Fiberstore Direct Attach Cables

Meeting the ever growing need to cost-effectively deliver more bandwidth, Fiberstore SFP+ Direct Attached Cables deliver lower power, lower latency and higher density for today's Data Centers and Storage Area Networks.

SFP+ DAC Cables are a low cost alterna-tive to traditional fiber and twisted-pair copper cabling in top-of-rack and middle-of-row Data Center deployments.

In today's Data Center, more bandwidth is needed to support the use of server virtualization where multiple virtual machines are combined on a single physical host server. To accommodate the ever-growing number of operating systems and applications residing on individual servers, virtualization requires significantly increased data transmission between the servers and switches.

At the same time, the amount and type of devices residing on the network have dramatically increased the amount of data that needs to be transmitted to and from storage area networks (SANs) and Network Attached Storage (NAS). Depending on recent industry forecasts, the amount of enterprise data being transmitted will grow at more than 20% between 2011 and 2016. Consequently, Data Center managers are looking for cost-effective methods to provide more bandwidth, while optimizing power consumption and supporting modularity and scalability.

To meet these requirements, Fiberstore has expanded its line of Data Center Solutions to include SFP+ Direct Attached Cables. A low cost, low power consumption and low latency solution that is ideal for high-density, in-rack 10 gigabit per second (Gb/s) connections between servers and switches, SFP+ Direct Attached Cables feature rugged twinaxial cables that connect directly into a low-profile small form-factor pluggable plus (SFP+) diecast connector housing.

Fiberstore SFP+ Direct Attached Cables offer the smallest 10 gigabit form factor and a small overall cable diameter for higher density and optimized rack space in 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) uplinks and 10 gigabit Fiber Channel SAN and NAS input/output connections. The use of SFP+ Direct Attached Cables can cost up to three times less than fiber optic solutions, while offering lower latency and consuming up to 50% less power per port than current copper twisted-pair cabling systems.

Becoming increasingly popular for short distance top-of-rack (ToR) and middle-of-row (MoR) Data Center deployments, and expected to account for over 40% of 10 gigabit equipment ports, SFP+ Direct Attached Cables also provide enhanced scalability and flexibility. By connecting several servers or storage devices together in a single rack, the use of intermediate patch panels is eliminated and cabling outside of the rack is limited to the main switch connection, making it easy to move racks, deploy one rack at a time and isolate cabling changes to a single rack.

SFP+ Direct Attached Cables provide better cable management for high-density deployments and enhanced electrical characteristics for the most reliable signal transmission.

Supports 10 Gb/s data rates with backwards compatibility to 1 Gb/s
Supports 8x/4x/2x/1x Fibre Channel data rates for SANs and NAS
Compliant with the latest SFF-8431 specifications
Passive assemblies available in 1-foot increments from 1.6 to 32.8 ft (0.5 to 10 m)
Active assemblies available in 2-foot increments from 3.3 to 39.4 ft (1 to 12 m)
Connector cage designed for high-speed differential signaling
Easy pull-to-release latching mechanism
Extremely short lead times on all passive assemblies
Backed by superior support and a 10-year product warranty

Fiberstore Compatible Interconnect Solutions: the 10-Gigabit and 40-Gigabit High Speed Cable Compatible for Cisco. Fiberstore offers SFP+ twinax copper cables, SFP+ active optical cables, QSFP copper cable, breakout cable and QSFP AOC cables with 100% compatibility for Cisco.

Ordering Information

SFP+ Passive Cable Assembly, Cisco Compatible, 10G:

Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU1M, 1 meter, 30AWG, $18.00
Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU2M, 2 meter, 30AWG, $22.00
Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU3M, 3 meter, 30AWG, $27.00
Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU5M, 5 meter, 24AWG, $38.00
Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU7M, 7 meter, 24AWG, $75.00
Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU10M, 10 meter, 28AWG, $88.00

Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU5M

Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU5M SFP+ cable

SFP+ Active Cable Assembly, Cisco Compatible, 10G:

Cisco SFP-10G-AOC1M, 1 meter, $70.00
Cisco SFP-10G-AOC2M, 2 meter, $71.00
Cisco SFP-10G-AOC3M, 3 meter, $72.00
Cisco SFP-10G-AOC5M, 5 meter, $74.00
Cisco SFP-10G-AOC7M, 7 meter, $76.00
Cisco SFP-10G-AOC10M, 10 meter, $79.00

Cisco SFP-10G-AOC1M cable

QSFP+ Active Cable Assembly, Cisco Compatible, 10G:

Cisco QSFP-4X10G-AOC1M, 1 meter, $281.00
Cisco QSFP-4X10G-AOC2M, 2 meter, $287.00
Cisco QSFP-4X10G-AOC3M, 3 meter, $292.00
Cisco QSFP-4X10G-AOC5M, 5 meter, $302.00
Cisco QSFP-4X10G-AOC7M, 7 meter, $313.00
Cisco QSFP-4X10G-AOC10M, 10 meter, $333.00

Cisco QSFP-4X10G-AOC2M Compatible 40GBASE QSFP to 4 SFP+ Active cable

Cisco QSFP-4X10G-AOC2M QSFP to 4 SFP+ Active cable

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