Cisco 2232TM-E 10GE works normal switch

[kalilac]

Hello all.

My name is Kalil and I work to a company that wants to buy the Cisco 2232TM-E 10GE.
But the definition whith we found was expansion module.
My question is: This divice can works like a normal switch, just connect cable and exchante frame 10gb?
Is just this what my company wants, just switch 10gb traffic.
Does this switch do or is mandatory we hava a Nexus?
Best regards.

 

[JackMDS]

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[drebo]

Cisco Nexus 2000 series switches are called Fabric Extenders and don't work without a Nexus 5k/7k+ connected to them.

The cheapest Cisco 10gb switch you can get brand new is the Catalyst 4500X.

Used, you could look at a 3560E-12D. It's a 12 port X2 switch. If you only need a couple of 10gb ports, a Catalyst 4948 has 2 X2 ports.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

As drebo said, these are known as FEX or fabric extenders, they are without going very deep in the weeds with technical details just a module in a chassis that needs a nexus to be the brains behind it, but attached remotely via fiber. You would for example use a nexus 5k and configure everything via it, there is no config on the 2000 series at all.

 

[lif_andi]

Cisco 3650 or 3850 are new "cheap" 10Gb switches.

That said we've been having some problems with them.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Cisco 3650 or 3850 are new "cheap" 10Gb switches.

That said we've been having some problems with them.

They have 10G uplinks, but not 10G user ports.