Cabling
Cabling
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The rectangular connector needs to be fully inserted into the card until a definite click can be felt. This locks the cable in place.
Failure to lock the connector in place can result in the ExCable-Optical becoming separated from the card and the link between
chassis being lost.
Normal fibre handling precautions should be observed to avoid tight loops or kinks in the ExCable-Optical.
Bend radii below
75mm are not recommended and may result in fibre breakage.
To remove the connector gently pull the ring pull tab to unlock the connector from the card then slide the connector out fully.
5.2.2 Creating the PCIe Link - x8 (Optical)
For maximum bandwidth, the HLink \SLink -Optical cards should be connected using two optical cables to form an eight-lane
(“x8”) link, capable of 64G-transfers/sec (approx 6.4GB/s effective data rate in each direction).
In “x8” mode the Jumper Link “J7” on the HLink-Optical card must be set to position 2-3 as shown below.
When creating the “x8” link, the ExCable-Optical connected into the top connector on the HLink-Optical card must also be
connected to the top connector on the SLink-Optical card. Similarly the second ExCable-Optical must connect between the
lower card connectors.
Jumper Link “J7”
Connecting a x8 link
