BladeIO Guide

Cisco Nexus Blade
B22DELL Fabric Extender (FEX)
• Cisco 10GbE offering for the Dell M1000e Blade System
– The 16 internal 10Gb or 1Gb ports and 8 external 10Gb ports
enables customers to connect via 10GbE to a Cisco Nexus
5500 series Top of Rack switch
• The B22DELL FEX is only supported with these specific Cisco
Nexus models:
– Cisco Nexus 5548P, 5548UP, 5596P
– Cisco Nexus 6001, 6004
It cannot connect to Cisco Nexus 5010, 5020, 2000 or 7000 series
switches.
• Managed from the Nexus Top of Rack
– B22DELL FEX is managed at the top of rack and not managed
at the M1000e nor the FEX device itself
– Acts as a line card to supported Nexus Series switches
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