The SFF-8436 document specifies a transceiver mechanical form factor with latching mechanism, host-board electrical-edge connector and cage. The hot-pluggable transceiver integrates 4 transmit and 4 receive channels. Molex's QSFP+ transceiver can replace up to 4 standard SFP+ transceivers. The result is greater port density and overall system cost savings over traditional SFP+ products. Molex's QSFP+ cable assemblies are designed to accommodate stacked and ganged connector configurations in extremely high-density requirements. This system will support 10 G Ethernet, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand, SAS and SONET/SDH standards with different data rate options.QSFP+ port cages for systems and adapters. Mellanox’s solution is being offered in three different options: one QSFP port, six QSFP ports, six QSFP ports with light pipes. The QSFP+ cages are designed for different markets and applications including hubs, switching, routers and adapters. The Mellanox QSFP+ cages are part of the end-to-end solution that Mellanox offers, allowing you create the optimal system using the Mellanox Silicon IC device and building the best planned data centers with Mellanox Cables and Modules and Mellanox systems and Adapters. The QSFP port cages are being offered in three different options: one single QSFP+ cage, line of six port cages with and without light pipes.
