I had to tear down my "network closet" over the weekend because I had an HVAC duct separate, that was fun. I thought it would be a good time to make things nicer and more organized.
At the location of my rack I have an incoming fiber connection from my work desktop to the Unifi switch SFP+ port. Been so long since I did that and I don't remember it all, but I have:
Finisar FTLX8571D3BCL 10GBASE-SR/SW SFP+ Transceivers
Total Cable Solutions OM3 10Gb 50/125 Multimode Duplex Fiber Optic Patch Cable, LC to LC (15 Meters)
For my ESXi servers and the Synology I'm using:
SFP-H10GB-CU3M CISCO SFP+ TWINAX COPPER CABLE 3M PASSIVE DAC CABLE
Those run into a Mikrotik switch, which also uplinks with the same type of cable to the Unifi switch.
Anyway, I'd like to have the front of the rack using just patch cables, vs running them from the back up to the switch, but running into some problems on how to do that. I see RJ45 has passthrough keystone jacks that you can just plug into a keystone patch panel, but the only keystone jacks for 10g I see are LC keystone jacks? Dumb question, but there is probably no such thing as an SFP+ passthrough keystone jack for DAC cables?
So I'm guessing what I need to do is:
Transceiver at desktop -> OM3 fiber cable -> LC keystone jack in patch panel -> shortish OM3 cable from patch panel to switch -> Transceiver in switch
Give me ideas, I don't even know enough to be dangerous.
At the location of my rack I have an incoming fiber connection from my work desktop to the Unifi switch SFP+ port. Been so long since I did that and I don't remember it all, but I have:
Finisar FTLX8571D3BCL 10GBASE-SR/SW SFP+ Transceivers
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Amazon.com: Finisar FTLX8571D3BCL 10GBASE-SR/SW SFP+ Transceivers: Electronics
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Total Cable Solutions OM3 10Gb 50/125 Multimode Duplex Fiber Optic Patch Cable, LC to LC (15 Meters)
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For my ESXi servers and the Synology I'm using:
SFP-H10GB-CU3M CISCO SFP+ TWINAX COPPER CABLE 3M PASSIVE DAC CABLE
Those run into a Mikrotik switch, which also uplinks with the same type of cable to the Unifi switch.
Anyway, I'd like to have the front of the rack using just patch cables, vs running them from the back up to the switch, but running into some problems on how to do that. I see RJ45 has passthrough keystone jacks that you can just plug into a keystone patch panel, but the only keystone jacks for 10g I see are LC keystone jacks? Dumb question, but there is probably no such thing as an SFP+ passthrough keystone jack for DAC cables?
So I'm guessing what I need to do is:
Transceiver at desktop -> OM3 fiber cable -> LC keystone jack in patch panel -> shortish OM3 cable from patch panel to switch -> Transceiver in switch
Give me ideas, I don't even know enough to be dangerous.