The cable is available in a number of standard lengths up to 100 meters.QSFP+ AOC offer customers the flexibility of traditional optical modules by interfacing to systems via a standard QSFP+ MSA, SFF-8436 connector. The cable is electrically compliant with the SFP+ interface supporting InfiniBand, Ethernet, Fibre Channel and other applications. The QSFP+ connector includes the Digital Diagnostic Monitoring Interface (DDMI).Active Optical Cable (AOCs) extremely low power consumption of only 0.78W per cable end improves overall data center power consumption and thermal efficiency. Molex PSM4 AOC’s use single mode silicon photonics (SiPh) to enable QSFP-H40G-CU3M – Compatible Cisco 40GbE QSFP+ QDR Direct-Attach Copper Cable 3ml transmitting up to 4km on single mode ribbon fiber. AOC pigtails (QSFP+ to MPO) allow for easy plug in to installed SM structured cabling, thus eliminating the need to pull the QSFP+ AOC through long distances.
Featuring four bi-directional optical data links per end, each operating at data rates from 1.0 to 14.0 Gbps, Fourteen Data Rate (FDR) AOC cables from Molex are compatible with multiple protocols including InfiniBand FDR, 10Gb Ethernet, SAS 2.0 and 3.0 (6 and 12 Gbps), Fibre Channel (8 and 10 Gbps). A low Bit Error Rate of 10e-18 errors provides increased data reliability and a robust link compared to standard transceivers with 10e-15 errors per link. The cables are also available in a low loss pigtail version, which allows customers to install the singlemode fiber separately and connect to the pigtail version to avoid constant high-cost cable upgrades as bandwidth increases.The QSFP+ AOC cables from 10Gtek's are available in lengths up to 4 km (2.49 miles) for optimal design flexibility.