The Cisco Nexus 2348UPQ 10GE Fabric Extender is third-generation hardware and provides native 40 Gig Ethernet upstream to the Fabric Interconnect 6200/6300 series and 1/10 Gig downstream connectivity to rack servers and other appliances.

The specifications of the N2248UPQ are as follows:

• 6x40 Gbps fabric ports for connecting to the Fabric Interconnect
• 48x10 Gbps server-facing ports
• 240 Gbps throughput