auch die Verbindung einer 10G PCI Serverkarte (Hersteller A) mit dem Fibrechannel-Switch ( Hersteller B) m?glich.
Neben dem klassischen SFP+ Formfaktor für 10 Gigabit Ethernet und Fibrechannel, gibt es diese Direktlinks (Cable Assemblies) mit fest montierten Transceivern an beiden Enden auch für 40G Anwendungen im QSFP Formfaktor.Are all SFP+ Passive DAC created equally? The answer is no. There DAC CABLE two types SFP+ DAC cable: Active and Passive. Scientific Computer has a good article listing SFP differences between active and passive cables.You can see here three different cables. The one on SFP left is the Brocade active cable.The middle is the Juniper passive cable, and the one on the right is a Cisco passive cable.You can see the contact pad difference between the active and passive cables.The quick answer is not without a compatability check...As with many switch vendors HP, Cisco especially don't like other vendors DAC cables and Intel Ethernet SFP+ Passive DAC themselves differ immensely from vendor to vendor.The Intel NICs I have used in HP servers had to have a specific type of DAC whereas the Netgear GSM73xx works with every 10gbe DAC I throw at it.Read the manufacturers specs very carefully on each device and make sure the DAC is compatible with your switch first and foremost the Server NICs seem to be more tolerant of DAC cable types.Remember there are two types of DAC Passive and Active.