Migrating A Cisco 6400 Series Fabric Interconnect To A Cisco 6500 Series Fabric Interconnect - Cisco UCS 6500 Series Installation Manual

Migrating a Cisco 6400 Series Fabric Interconnect to a Cisco 6500 Series Fabric Interconnect

Breakout Level
4x8G FC
4x16G FC
4x32G FC
1x100G
4x10G
4x25G
1x40G
1x25G (Cisco QSA28 with SFP28)
1x10G QSA or QSA28 with SFP+
1G (Cisco QSA with SFP and
SFP+)
Migrating a Cisco 6400 Series Fabric Interconnect to a Cisco
6500 Series Fabric Interconnect
Migrating from a Cisco 6400 Series Fabric Interconnect to a Cisco 6500 Series Fabric Interconnect is supported.
Cisco Intersight Managed Mode is required to migrate to 6500 Series Fabric Interconnects.
To migrate from a Cisco UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnect to a Cisco 6500 Series Fabric Interconnect,
refer to "Migrating to Cisco UCS 6500 Series Fabric Interconnects" in the
Configuration
Cisco UCS 6500 Series Fabric Interconnect Hardware Installation Guide
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Ports 1 through 8 (QSFP28)
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes (QSA28)
Yes (QSA28)
No
Guide.
Connecting the Fabric Interconnect
Ports 9 - through 36 (QSFP28)
Yes on ports 33 through 36 only
Yes on ports 33 through 36 only
Yes on ports 33 through 36 only
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes (QSA28)
Yes (QSA28)
Yes, ports 9 and 10 only
Ports 11 through 36, no
Cisco Intersight Managed Mode