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Cisco N2K-B22DELL-P Nexus B22 FEX for Dell M1000e 16x 10G + 8x SFP+

Part no.N2K-B22DELL-P

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Description

Cisco N2K-B22DELL-P — Nexus B22 Blade Fabric Extender for Dell PowerEdge M1000e

Technical Identity

The Cisco N2K-B22DELL-P is the Cisco Nexus B22 Blade Fabric Extender for Dell, a fabric extender (FEX) module that installs in the Dell PowerEdge M1000e blade enclosure. It provides 16 internal 1/10GBASE-KR host interfaces to the blade servers across the chassis midplane and 8 external 10G SFP+ fabric uplinks to a parent Cisco Nexus switch — 80 Gbps of fabric bandwidth in each direction (160 Gbps full duplex). A fabric extender is not a standalone switch: it operates only as a remote line card of a supported Nexus parent. Condition: Refurbished. Note on stock labels: units are labeled N2K-B22DELL-P V01 — V01 is the Cisco hardware version identifier appended to the PID N2K-B22DELL-P.

Specifications

  • Brand: Cisco (for Dell blade environments)
  • Model / MPN: N2K-B22DELL-P (Cisco Nexus B22DELL)
  • Series: Cisco Nexus B22 Blade Fabric Extenders
  • Product type: Blade fabric extender (FEX) module — not a standalone switch
  • Host interfaces: 16x internal 1/10GBASE-KR to blade servers via the M1000e midplane
  • Fabric uplinks: 8x external 10G SFP+ to the parent Cisco Nexus switch
  • Fabric bandwidth: 80 Gbps each direction (160 Gbps full duplex)
  • Parent distance: up to 3 km to the parent switch (300 m for FCoE traffic) per Cisco's datasheet
  • Supported enclosure: Dell PowerEdge M1000e blade enclosure only
  • Management: configured entirely from the parent Nexus switch — no local management plane
  • Stock labels: N2K-B22DELL-P V01 (V01 = hardware version of PID N2K-B22DELL-P)
  • Condition: Refurbished

Engineering Context

The Nexus B22 family extends Cisco's FEX architecture into third-party blade chassis, replacing a blade-resident switch with a logical line card of the top-of-row Nexus parent. For M1000e estates connected to Nexus fabrics, the B22DELL removes a separate management point inside the chassis: blade NICs at 1/10G connect over the midplane, and all switching policy, VLANs, and monitoring live on the parent switch. This keeps blade access consistent with rack-server access in the same Nexus domain, including unified fabric (FCoE) designs where supported by the parent.

Use Cases

  • Connecting Dell M1000e blade servers into an existing Cisco Nexus data center fabric
  • Replacing or sparing installed B22DELL modules in production M1000e chassis
  • Unified fabric (FCoE) blade access where the parent switch and design support it
  • Lab replication of legacy M1000e + Nexus topologies

What This Is NOT

  • NOT a standalone switch. It has no local control plane and requires a supported Cisco Nexus parent switch to operate.
  • NOT for HP, IBM, or Fujitsu blade chassis. Those environments use different B22 variants (e.g., N2K-B22HP-P, N2K-B22IBM-P); this module fits the Dell PowerEdge M1000e only.
  • NOT compatible with Dell M1000e I/O slots running other fabrics' modules interchangeably — install per Dell's M1000e I/O fabric rules.
  • NOT for Dell PowerEdge MX7000 or VRTX. The M1000e is the only supported enclosure.
  • NOT a 25G platform. Host and fabric interfaces are 1/10G.
  • NOT supplied with SFP+ optics, fabric cables, or a parent switch unless explicitly stated.

Compatibility & Hard Constraints

  • Enclosure: Dell PowerEdge M1000e I/O module bay only; verify fabric-slot mapping to the blade mezzanine NICs.
  • Parent switch: a Cisco Nexus parent listed in Cisco's B22 FEX compatibility matrix, on a supported NX-OS release — verify model and version before purchase.
  • Uplink cabling: 10G SFP+ optics or DAC per Cisco compatibility documentation; FCoE runs limited to 300 m per the datasheet.
  • Blade NICs: blade servers need 1/10GBASE-KR-capable NICs/mezzanine cards mapped to the module's fabric slot.
  • Pre-deployment verification: confirm parent-switch FEX support, uplink pinning/port-channel design, and M1000e fabric placement.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q. What is the Cisco N2K-B22DELL-P?
It is the Cisco Nexus B22 Blade Fabric Extender for Dell: an M1000e I/O module with 16 internal 1/10GBASE-KR host interfaces and 8 external 10G SFP+ uplinks to a parent Cisco Nexus switch.

Q. Can the N2K-B22DELL-P work as a standalone switch?
No. It is a fabric extender — a remote line card of a supported Cisco Nexus parent switch — and cannot forward traffic on its own.

Q. Which blade chassis does the N2K-B22DELL-P fit?
Only the Dell PowerEdge M1000e blade enclosure. Other B22 variants exist for HP, IBM, and Fujitsu chassis and are not interchangeable.

Q. How does it connect to the network?
Via 8x 10G SFP+ fabric uplinks to the parent Nexus switch (80 Gbps per direction); blade servers connect internally over the M1000e midplane.

Q. What does the V01 in the label N2K-B22DELL-P V01 mean?
V01 is Cisco's hardware version identifier printed after the PID. The orderable model is N2K-B22DELL-P.

Q. What condition is supplied by T.E.S IT-SOLUTIONS?
Refurbished. Each module is inspected and tested where test topology is available, cleaned, and shipped in professional anti-static packaging from EU stock. Two units are available.

Why T.E.S IT-SOLUTIONS

Every N2K-B22DELL-P unit ships with: (1) functional verification where test topology is available, (2) inspection and cleaning, (3) full cosmetic check, (4) professional anti-static packaging, (5) global B2B shipping from EU stock, (6) technical consultation for blade and data center access design at no extra cost.

Condition: Refurbished. No optics, cables, or vendor support entitlements are included unless explicitly stated. See tes-itsolutions.com.