UCS Port Licensing with 2K Fabric Extenders

A FEX like a 2232 can be added to UCS to provide additional ports for connecting C-series servers. Do you still only license the ports used on the Fabric Interconnects - ie, I add a 2232 using 2x10GE uplinks to each FI, I gain 32 10GE connections for servers, but only use two port licenses on the FI?
Thanks,
J

Correct ! just be aware of the following caveat
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c-series_integration/ucsm2-2/b_C-Series-Integration_UCSM2-2.pdf
Maximum Configurable vNICs/vHBAs Based on Number of FEX Uplinks
Table 3: Cisco UCS 6200 Fabric Interconnect

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What is the best way to monitor the traffic between UCS fabric extenders (chassis) and fabric interconnect? Specifically I am looking for parameters to keep an eye on to determine when we may need to move from 2 links per fabric extender to 4 to handle greater IO needs.
Thanks.
- Klaus

One way you could monitor usage is by looking at the interface stats just as you would for any switch uplink.
Connect to the Cluster CLI
connect NXOS
Look at the input/output rate of your Server Uplink interfaces.
In my example I'm using fixed ports 1 through 4 on my FI's connecting to the IOM of the Chassis.
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30 seconds input rate 17114328 bits/sec, 1089 packets/sec
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30 seconds input rate 2376 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
30 seconds output rate 1584 bits/sec, 2 packets/sec
    input rate 1.58 Kbps, 0 pps; output rate 1.58 Kbps, 3 pps
30 seconds input rate 2376 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
30 seconds output rate 31680 bits/sec, 20 packets/sec
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30 seconds input rate 2376 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
30 seconds output rate 1584 bits/sec, 1 packets/sec
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NEXUS 3548 with 24 Port License

Ive a 3548 box with 24port Lic,My concern is about the functionality of the remaining 24 Ports.Will there be a problem with the rest of the 24 ports while in production.
NX3548# sh inventory
NAME: "Chassis", DESCR: "Nexus 3548 Chassis"
PID: N3K-C3548P-10G    , VID: V02 , SN: XXXXXXXXXX
NAME: "Module 1", DESCR: "48x10GE Supervisor"
PID: N3K-C3548P-10G    , VID: V02 , SN: XXXXXXXXXX
NX3548# SH LICense usage
Feature                      Ins Lic   Status Expiry Date Comments
                                 Count
24P_LIC_PKG                   Yes   -   Unused Never       -
24P_UPG_PKG                   No    -   Unused             -
LAN_BASE_SERVICES_PKG         Yes   -   Unused Never       -
ALGO_BOOST_SERVICES_PKG       No    -   Unused             -
LAN1K9_ENT_SERVICES_PKG       No    -   Unused             -
LAN_ENTERPRISE_SERVICES_PKG   No    -   Unused             -

Hello Dhanesh,
thanks for your reply.
We have 2 3548 licensed exactly as your Nexus.
After a reboot of the two Nexus the first 4 ports (of the two) had problems (no input packets, only ouput packets, so unusable). There was connected devices with GLC-T, so they worked at 1 G, not 10G.
We opened a TAC Case about this and, after remote session and many analysis, the engineer decided to replace the two devices.
Despite this I have still some doubt.
I found the discussion below and I post some logs of one of the Nexus, we use the 10 G not in a contiguous way.
Thanks and regards
https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/12073821/nexus-3548-24-port-license-what-ports-use
371) Event:E_DEBUG, length:55, at 552701 usecs after Sat Mar 14 20:02:11 2015
    [825307441] Couldn't send grace period data: No route to host
372) Event:E_DEBUG, length:58, at 255834 usecs after Sat Mar 14 19:02:57 2015
    [825307441] Couldn't fetch grace enabled status: no such pss key
373) Event:E_DEBUG, length:55, at 819209 usecs after Sat Mar 14 19:02:18 2015
    [825307441] Couldn't send grace period data: No route to host
374) Event:E_DEBUG, length:44, at 818664 usecs after Sat Mar 14 19:02:18 2015
    [825307441] Failed to get VDC map: no such pss key
375) Event:E_DEBUG, length:44, at 818270 usecs after Sat Mar 14 19:02:18 2015
    [825307441] Transient read error in glob_refresh()
376) Event:E_DEBUG, length:60, at 813122 usecs after Sat Mar 14 19:02:18 2015
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377) Event:E_DEBUG, length:50, at 773120 usecs after Sat Mar 14 19:02:18 2015
    [825307441] Expiry date for feature 24P_LIC_PKG: 3650000
378) Event:E_DEBUG, length:30, at 716563 usecs after Sat Mar 14 19:02:08 2015
    [825307441] checking confcheck config
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Port          Name               Status    Vlan      Duplex Speed   Type
Eth1/1        *** FREE ***       sfpAbsent 1         full    1000    --
Eth1/2        *** FREE ***       sfpAbsent 1         full    1000    --
Eth1/3        *** FREE ***       sfpAbsent 1         full    1000    --
Eth1/4        *** FREE ***       sfpAbsent 1         full    1000    --
Eth1/5        UCS_UPLINK_FABRIC_ connected trunk     full    10G     SFP-H10GB-CU5M
Eth1/6        UCS_UPLINK_FABRIC_ connected trunk     full    10G     SFP-H10GB-CU5M
Eth1/7        --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/8        --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/9        --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/10       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/11       --                 connected trunk     full    1000    1000base-T
Eth1/12       --                 connected trunk     full    1000    1000base-T
Eth1/13       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/14       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/15       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/16       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/17       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/18       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/19       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/20       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/21       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/22       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/23       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/24       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/25       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/26       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/27       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/28       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/29       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/30       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/31       *** FREE ***       notconnec 1         full    1000    1000base-T
Eth1/32       --                 sfpInvali 1         full    10G     1000base-T
Eth1/33       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/34       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/35       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/36       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/37       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/38       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/39       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/40       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/41       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/42       --                 sfpAbsent 1         full    10G     --
Eth1/43       --                 notconnec 1         full    10G     10Gbase-SR
Eth1/44       --                 notconnec 1         full    10G     10Gbase-SR
Eth1/45       C3850-CORE [Port-C connected trunk     full    10G     10Gbase-SR
Eth1/46       C3850-CORE [Port-C connected trunk     full    10G     10Gbase-SR
Eth1/47       vPC PeerLink [Port connected trunk     full    10G     SFP-H10GB-CU3M
Eth1/48       vPC PeerLink [Port connected trunk     full    10G     SFP-H10GB-CU3M
Po2           C3850-CORE         connected trunk     full    10G     --
Po3           3750-DC            connected trunk     full    a-1000 --
Po4           UCS_UPLINK_FABRIC_ connected trunk     full    10G     --
Po10          vPC PeerLink       connected trunk     full    10G     --
mgmt0         --                 connected routed    full    a-1000 --

Port-channel Problem between Fabric Interconnect and N7K vPC

Dear all,
I have a problem with Port-channel Uplink between Fabric Interconnect with N7K using vPC
This is my network topology for UCS Deployment
In N7K I has configured vPC for red link and green link, at Fabric Interconnect A I has configured Port-Channel with member is Port 1 and Port 2, uplink is red link. At Fabric Interconnect B, I has configured Port-Channel with member is Port 1 and Port 2, uplink is green link.
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Thanks Matthew very much,
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Craig,
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http://www.cisco.com/go/license
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David

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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/unity_exp/rel7_1/Licensing/Using_CSL.html#wp1102792
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