Chapter 5. Installing Transceivers And Cables; Supported Transceivers And Cables; Blade - IBM SAN512B-6 Installation, Service And User Manual

Chapter 5. Installing Transceivers and Cables

This chapter provides the following information:
v "Supported transceivers and cables"
v "Time and items required" on page 60
v "Precautions specific to transceivers and cables" on page 61
v "Cleaning the fiber-optic connectors" on page 61
v "Cable management" on page 62
v "Installing an SFP+ transceiver" on page 62
v "Replacing an SFP+ transceiver" on page 64
v "Installing a QSFP transceiver" on page 65
v "Replacing a QSFP transceiver" on page 66
v "Verifying the operation of new transceivers" on page 68

Supported transceivers and cables

The following table is a general reference to the types of transceivers supported on
device blades.
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Table 9. Supported transceivers and cables

Blade

Transceiver Type
FC32-48 port blade 32 Gbps SFP28, SWL, LWL
16 Gbps SFP+, SWL, LWL,
ELWL
10 Gbps SFP+, SWL, LWL
SX6 extension 32 Gbps SFP28, SWL, LWL
blade
16 Gbps SFP+, SWL, LWL,
ELWL
10 Gbps, SFP+, SWL, LWL
10 GbE SFP+, SR, LR
10GBase-ZRD tunable SFP+ Fixed
1 GbE SFP, Copper
1 GbE SX SFP, LX SFP, and
CWDM SFP+
1 GbE CWDM SFP+
40 GbE QSFP,
SR4/LR4/ER4
CR32-8 core routing 4x16 Gbps QSFP, SWL,
blade
4x32 Gbps QSFP28, SWL
4x16 Gbps 2 km QSFP, LWL Fixed (each 16 Gbps
Auto-negotiate/ Speeds supported
Fixed (Gbps)
Auto negotiate 8, 16, 32
Auto negotiate 4, 8, 16
Fixed 10
Auto negotiate 8, 16, 32
Auto negotiate 4, 8, 16
Fixed 10
Fixed 10
10
Fixed 1
Fixed 1
Fixed 1
Fixed 40
Fixed (each 16 Gbps 16
channel)
Fixed (each 32 Gbps 32
channel)
16
channel)
57