Fiberstore SFP Direct Attach Cable Introduction

Small form-factor pluggable plus transceiver (SFP+) direct attach cables, also known as Twinax cables, a twinax cable with SFP+ connector, is designed to work with equipment with 10G SFP+ interface and The SFP+ DAC using an enhanced SFP+ connector to send 10Gbps data through one paired transmitters and receivers over a thin twinax cable. Fiberstore provides three types of 10G SFP+ Direct Attach Cable: 10G SFP+ Passive Copper Cable (PCC), 10G SFP+ Active Copper Cable (ACC), and 10G SFP+ Active Optical Cable (AOC).They are suitable for for highly cost-effective networking connectivity within a rack and between adjacent racks.

10G SFP+ Passive Copper Cable

SFP+ Direct Attach Passive Copper Cable Assemblies are a high speed, cost effective alternative to fiber optics in 10Gb Ethernet. It alse into the physical infrastructure, businesses can achieve 10 Gigabit performance port-to-port without additional signal processing or conversion, providing a low power,low latency 10 Gb/s server interconnect option for top of rack switching applications.For example: Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU1M Compatible SFP to SFP Copper direct-attach cables only need US$ 18.00. (from Fiberstore Interconnect Compatible Solutions).

Passive Copper AWG30 10GBASE SFP+ DAC

Figure 1. 10G SFP+ Passive Copper Cable

10G SFP+ Active Copper Cable

SFP+ Direct Attach Active SFP+ copper cable assemblies use state-of-the-art technology to provide cost effective high data throughput. These cables use a 20-position connector with active circuitry to increase distances and to improve EMI and reduce signal loss. The cables are hot-removable and hot-insertable: You can remove and replace them without powering off the switch or disrupting switch functions. A cable comprises a low-voltage cable assembly that connects directly into two SFP+ ports, one at each end of the cable. The cables use high-performance integrated duplex serial data links for bidirectional communication and are designed for data rates of up to 10 Gbps.Each SFP+ Active Copper Cable Assembly emulates a pair of optical modules with complete system transparency, thus allowing you to cut your power budget in half and your cable budget by far more.

Active Copper AWG30 10GBASE SFP+ DAC

Figure 2. 10G SFP+ Active Copper Cable

10G SFP+ AOC Cable

SFP+ Active Optical Cable (AOC) is a 10Gbps solution to 10G Ethernet, and high-performance computing applications.SFP+ AOC is designed for high speed, short range data link via optical fiber wire. SFP+ AOC provide high performance Enhanced Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP+) interface and is a cost effective solution for Data Center or storage and all short range data application.

10GBASE SFP+ Active Optical Cable

Figure 3. 10GBASE SFP+ Active Optical Cable

SFP+ copper cable assemblies enable hardware OEMs and data center operators to achieve high port density and configurability at a low cost and reduced power requirement.This high speed data transport capability is ideal as server virtualization becomes more prevalent. With multiple virtual machines, server I/O consolidation topology requires 10 Gb/s interconnects between top of rack switches and servers.SFP+ cable is a low cost SFP+ solution.

Fiberstore do provide a good selection of 10G SFP+ cables, both passive and active and option for active optical 10m cable ,and on longer distances, active copper or optical cables are required.Fiberstore.com offers SFP+ DAC cables in lengths of 1 to 10 meters and custom OEM cables also accepted.Fiberstore’s DAC Cables Now On Sale 30% OFF.