Network cabling requirements
The network cables that can be used with the switch are listed in Table 4.
Table 4. G8264CS network cabling requirements
Transceiver
Standard
Cable
Connector
40 Gb Ethernet
40GBASE-SR QSFP+
Transceiver (49Y7884)
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
MTP
QSFP+ 40GBASE-LR4
Transceiver (00D6222)
40GBASE-LR4
1310 nm single-mode fiber cable up to 10 km
LC
Direct attach cable
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)
QSFP+
10 Gb Ethernet
SR SFP+ Transceiver
(46C3447)
10GBASE-SR
Up to 30 m with fiber cables supplied by Lenovo (see Table 3);
850 nm OM3 multimode fiber up to 300 m or up to 400 m with
OM4 multimode fiber
LC
LR SFP+ Transceiver
(00D6180)
10GBASE-LR
1310 nm single-mode fiber cable up to 10 km
LC
ER SFP+ Transceiver
(90Y9415)
10GBASE-ER
1310 nm single-mode fiber cable up to 40 km
LC
Direct attach cable
Cu
SFP+ DAC cables up to 7 m (see Table 3)
SFP+
1 Gb Ethernet
SFP RJ-45 Transceiver
(00FE333)
1000BASE-T
UTP Category 5, 5E, and 6 up to 100 meters
RJ-45
SFP SX Transceiver
(81Y1622)
1000BASE-SX
Up 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)
LC
SFP LX Transceiver
(90Y9424)
1000BASE-LX
1310 nm single-mode fiber cable up to 10 km
LC
8 Gb Fibre Channel (operating at 8 Gbps or 4 Gbps)
8Gb SFP+ SW Optical
Transceiver (44X1964)
FC-PI-4 (8GFC,
4GFC)
Up to 30 m with fiber optic cables supplied by Lenovo (see
Table 3); 850 nm multimode fiber, 50 µ (up to 150 m at 8 Gbps;
up to 380 m at 4 Gbps) or 62.5 µ (up to 21 m at 8 Gbps; up to
70 m at 4 Gbps)
LC
8Gb SFP+ LW Optical
Transceiver (00FM472)
FC-PI-4 (8GFC,
4GFC)
1310 nm single-mode fiber cable up to 10 km (at 8 Gbps or 4
Gbps)
LC
Management ports
1 GbE management port
1000BASE-T
UTP Category 5, 5E, and 6 up to 100 meters
RJ-45
RS-232 management port
RS-232
DB-9-to-mini-USB or RJ-45-to-mini-USB console cable
(comes standard with the switch)
Mini-USB
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