Network cabling requirements
The network cables that can be used with the switch are listed in Table 5.
Table 5. G8264 network cabling requirements
Transceiver
40 Gb Ethernet
40GBASE-SR4 QSFP+
Transceiver (49Y7884)
40GBASE-LR4 QSFP+
Transceiver (00D6222)
Direct attach cable
10 Gb Ethernet
10GBASE-SR SFP+
Transceiver (46C3447)
10GBASE-LR SFP+
Transceiver (90Y9412)
10GBASE-ER SFP+
Transceiver (90Y9415)
Direct attach cable
1 Gb Ethernet
1000BASE-T SFP
Transceiver (00FE333)
1000BASE-SX SFP
Transceiver (81Y1622)
1000BASE-LX SFP
Transceiver (90Y9424)
Management ports
1 GbE management port
RS-232 management port
Warranty
RackSwitch G8264
Standard
Cable
40GBASE-SR4
10 m or 30 m MTP fiber optics cables supplied by Lenovo
(see Table 3); support for up to 100 m with OM3 multimode
fiber or up to 150 m with OM4 multimode fiber
40GBASE-LR4
1310 nm single-mode fiber cable up to 10 km
40GBASE-CR4
QSFP+ to QSFP+ DAC cables up to 7 m; QSFP+ to 4x
SFP+ DAC break-out cables up to 5 m for 4x 10 GbE SFP+
connections out of a 40 GbE port (see Table 3)
10GBASE-SR
Up to 30 m with fiber optic cables supplied by Lenovo (see
Table 3); 850 nm OM3 multimode fiber cable up to 300 m or
up to 400 m with OM4 multimode fiber
10GBASE-LR
1310 nm single-mode fiber cable up to 10 km
10GBASE-ER
1310 nm single-mode fiber cable up to 40 km
10GSFP+Cu
SFP+ DAC cables up to 7 m (see Table 3)
1000BASE-T
UTP Category 5, 5E, and 6 up to 100 meters
1000BASE-SX
Up to 30 m with fiber optic cables supplied by Lenovo (see
Table 3); 850 nm multimode fiber cable up to 550 m (50 µ)
or up to 220 m (62.5 µ)
1000BASE-LX
1310 nm single-mode fiber cable up to 10 km
1000BASE-T
UTP Category 5, 5E, and 6 up to 100 meters
RS-232
DB-9-to-mini-USB or RJ-45-to-mini-USB console cable
(comes standard with the switch)
Connector
MTP
LC
QSFP+
LC
LC
LC
SFP+
RJ-45
LC
LC
RJ-45
Mini-USB
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