majorspawn Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Hi Guys, I got a SFP+ DAC cable, but also wanted to fiber connection with the peer to peer MNPA19-XTR for a potential longer run. What 10Gbe fiber module do you recommend and cable? There seem to be a lot of choices on ebay cisco, HP, IBM 850nm v.s 1610nm etc? Some parts and explanation on differences would be fantastic Thanks very much in adavnce Konrad Quote Link to comment
Chris Pollard Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 (edited) I would try and get hold of the supported ones, some cards are funny about which transceivers they will take. Mellanox ones are here :- http://www.mellanox.com/products/interconnect/ethernet-optical-transceivers.php I assume they will be compatible with the cards you have. Guessing you will not need LR (Over 300M fibre, 1610nm) so I would go for SR (850nm) since they tend to be cheaper...... Make sure you buy the right fibre too. Edited June 9, 2018 by Chris Pollard Quote Link to comment
majorspawn Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 Chris, would these Cisco Units work? https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F113003154182 Quote Link to comment
Chris Pollard Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Google suggests Mellanox cards aren't fussy so those Cisco ones should work..... but I only personally have experience with Cisco stuff in Cisco network gear so ymmv You will need 850nm OM3 Multimode fibre for the SFP-10G-SR. Quote Link to comment
majorspawn Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 Would om4 work ? What's the difference between om3 and 4? I bought this I suppose I can change if it doesn't work https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F261534562730 Quote Link to comment
Chris Pollard Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 OM4 should work too, I think you can get slightly better range out of OM4. Quote Link to comment
majorspawn Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 thanks so much, really appreciate the feedback and advice Quote Link to comment
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