Cabling
Rev 1.1
Mellanox Technologies
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Cabling
5.1
Supported Approved Cables
For a list of approved cables for this switch see
http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/user_manuals/Mellanox_approved_cables.pdf
5.2
Splitting the Data Stream Using Breakout (Fanout) Cables
Specific ports can be split by using a QSFP 1X4 breakout cable to split one 40 GbE port into 4
lanes (4 SFP+ connectors 10GbE each). These 4 lanes then go, one lane to each of the 4 SFP+
connectors.
Figure 31: Breakout or Fanout Cable
Figure 32: Port Splitting Options
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
EXT
1 EXT
2
EXT
3 EXT
4
EXT
5 EXT
6
This port can be split into 4 10Gb/s SFP+
The maximum 10 Gb/s Ethernet ports configurable with this switch is 24.
