DESCRIPTION

   Tyco Electronics is a leading developer of Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable, a new high speed pluggable I/O interface. This interconnect system offers 4 channels, providing 3 times the density of SFP/SFP+ ports. QSFP cages and connectors are designed for data rates up to 10 Gb/s, supporting Fibre Channel, Ethernet, SDH/SONET and INFINIBAND standards. The cage/connector system will accept optical or copper interfaces.

KEY FEATURES

• 4x solution featuring

   Tyco Electronics 38 position

   EVERCLEAR connector

• Lightpipe and heatsink options available

• Through-bezel and behind-bezel cage

   options with proven EMI containment

• Direct attach copper cables for short

   reach applications

• Quick release latching system

• MPO connectors plug into QSFP

   parallel optic transceiver modules

APPLICATIONS

• Switches, routers, and

   host bus adapters (HBA’s)

• Enterprise storage

• High density, high speed I/O

• Multiple channel interconnects