The Cisco 6248UP is a 1U device with a maximum of 48 converged ports. Ports can be configured as 1 Gig Ethernet, 10 Gig Ethernet, 10 Gig/FCoE, and 2/4/8 Gig Fibre Channel.

The specifications of the 6248UP are as follows:

• A maximum of 20 blade-server chassis per UCS domain
• Fabric throughput of 960 Gbps
• 32-port base unit with one expansion slot, which can provide 16 extra ports