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Which option includes the two devices that can be connected when a Cisco Fabric Extender Transceiver is used?

The correct answer is C. Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender to Cisco Nexus 5500 Switch. The Cisco Fabric Extender Transceiver (FET) is a purpose-built transceiver used exclusively for the uplink connection between a Cisco Nexus 2000 Series FEX and its Cisco Nexus 5500 parent switch.

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Question

Which option includes the two devices that can be connected when a Cisco Fabric Extender Transceiver is used?

Options

  • AServer to Cisco Nexus 5548 Switch
  • BServer to Cisco Nexus 5010 Switch
  • CCisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender to Cisco Nexus 5500 Switch
  • DServer to Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender

How the community answered

(36 responses)
  • A
    6% (2)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    92% (33)

Why each option

The Cisco Fabric Extender Transceiver (FET) is a purpose-built transceiver used exclusively for the uplink connection between a Cisco Nexus 2000 Series FEX and its Cisco Nexus 5500 parent switch.

AServer to Cisco Nexus 5548 Switch

The FET is not designed for direct server-to-switch connections; standard SFP or SFP+ transceivers are used for server host-facing ports on the Nexus 5548.

BServer to Cisco Nexus 5010 Switch

Servers do not connect to the Nexus 5010 using a FET; FET is specific to FEX-to-parent-switch uplinks, not server access links.

CCisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender to Cisco Nexus 5500 SwitchCorrect

The FET module is engineered specifically to connect the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender to the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series parent switch over the fabric uplink interface. This transceiver enables the FEX to operate as a remote line card of the parent switch, and it is not interchangeable with standard SFP/SFP+ transceivers used for other device types.

DServer to Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender

Servers connect to the Nexus 2000 FEX via standard host-facing ports using regular transceivers, not the FET, which is reserved for the FEX fabric uplink only.

Concept tested: Cisco FEX Fabric Extender Transceiver uplink connectivity

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/interfaces-modules/transceiver-modules/data_sheet_c78-660629.html

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#Fabric Extender#Nexus 2000#Nexus 5500#FEX connectivity

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