Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect 6454 | Data Center Switch, 54 Ports — CON-L2NBD-UCSX221C

Keep UCS environments tightly connected with a fabric interconnect designed to anchor high-density compute domains. Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect 6454 brings 54 ports and support for 10/25/40/100 GbE connectivity into a compact switching platform, giving infrastructure teams a clean path to aggregate server traffic without adding unnecessary layers of complexity. This model fits deployments where fabric consistency matters as much as raw bandwidth. It is built to support centralized UCS management and high-throughput east-west traffic patterns, making it a strong fit for virtualization clusters, private cloud infrastructure, and application tiers that cannot tolerate bottlenecks. The 3,600 Gbps switching capacity provides the headroom needed for growth, while the fabric interconnect architecture helps simplify operational control across connected chassis and servers. For organizations standardizing on Cisco UCS, the 6454 offers a practical balance of density, performance, and control. It is the kind of platform that justifies its place in the rack by reducing cable complexity, preserving performance under load, and supporting the fabric model that many enterprise data centers rely on for predictable operations. Ideal For UCS blade and rack server aggregation in enterprise data centers Virtualization clusters requiring high-throughput east-west traffic Private cloud fabrics built on Cisco UCS infrastructure Centralized server connectivity for standardized compute domains Why This Product 1 Built for UCS fabric aggregation rather than generic top-of-rack switching 2 Offers 54 ports with 10/25/40/100 GbE support 3 Delivers 3,600 Gbps switching capacity for dense compute traffic 4 Fits centralized Cisco-managed UCS environments