module
- Voltage Required: AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
Dimensions & Weight
- Height: 1.7 Inch
- Width: 17.3 Inch
- Depth: 14.1 Inch
- Weight: 18.30 Lbs
