Mellanox SSF-8436 QSFP+ * MC2207310 * InfiniBand * Optical Transceiver * Emcore
Do anyone know what kind of fiber cables you need for these? SC? LC?
Do anyone know what kind of fiber cables you need for these? SC? LC?
Cheap QSFP Tranceivers $2.70 for Infiniband
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Sorry but these are useless to 99.9% of people buying network gear on fleabay. Your day job probably needs with an ISP or similar so you have access to expensive repair equipment. These are not your standard transceivers but factory built single assembly cables that were cut.
If they were normal QSFP optics, then they'd have MPO/MTP connectors, with 12 fiber strands bundled into one connector.
I guess you could try to splice these, but splicing 12 strands correctly sounds, uhm, uneconomical.
I guess you could try to splice these, but splicing 12 strands correctly sounds, uhm, uneconomical.
9,000 Mellanox Infiniband cables chopped in half? They saved a bit of labor cost by cutting them to remove from the racks, but turned them into near junk by doing so. So sad. Unless you can splice fiber, avoid.
I bought a bunch of these a while back to see if you could attach cables. End result was that it wasn't worth it, and NOT something an amateur could do. There's some pics I took of the inside of these connectors on this site somewhere.
I made the same mistake with these, the catch is finding the interconnecting cables, 12 strand MTP OM3 Crossover Cable... the biggest issue is also finding the cable that allows the connector end to be taken off as this design is non-standard.. its funny cause the cables on these QSFP+ connectors are dated back to 2011 one would think these would be easy and cheap to get.... Sadly No Dice...