Datasheet

10Gig™ SFP+ Copper Cable Assembly Installation Guidelines PN533A
Panduit Corporation, 2010 Page 6 of 7
General Deployment Topology Guidelines
Within a single 84 inch 45 RU cabinet, conservatively the longest connection will be 7 ft or 2.1 meters to
reach from the top U to the bottom and approximately 1.5 ft or 0.45 m to route to any port on either end. A
3 meter cable should be adequate to connect any two ports within a cabinet
84 inches =
7ft = 2.1 m
Example cabinet with 2 top of
rack switches (ToR) and 20 2U
servers with Dual SFP+ NICs
total of 40 SFP+ cables
Conservatively, longest cable
required to reach farthest port
is 2.1 + 2.x 0.45 ≈ 3m
Example of 3 cabinet Pod with 40
2 RU servers distributed over 3
cabinets with 2 ToR switches in
center cabinet requires 80 SFP+
cables with longest cable of 4m
Example of 5 cabinet Pod with 80
2 RU servers distributed over 5
cabinets with 4 ToR switches in
center cabinet requires 160 SFP+
cables with longest cable of 5m