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System Hardware 65
Figure 45: DAC Cable
Note
Cambium Networks recommends using the cable gland (part number: C000000L176A -
Standard cable gland for 6 mm cable, M25, Qty 10) with the DAC cable for V3000 and
V5000 products.
This topic covers the following sections:
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Benefits
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Use cases
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Key points to install the DAC cable
Benefits
Following are some of the benefits of using the DAC cable:
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Eliminates the need to buy two SFP+ transceivers and a compatible optical cable, resulting in a
reduced inventory management and a low cost solution.
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Consists of factory terminated and ensures watertight sealing.
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Prevents installation errors when terminating optical cables to SFP+ transceivers.
Use cases
Following are the use cases of the DAC cable:
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Connecting a V3000-to-V3000 backhauled link
With the use of the DAC cable, the V3000 devices can achieve an aggregate speed of up to 3.6
Gbps.
Typically, a multi-hop point-to-point link deployment, which connects two back-to-back V3000
devices, requires the use of 10 Gig SFP+ interface. In such cases, the DAC cable (from Cambium
Networks) can be used, instead of two SFP+ transceivers and an optical cable, to backhaul the
traffic (as shown in
Figure 46 ).