The Cisco 6296UP is a 2U device with a maximum of 96 converged ports. The 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 6296UP are as follows:

• A maximum of 20 blade-server chassis per UCS domain
• Fabric throughput of 1920 Gbps
• 48-port base unit with three expansion slots, which can provide 48 extra ports