- Provides a single, highly available management domain for all system chassis, reducing administrative tasks
- Decreases TCO by reducing the number of network interface cards (NICs), host bus adapters (HBAs), switches, and cables needed
- Transparently encapsulates Fiber Channel packets into Ethernet
- Simplifies management of multiple traffic flows over a single network link
- Supports different classes of service, allowing both lossless and classic Ethernet on the same fabric
- Helps enable a consistent operational model between virtual and physical environments
- Provides the same level of network visibility for virtualized and nonvirtualized environments
- Improves diagnostic and troubleshooting capabilities in a virtual environment
- Simplifies network and security policy enforcement when migrating virtual machines from one host to another QSFP+ ports
- Increases flexibility with a range of interconnect solutions, including copper Twinax cable for short runs and fiber for long runs
- Consumes less power per port than traditional solutions
- Helps enable cost-effective connections on fabric extenders with Cisco Fabric Extender Transceiver (FET) optics Fabric port channel
- Provides flexibility to bundle fabric ports in a port channel
Cisco UCS 2304 Fabric Extender för in det enhetliga nätverket i bladserverhöljet och ger flera 40 Gigabit Ethernet-anslutningar mellan bladservrarna och nätverket, vilket förenklar diagnostik, kabeldragning och hantering.