Blade ICE BLADEOS BMD00178 - Manual (Page 5)

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guide
BMD00178, April 2010 5
The GbESM contains three 10 Gigabit Small Form-factor, Pluggable (SFP+) slots. The 10Gb SFP+
slots can accept 1Gb copper transceivers, 10Gb optical transceivers, or Direct Attach Cables
(DAC).
Note – If a DAC is not programmed to meet MSA specifications (including length identifier), the
switch disables the port and generates a syslog message indicating that the DAC is not approved.
The GbESM does not disable the SFP+ ports when using MSA-compliant DAC cables. For best
results, the following cables have been qualified to work with the switch:
Table 1 Recommended SFP+ transceiver
Part number Description
BN-SP-CBL-1M SFP+ Copper Direct Attach Cable - 1 meter
BN-SP-CBL-3M SFP+ Copper Direct Attach Cable - 3 meters
BN-SP-CBL-7M SFP+ Copper Direct Attach Cable - 7 meters
BN-SP-CBL-10M SFP+ Copper Direct Attach Cable - 10 meters