Gbe Sfp+ Ethernet Cable; Figure 20: Qsfp And 10 Gbe Connectors - Mellanox Technologies Grid Director 4036E Installation Manual

Grid Director 4036E Installation Manual
QSFP Cable Overview
Every 4036E port on the switch is equipped with transmit and receive circuits that can adjust to
fit different types of link characteristics and either optical or copper cables.
The QSFP cables shown below transmit and receive up to 10 Gbps per channel (total: up to 40
Gbps per port) over a single active/passive optical or copper cable, Passive copper cables do
not consume any additional power while active copper and optic cables consume up to 2.5
Watt.
The following figure shows the QSFP module with Copper or Optical cables. You can install
any combination of the three cable types in any of the 36E QSFP cages.

Figure 20: QSFP and 10 GbE Connectors

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10 GbE SFP+ Ethernet Cable

SFP+ Key Features:
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Small size, high density, hot-pluggable connector with a transmit and a receive channel.
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Supports both types of cables:
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Copper active or passive cable
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Copper passive cable is equipped with two simple passive connectors and a standard
copper cable.
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Copper active cable equipped with an active device to optimize signal quality.
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Fibre optic cable delivered as either:
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Fibre cable with two separate modules
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Active optic cable where cable and optic adaptors are delivered as a single unit
(permanently attached cable)
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