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DESCRIPTION

Tyco Electronics is a leading developer of

Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable, a new

high speed pluggable I/O interface products.

This interconnect system offers 4 channels,

providing 3 times the density of SFP/SFP+

ports. QSFP cages and connectors are

designed for data rates up to 10 Gb/s,

supporting Fibre Channel, Ethernet,

SDH/SONET and INFINIBAND standards.

The cage/connector system will accept opti-

cal or copper interfaces.

APPLICATIONS

• Switches, routers, and

host bus adapters (HBA’s)

• Enterprise storage

• High density, high speed I/O

• Multiple channel interconnects

TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS

Product Specification: 108-2286

KEY FEATURES

• 4x solution featuring

Tyco Electronics 38 position

EVERCLEAR connector

• Light pipe and heat sink options available

• Through-bezel and behind-bezel cage

options with proven EMI containment

• Direct attach copper cables for short

reach applications

• Cable assemblies compatible with

industry standard cages

• Quick release cable latching system

• Copper cable 360 degree braid crimp

minimizes EMI

• Various specialty copper cable assemblies

available

• MPO connectors plug into QSFP

parallel optic transceiver modules

• Copper cable assembly performance is

optimized when cable is engineered to

system architecture

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Cages and Connectors

Product Manager - Mike Walmsley

Phone: 717-985-2835

Fax: 717-985-2833

Email: mjwalmsl@tycoelectronics.com

Copper Cable Assembly

Product Manager - Dave Stonfer

Phone: 717-986-5950

Fax: 717-986-7179

Email: david.stonfer@tycoelectronics.com

Fiber Optic Cables

Product Manager - Brent Hatfield

Phone: 717-986-7037

Fax: 717-986-592-3244

Email: brent.hatfield@tycoelectronics.com

Technical Support

USA: 1-800-522-6752

Canada: 1-905-470-4425

UK: 44-141-810-8967

Japan: 81-44-844-8013

INFINIBAND is a trademark of the InfiniBand Trade Association.

Fibre Channel is a trademark of the Fibre Channel Industry Association.

Quad Small Form- factor Pluggable (QSFP) Products