Physical links between system nodes and a switch

Between the system nodes and the switch to which they are connected, the system supports shortwave small form factor pluggable (SFP) connectors (850 nm with 50 µm or 62.5 µm multimode cables).

The transceivers can run at up to 500 m, limited by the pulse-spreading that is caused by the multimode nature of the transmission.

For Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) 10 Gb Ethernet ports, the cable length between the system node and switch port can run up to 300 m.