Breakout cables

The copper breakout cables are terminated with optical connectors and are available in 1m, 3m, 5m, or greater lengths. No additional connectors or cabling are required when using the copper breakout. When using the fiber breakout cables, additional 10Gb optics are required.

For the SLX 9150-48Y switch, interfaces 0/49 to 0/56 support up to 8 10GbE or up to 8 25GbE ports in breakout mode by using the following optics:

For 4x 10GbE breakout cables:

• 4 SFP+ 40GbE-to-10GbE copper breakout cables in 1m, 3m, or 5m or greater lengths
• 40G-QSFP-SR4-INT (with fiber breakout cables and additional 10GbE optics)
• 40G-QSFP-ESR4 (with fiber breakout cables and additional 10GbE optics)

For 4x 25GbE breakout cables:

• 100G-QSFP-4SFP-P-XXX

For the SLX 9150-48XT switch, interfaces 0/49 to 0/54 support up to 8 10GbE or up to 8 25GbE ports in breakout mode by using the following optics:

For 4x 10GbE breakout cables:

• 4 SFP+ 40GbE-to-10GbE copper breakout cables in 1m, 3m, or 5m or greater lengths
• 40G-QSFP-SR4-INT (with fiber breakout cables and additional 10GbE optics)
• 40G-QSFP-ESR4 (with fiber breakout cables and additional 10GbE optics)

For 4x 25GbE breakout cables:

• 100G-QSFP-4SFP-P-XXX

First and last ports of the SLX 9150 uplinks are capable of breakouts (they are color coded differently too).

• SLX 9150-48Y will have the ports 49 and 56 and the 1st and last uplink ports
• SLX 9150-48XT will have the ports 49 and 54 as the 1st and last uplink ports

QSFP+ to 4 SFP+ (4 x 10 GbE) direct-attach copper breakout cable