The network cables that can be used with the switch are listed in the following table.
Table 4. G8264 network cabling requirements
Transceiver
40 Gb Ethernet
40Gb SR QSFP+ BiDi
(00YL631)
40Gb SR4 QSFP+
(49Y7884)
40Gb iSR4 QSFP+
(00D9865)
40Gb eSR4 QSFP+
(00FE325)
40Gb LR4 QSFP+
(00D6222)
Direct attach cable
10 Gb Ethernet
10Gb SR SFP+ (46C3447)
1/10Gb SFP+ (00MY034)
10Gb LR SFP+ (90Y9412) 10GBASE-LR
10Gb ER SFP+ (90Y9415) 10GBASE-ER
Direct attach cable
1 Gb Ethernet
1Gb RJ-45 SFP
(00FE333)
1Gb SX SFP (81Y1622)
1/10Gb SFP+ (00MY034)
1Gb LX SFP (90Y9424)
Management ports
1 GbE management port
RS-232 management port RS-232
Lenovo RackSwitch G8264
Standard
Cable
40GBASE-SR
Up to 30 m with fiber optic cables supplied by Lenovo
BiDi
(see Table 3); up to 100 m with OM3 multimode fiber or
up to 150 m with OM4 multimode fiber
40GBASE-SR4 10 m or 30 m MPO fiber optic cables supplied by
Lenovo (see Table 3); support for up to 100 m with
OM3 multimode fiber or up to 150 m with OM4
multimode fiber
40GBASE-SR4 10 m or 30 m MPO fiber optic cables or MPO-4xLC
breakout cables up to 5 m supplied by Lenovo (see
Table 3); support for up to 100 m with OM3 multimode
fiber or up to 150 m with OM4 multimode fiber
40GBASE-SR4 10 m or 30 m MPO fiber optic cables or MPO-4xLC
breakout cables up to 5 m supplied by Lenovo (see
Table 3); support for up to 300 m with OM3 multimode
fiber or up to 400 m with OM4 multimode fiber
40GBASE-LR4 1310 nm single-mode fiber cable up to 10 km
40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ to QSFP+ DAC cables up to 7 m; QSFP+ to
4x SFP+ DAC break-out cables up to 5 m for 4x 10 GbE
SFP+ connections out of a 40 GbE port (see Table 3)
10GBASE-SR
Up to 30 m with fiber optic cables supplied by Lenovo
(see Table 3); up to 300 m with OM3 multimode fiber or
up to 400 m with OM4 multimode fiber
1310 nm single-mode fiber cable up to 10 km
1310 nm single-mode fiber cable up to 40 km
10GSFP+Cu
SFP+ DAC cables up to 7 m (see Table 3)
1000BASE-T
UTP Category 5, 5E, and 6 up to 100 meters
1000BASE-SX
Up to 30 m with fiber optic cables supplied by Lenovo
(see Table 3); 850 nm multimode fiber cable 50 µ (OM2)
up to 550 m or 62.5 µ (OM1) up to 220 m
1000BASE-LX
1310 nm single-mode fiber cable up to 10 km
1000BASE-T
UTP Category 5, 5E, and 6 up to 100 meters
DB-9/RJ-45-to-Mini-USB (comes with the switch)
Connector
LC
MPO
MPO
MPO
LC
QSFP+
LC
LC
LC
SFP+
RJ-45
LC
LC
RJ-45
Mini-USB
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