Module Specs
Standalone model: UCS 6332 1RU Fabric Interconnect, with no PSU, with 32 QSFP+ ports and includes eight 40-Gbps port licenses.
The Cisco UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects provide the management and communication backbone for the Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series servers. All servers attached to the Cisco UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects become part of a single, highly available management domain. In addition, by supporting unified fabric, the Cisco UCS 6300 Series provides both the LAN and SAN connectivity for all blades within its domain.
From a networking perspective, the Cisco UCS 6300 Series uses a cut-through architecture, supporting deterministic, low-latency, line-rate 40-Gigabit Ethernet on all ports, switching capacity of up to 2.56 Tbps, and 320-Gbps bandwidth per chassis, independent of packet size and enabled services. The product family supports Cisco® low-latency, lossless 40-Gigabit Ethernet unified network fabric capabilities, which increase the reliability, efficiency, and scalability of Ethernet networks. The fabric interconnect supports multiple traffic classes over a lossless Ethernet fabric from the blade through the interconnect.
The Cisco UCS 6332 32-Port Fabric Interconnect is a one-rack-unit (1RU) 40-GbE switch offering up to 2.56 Tbps full-duplex throughput. The switch has 32 40-Gbps QSFP+ ports, which operate as follows:
- Ports 1 - 4 can operate as 40-Gbps QSFP+ ports, or as 4 x 10 Gbps SFP+ breakout ports, or can be optionally outfitted with Quad to SFP (QSA) adapters to provide 10 Gbps operation.
- Ports 5 - 12 and 15—26 can operate as 40-Gbps QSFP+ ports, or as 4 x 10 Gbps SFP+ breakout ports, or can be optionally outfitted with Quad to SFP (QSA) adapters to provide 10 Gbps operation.
- Ports 13 and 14 can operate as 40-Gbps QSFP+ ports. They cannot operate as 4 x 10 Gbps SFP+ breakout ports.
- Ports 27 - 32 are dedicated 40 Gbps QSFP+ operation.