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A10 Thunder Series 6430(S) ADC/CGN
Splitter Cable Support for QSFP 40G Ports
This chapter contains the following topics:
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Overview of 40G Port Splitting
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Port Splitting Configuration Examples
Overview of 40G Port Splitting
The 40G Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP+) ports on some Thunder Series devices can be
configured to serve dual purposes. A 40G Ethernet port can be configured as one 40G port or four 10G
ports.
For example, the Thunder 6430 device can be configured to have a maximum of 32 10G ports with 16
SFP+ on-board ports and four QSFP ports (if you use a four SFP+ splitter cable for all QSFP ports).
The split 40G ports supports the following configuration:
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Each port will have its own port number.
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Each port will work as an individual port.
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All ports will provide the same functionality as on-board 10G ports.
NOTE:
If you enable this feature, do not link to a configuration profile that does
not have this feature enabled. If this feature is not enabled, do not link to
a configuration profile that has port splitting enabled.
If you must link to a profile and there is a mis-match in the port splitting
configuration, you should enable or disable port splitting as appropriate
so the configurations match, then reboot the device, before linking the
profiles.
Supported Platforms
Port splitting is supported on the following Thunder Series devices:
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A10 Thunder Series 14045