Breakout cables

The copper breakout cables are terminated with optical connectors and are available in 1m, 3m, 5m, and 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 9740 switch router interfaces 0/25 to 0/36 support up to 48 10GbE or 48 25GgE ports in breakout mode by using the following optics:

For 4 x 10Gbe breakout:

• 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:

• 100G-QSFP-4SFP-P-XXX

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