N2248TP-E vs N2248TP

[janvandek]

                   Hi,

I noticed for both N2K models same price. However the E variant (enhanced) has bigger buffer  size (SAN, big data).

Why should I still quote the N2248TP if I can buy the E for the same price with better specs. Or in other words, are there also drawbacks on the E variant?

Jan

[acampbell]

Jan,

I hope you will be able to download this document it is from one of the leading Cisco resellers comstore. A very good Q & A.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=new%20N2248TP-E&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbe.comstor.com%2Fdocuments%3FdocumentId%3D43381%26filename%3DCisco%2BNexus%2B2248TP-E%2BFAQ.docx&ei=Tmj7Ud-EAtDs0gXBzIDoBQ&usg=AFQjCNF-38kCH...

Regards,
Alex.
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[Calin C.]

Edit: on the other hand, why a 3 years old post will pop-up on my Cisco Support Community Dashboard :D

Hi,

Buy the N2248TP only if you need some strange backward compatibility with NX-OS pre-5.1(3)N(1)1 on N5K or 6.1(1) on N6K.

Another difference is that N2248TP goes only 3 km while N2248TP-E supports 10 km distance from the parent N5K / N6K switch. Anyway, this should not force a buy in of N2248TP :)

I could not find anything else different:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/nexus-2000-series-fabric-extenders/data_sheet_c78-507093.html

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HTH,

Calin