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January 11, 2011

Siemon Releases Cable Assembly for High-Speed Data Center Ports

Siemon, a manufacturer of IT network cable and infrastructure systems, has released its Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus and Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus copper cable assembly.

These hybrid fanout cables now break the single 40Gb/s QSFP connector into four individual 10Gb/s SFP+ connectors, thereby allowing users to connect to multiple ports of SFP+ equipment to QSFP+ based equipment with just one, easy-to-use assembly.

Both the assemblies are matched to ensure interoperability with all the SFP+ host ports and minimize any type of insertion loss. The four 10Gb/s SFP+ legs are connected to the 40Gb/s capable QSFP+ connector. The 4-lane QSFP+ form factor now supports the 10Gb/s per lane providing 40Gb/s transfer rates of composite data.

In terms of data throughout and connector space, one QSFP+ connector can now replace up to four standard SFP+ connections. Hence, there is better port density and reduced system costs. The manufacturing of the products is completely automated, hence eliminating any type of assembly variations for industry leading signal integrity.

The Siemon (News - Alert) QSFP+ to SFP+ hybrid cable assemblies were developed as cost-effective versions for integrating higher-performance QSFP+ equipment with current SFP+ systems for enterprise networking, high performance computing and network storage applications.

Each end of the hybrid assembly is compliant with the SFF specifications that define the electrical and mechanical components for interoperability. The low power interconnects have channel lengths of 5 m and they are compatible with most of the data protocols such as DDR, QDR and Ethernet 10G, 40G and SAN. Siemon now offers application specific solutions for various assemblies such as EEPROM programming, custom lengths and wire gauges.   

The above interconnect is yet another important part of Siemon’s high-speed interconnect products, which also include the Moray QSFP+ Active Optical Cable assemblies.

Siemon recently enhanced its LockIT line of Secure Network in order to find out and deter any malicious attack on its network through unsecured connectivity.


Kunal Vahalia is a TMCnet freelancer. He has several years of freelance writing experience, including a stint working for drugdelivery.ca as an SEO content writer. To read more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Tammy Wolf
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