Administrator Guide

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Non Dell-Qualified Transceivers
The system supports Dell-qualified transceivers and only some of the non Dell-qualified transceivers.
The system supports the following cables and adapters:
DAC cables
AOC cables
AOC fan-out cables
DAC fan-out cables
40G fiber breakout cables
10G AOC and DAC cables
1G optics
QSA
If you use any of the cables or adapters in the preceding list that is not Dell-qualified, the Dell Networking OS detects it and
makes it operational. The system displays a syslog message similar to the following:
Apr 29 05:09:16: %S4048-ON:1 %IFAGT-5-UNSUP_OPTICS: Non-qualified optics in slot 1 port
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The system supports the following types of transceivers only if they are Dell-qualified:
LR4
SR4
LM4
PSM4
PSM4-LR
If you use any of the transceivers in the preceding list that is not Dell-qualified, Dell Networking OS places the interface in
error-disabled (operationally down) state. The system displays a syslog message similar to the following:
Apr 29 05:09:16: %S4048-ON:1 %IFAGT-2-TRANSCEIVER_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR: Transceiver in slot
1 port 50 unrecognized, putting interface in operational-down state
The following command output displays that the interface is in error-disabled state:
Dell#show interfaces fortyGigE 1/50
fortyGigE 1/50 is up, line protocol is down(error-disabled[Transceiver Unsupported])
Hardware is DellEth, address is 34:17:eb:f2:25:c6
Current address is 34:17:eb:f2:25:c6
Non-qualified pluggable media present, QSFP type is 40GBASE-SR4
Wavelength is 850nm
No power
Interface index is 2103813
Internet address is not set
Mode of IPv4 Address Assignment : NONE
DHCP Client-ID :3417ebf225c6
MTU 1554 bytes, IP MTU 1500 bytes
LineSpeed 40000 Mbit
<output truncated for brevity>
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports
The switch supports splitting a single 40G QSFP port into four 10G SFP+ ports using a supported breakout cable. (For the link
to a list of supported cables, refer to the C9000 Installation Guide or the C9000 Release Notes).
To split a single 40G port into four 10G ports, use the following command.
Interfaces
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