Difference between 5548P and 5548UP?

In both 5548UP and 5548P, It has 32 ports in fixed slot 1 and 16 ports in expansion module i.e slot 2.

In 5548P, we can only have 16 FC ports which are on expansion module. We cannot convert Ethernet port in fixed slot to FC whereas in 5548UP all 48 ports (including 32 fixed port + 16 expansion module ports) can be converted as native FC ports.

Each time we convert Ethernet port in fixed module to FC or vice versa, requires a switch reboot whereas ports on expansion module can be converted by rebooting only the expansion module without impacting the traffic of fixed module ports.

Below is the command to reboot only the expansion module:-

Slot 2 Copy run start port 1-16 type fc Poweroff module 2 No poweroff module 2

NOTE: - It will take few minutes to show the FC ports after conversion and all 48 ports in both switches can support FCOE.

5548P is now EOL and replacement model is 5672UP.