Just be careful with the 1036 and breaking the 40g ports out to 10g. you can't break out all the ports, and when you break one out, you sometimes lose another 40g port!
Jason Manley CBF Manager SKA-SA Cell: +27 82 662 7726 Work: +27 21 506 7300 On 03 Sep 2014, at 15:07, John Ford <jf...@nrao.edu> wrote: >> >>> Or does someone know of a 40-10 optical cable? >> Yes, and mellanox have them, including the fibre cable itself in short >> distances. But it's only multi-mode (40GBASE-SR4 to 4x 10GBASE-SR) so >> you're limited to ~100m or so. It uses an MTP connector on the 40G side, >> and an LC connector on the 10G side. We use these in our pedestal switches >> for MeerKAT. > > Thanks. Maybe the 1036 is an option, then. It has way better internal > interconnect bandwidth. I couldn't find them in the mellanox web site. > >> >> Jason >> > >
