Cisco Nexus 5548UP and FI6248UP compatibility with FC SFP

[Chermatwi_2]

Cisco Nexus 5548UP and FI 6248UP comes with Unified Ports. What are the SFP types this port can take? 1Gig, 10Gig and 2/4/8FC. Could you please clarify?  

Thanks,

Cheriyan

[abbharga]

Hi Cheriyan,

Here is te URL to the 6200 series FI data sheet:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps10265/ps11544/data_sheet_c78-675245.pdf

Check for the table to supported SFPs.

Same for the 5500 switches

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps9441/ps9670/data_sheet_c78-618603.html.

Hope this helps!

./Abhinav

[Chermatwi_2]

DEar Abhinav,

Thanks. One concern.... If I have a Cisco Nexus 5548UP and it can take FC SFP+ also, can I build my SAN without MDS switch?

Thanks,

Cheriyan

[abbharga]

Hi Cheriyan,

You can surely use the N5K for uplink FC connectivity from the UCS (MDS is not a must). However you will need to run the N5K in NPIV mode (feature).

./Abhinav