Requirements; Cabling Requirements For The Appliance - IBM Accesser 4105 Appliance Manual

Requirements

Cabling
Table 55. Cabling requirements for the appliance
Cable
Power Cords
1000BASE-T Copper
Cables
Optical Fiber Cables
Direct Attach Copper
Cables
Type and Usage
Use only the power cords supplied with the appliance. Do not use another type of cord.
Do not use extension cords. If additional power cords are required, contact IBM Support.
Use high quality Category 5e or 5 (CAT5e, CAT5) copper cables.
Use Intel based enhanced small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) transceivers only. Both
short reach (SFP+ SR) and long reach (SFP+ LR) optics are supported. Optical fiber cable
specifications depend on the SFP+ module used. For more detail, refer to Intel
documentation on Modules and Cables.
Any SFP+ passive or active direct attach copper cable compliant with the SFF-8431 v4.1
and SFF-8472 v10.4 specifications is supported. For more details, refer to Intel
documentation on Modules and Cables.
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