The Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E meets general-purpose data center needs. In addition, it has 32-MB buffers and enhanced statistics counters specifically optimized for data center applications such as big data, parallel storage, and video editing applications. The Cisco Nexus 2248TP-E comes with 48 100/1000 BASE-T host ports and, enhanced small form-factor pluggable 10 gigabit Ethernet uplinks.