Cisco N2K-C2348TQ-10G-E is a Nexus Fabric Extender (FEX) in the Cisco Nexus 2000 family, designed to extend a Cisco Nexus switch fabric to server access ports by connecting servers to the parent switch through the FEX. As a FEX, it relies on the parent Nexus switch for control plane and management, enabling centralized configuration for scalable data-center deployments. The model name indicates 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, suitable for data-center environments that require 10G server-to-FEX and FEX-to-switch connectivity.
