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N2K-C2348TQ, Cisco Nexus 2300 Switch, 48x10GBASE-T/6x40G QSFP+/3 Fans

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    N2K-C2348TQ, Cisco Nexus 2300 Switch, 48x10GBASE-T/6x40G QSFP+/3 Fans

    N2K-C2348TQ, Cisco Nexus 2300 Switch, 48x10GBASE-T/6x40G QSFP+/3 Fans

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    End-of-Life Notice
    End-of-Life Notice
    N2K-C2348TQ is officially EOL. Service support ends on 2025-09-30.
    For full lifecycle details, see N2K-C2348TQ EOL.
    Recommended Replacement
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    Official replacement model. Aligned with current deployment environments.
    N2K-C2348TQ-E

    Cisco N2K-C2348TQ Overview

    The Cisco N2K-C2348TQ is an enterprise-class Nexus 2300 fabric extender designed to deliver high-density 10GBASE-T access with 40G QSFP+ uplinks for modern data centers. With 48 RJ-45 host interfaces and 6 QSFP fabric interfaces, it extends Cisco Nexus switch fabrics while preserving a single point of management. Supporting up to 480Gbps full-duplex fabric bandwidth, FCoE over copper, and rich Layer 2, QoS, and high-availability features, it is ideal for scalable campus and cloud aggregation.

    Product Highlights

    48×10G
    RJ45 Access
    480Gbps
    Fabric Band
    1440Gbps
    L2 Through

    Product Applications Scenarios

    Data Center
    High-density 10GBASE-T host ports and 40G QSFP uplinks extend Nexus fabrics, simplifying ToR deployment and reducing cabling complexity in large-scale data centers.
    Cloud Services
    Hardware forwarding at 1,440Gbps and rich QoS help cloud platforms consolidate east-west traffic, improving utilization and lowering overall infrastructure costs.
    Enterprise Network
    Centralized management via Nexus parent switches, robust Layer 2 features and redundancy enhance core and aggregation layers for large campus enterprise networks.

    Product Features Comparison

    Cisco Huawei Huawei Huawei
    Model N2K-C2348TQ, Cisco Nexus 2300 Switch, 48×10GBASE-T/6×40G QSFP+/3 Fans LS-S5348TP-SI-DC, Huawei S5300 Switch, 48×GE RJ45/4×GE SFP/DC -48V S5720-28P-SI-AC, Huawei S5720 Switch, 24×GE/4×GE SFP/150W AC CE6810-LI-F-B00, Huawei CE6810 Switch, 32×10G RJ45/16×10G SFP+/4×40G QSFP+
    Brand Cisco Huawei Huawei Huawei
    Port Configuration n/a 48 x 10/100/1000Base-T, 4 x 100/1000Base-X Combo n/a 10G Base-T Ports: 32; SFP+ Ports: 16; QSFP+ Ports: 4
    Switching Capacity n/a 256Gbps n/a 1.28 Tbit/s
    Forwarding Rate Hardware forwarding at 1440Gbps or 2160mpps 96Mpps n/a 960Mpps
    PoE Budget n/a n/a n/a n/a
    Stacking Capability n/a n/a n/a iStack

    Optional Add-ons

    Model Number Description
    N2200-PAC-400W Cisco AC power supply 400W for Nexus 2300 Series fabric extenders
    N2200-PDC-400W Cisco DC power supply 400W for Nexus 2300 Series fabric extenders
    NXA-FAN-30CFM-F Cisco front-to-back fan module for Nexus 2300 Series, 30CFM cooling
    NXA-FAN-30CFM-B Cisco back-to-front fan module for Nexus 2300 Series, 30CFM cooling
    QSFP-40G-SR4 Cisco 40G QSFP SR4 fiber transceiver for Nexus 2300 QSFP fabric ports
    QSFP-H40G-ACU7M Cisco 40G QSFP+ active Twinax 7m cable for short-reach fabric uplinks

    Quality Certifications

    • ISO 14001
    • ISO 9001
    • RoHS
    • REACH
    • CE
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    Specification

    Cisco N2K-C2348TQ Specification

    Model
    N2K-C2348TQ
    Brand
    Cisco
    Type
    Cisco Nexus 2348TQ
    Fabric extender host interfaces
    48
    Fabric extender host interface type
    48 100M/1/10GBASE-T ports: RJ-45 connectors
    Fabric extender fabric interfaces
    6 x 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP (24 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet)
    Fabric extender fabric interface type
    Fiber: QSFP-40G-SR-BD, QSFP-40G-SR4,QSFP-40G-SR4-S, QSFP-40G-LR4, QSFP-40G-LR4-S, and QSFP-40G-CSR4-S Copper: 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ active Twinax cables (QSFP-H40G-ACU7M and QSFP-H40G-ACU10M (no passive cables) AOC cables: QSFP-H40G-AOC1M, QSFP-H40G-AOC2M, QSFP-H40G-AOC3M, QSFP-H40G-AOC5M, QSFP-H40G-AOC7M, QSFP-H40G-AOC10M, and QSFP-H40G-AOC15M AOC breakout cables: QSFP-4X10G-AOC1M, QSFP-4X10G-AOC2M, QSFP-4X10G-AOC3M, QSFP-4X10G-AOC5M, QSFP-4X10G-AOC7M, and QSFP-4X10G-AOC10M Copper breakout cables: QSFP-4x10G-AC7M and QSFP-4x10G-AC10M (no passive cables) Distance between Cisco Nexus 2300 fabric extender and Cisco Nexus 5500 switch is up to 10 km (up to 3 km for FCoE traffic), and for the Cisco Nexus 5600 switch or 6000 Series Switch the distance is up to 3 km (300m for FCoE traffic) All equivalent S-class optics are supported Cisco 40GBASE QSFP to SFP+/SFP adapter (CVR-QSFP-SFP10G)
    Fabric speed
    Up to 240Gbps in each direction (480-Gbps full duplex)
    Oversubscription
    Up to 2:1
    Performance
    Hardware forwarding at 1440Gbps or 2160mpps
    FCoE
    FCoE support up to 30m with Category 6a and 7 cables (Cisco Nexus 5500 and 5600 platforms and 6000 Series)
    Cisco parent switch
    Cisco Nexus 5500 and 5600 platforms Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Cisco Nexus 7000 Series and 7700 platform Cisco Nexus 9300 and 9500 Series
    Minimum software
    Cisco NX-OS Release 7.1(0)N1(1) (Cisco Nexus 5500 and 5600 platforms and 6000 Series) Cisco NX-OS Release 7.2.0D1(1) (Cisco Nexus 7000 Series and 7700 platform) Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(1) (Cisco Nexus 9300 Series and 9500 platform)
    Dimensions (H x W x D)
    1.72 x 17.3 x 17.07in. (4.37 x 43.94 x 43.36cm)
    Environment
    Operating temperature: 32 to 131°F (0 to 55°C) Non-operating temperature: -40 to 158°F (-40 to 70°C) Humidity: 5 to 95 percent (noncondensing) Altitude: 0 to 10,000 ft. (0 to 3000m)
    Power supply
    N2200-PAC-400W, N2200-PAC-400W-B, N2200-PDC-400W, N2200-PDC-350W-B, NXA-PHV-500W, and NXA-PHV-500W-B
    Fan modules
    NXA-FAN-30CFM-F and NXA-FAN-30CFM-B (N+1 redundancy = 3 fans)
    Typical input operating power
    280W at 30m (maximum 350W)
    Heat dissipation
    952 BTU/hour (typical); 1190 BTU/hour (maximum)
    Regulatory Compliance
    Products should comply with CE Markings according to directives 2004/108/EC and 2006/95/EC
    Safety
    UL 60950-1 CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1EN 60950-1 IEC 60950-1AS/NZS 60950-1GB4943
    EMC: Emissions
    47CFR Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A AS/NZS CISPR22 Class A CISPR22 Class A EN55022 Class A ICES003 Class A VCCI Class A EN61000-3-2 EN61000-3-3 KN22 Class A CNS13438 Class A
    EMC: Immunity
    EN50082-1 EN61000-6-1 EN55024 CISPR24 EN300386 KN 61000-4 series
    RoHS
    The Cisco Nexus 2348UPQ, 2348TQ, and 2332TQ are RoHS-6 compliant
    Network Equipment Building Standards (NEBS)
    The Cisco Nexus 2348UPQ, 2348TQ, and 2332TQ meet NEBS level-3 standards (hardware revision 3) (not currently supported)
    Description
    Specification
    Layer 2 features
    Layer 2 VLAN trunks IEEE 802.1Q VLAN encapsulation Cisco EtherChannel technology on uplinks PortChannel on server ports on Cisco Nexus 2300 platforms Advanced PortChannel hashing Jumbo frames on all ports (up to 9216 bytes) Pause frames (Priority Flow Control [PFC] and IEEE 802.3x) Private VLANs (promiscuous only on uplinks) Local multicast replication on Cisco Nexus 2300 platform (8000 entries) Autonegotiation to 1000BASE-T; full duplex on host interfaces
    Enhanced Ethernet
    DCB
    Quality of service (QoS)
    Layer 2 IEEE 802.1p (class of service [CoS]) Eight hardware queues per port (Cisco Nexus 2300 platforms) Per-port QoS configuration Local policing on Cisco Nexus 2300 platform (64 policers) CoS trust Configurable tail-drop threshold on Cisco Nexus 2300 platform Egress strict-priority queuing Egress port-based scheduling: Weighted Round Robin (WRR)
    High availability
    Hot-swappable field-replaceable power supplies and fan modules 1:1 power redundancy Uplink traffic management through Cisco EtherChannel hashing or static port pinning vPCs for dual-homed active-active connectivity across two Cisco Nexus parent switches vPCs for dual-homed straight-through NIC connectivity across two Cisco Nexus 2300 platform fabric extenders In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)
    Security
    Local classification (256 access control list [ACL] entries)
    Management
    Fabric extender management using in-band management Locator and beacon LEDs on front and back of chassis (locator beacons on the front and rear of the chassis help reduce errors when the equipment is serviced) Per-port locator and beacon LEDs Syslog Simple Network Management Protocol Versions 1, 2, and 3 (SNMP v1, v2, and v3) Enhanced SNMP MIB support XML (NETCONF) support Remote Monitoring (RMON) Cisco Discovery Protocol Versions 1 and 2 Cisco Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) source on server ports Power-on self-test (POST) Cisco Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD): Ethernet Comprehensive bootup diagnostic tests CiscoWorks Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM); the Cisco Nexus 2300 platform is managed through the parent Cisco Nexus switch using DCNM and standard SNMP, XML interface, and command-line interface (CLI)
    Configuration MIBs
    ENTITY-MIB IF-MIB FABRIC-EXTENDER MIB CISCO-ENTITY-EXT-MIB CISCO-ENTITY-FRU-CONTROL-MIB CISCO-ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB CISCO-ETHERNET-FABRIC-EXTENDER-MIB
    Monitoring MIBs
    RMON-MIB
    Industry standards
    IEEE 802.1p: CoS prioritization IEEE 802.1Q: VLAN tagging IEEE 802.3: Ethernet IEEE 802.3ae: 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFF 8431 SFP+ support IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX specification IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T specification IEEE 802.3an 10GBASE-T 10GBASE-SR 10GBASE-LR RMON SFF-8461
    Weight
    17.7 kg

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    What troubleshooting steps should be taken if the Nexus 2348TQ malfunctions?

    Start by checking power connections, ensuring all fan modules are operational, and verifying the status of network ports. Refer to the troubleshooting section in the Nexus 2348TQ manual for further guidance.

    Can the Nexus 2348TQ integrate with existing Cisco Nexus switches?

    Yes, the Nexus 2348TQ is designed to seamlessly integrate with other Cisco Nexus switches, offering extended connectivity and simplified management.

    What are the power supply options for the Nexus 2348TQ?

    The Nexus 2348TQ offers a choice of airflow and power supply options to meet different data center requirements. Ensure you choose the correct options during purchase to match your setup.

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