Requirements

Cabling

Table 1. Cabling requirements for the appliance
Cable Type and Usage
Power Cords Use only the power cords supplied with the appliance. Do not use another type of cord. Do not use extension cords. If additional power cords are required, contact IBM Support.
1000BASE-T Copper Cables Use high quality Category 5e or 5 (CAT5e, CAT5) copper cables.
Optical Fiber Cables Use Intel based enhanced small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) transceivers only. Both short reach (SFP+ SR) and long reach (SFP+ LR) optics are supported. Optical fiber cable specifications depend on the SFP+ module used. For more detail, refer to Intel documentation on Modules and Cables.
Direct Attach Copper Cables Any SFP+ passive or active direct attach copper cable compliant with the SFF-8431 v4.1 and SFF-8472 v10.4 specifications is supported. For more details, refer to Intel documentation on Modules and Cables.