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HSDT – Copper High Speed Data
Transport in DC – Alive ‘n Workin
Goran Buzadžić,
Senior Territory Account Manager (Panduit)
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Panduit Guide for High Speed Data Transport inside Data
Centre
Integrated Fiber and Copper Solutions
Future of Copper Cat6A and Cat8 Pre-terminated
Solutions
HSDT, Copper High Speed Data
Transport in Data Centers
Goran Buzadžić, [email protected]
Beograd
May 19th, 2015
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Innovative Technology Leadership
Comprehensive Copper and Fiber Cabling Systems
Solutions Geared for Today’s Data Centers
• High Speed Data Transport (HSDT) includes copper and fiber cabling for data
rates above 8 Gbps
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Cat 6A
Direct attach copper cable assemblies
OM3, OM4 multimode fiber
Signature Core™
• Pre-terminated options
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Quick deployments
Integrated copper/fiber optic combinations
High-density applications
Installs 75%-90% faster than field-terminated methods
Summary
• 10GBASE-T ready for mainstream
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Poised for large growth
Large switch ecosystem
Cost effective
New FCoE products from Cisco
4-pair PoE for 10GBASE-T standard under development
• 40GBASE-T under development
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Expected ratification late 2015 / early 2016
Focused on data center
Several differences between Category 8 and prior Categories
Future proofing not possible with any existing cabling
Requires Category 8 cabling
10GBASE-T Poised for Growth
• 10GBASE-T
dominant by 2015
• Factors driving
growth:
– Lowest Cost
– Lower power
– Switch ecosystem
• Gigabit server
sales declining
Source: Dell'Oro Group, Ethernet Switch Five Year Forecast, January 2013
Data Center Twisted-Pair Migration Roadmap
• Category 6 to 6A to 8 will provide your 1G to 10G to 40G upgrade path
– This upgrade path will provide backwards compatibility mechanically and
electrically
• Depends on your organizations future network growth
Category
Class
6
E
Maximum
Bandwidth
250MHz
Maximum
Application
Data Rate
Cable
Construction
1000BASE-T
Unshielded or
shielded
RJ45
Connector
Type
1G to 10G
6A
EA
500MHz
10GBASE-T
Unshielded or
shielded
RJ45
7
F
600MHz
10GBASE-T
Shielded only
GG45 or Tera
7A
FA
1000MHz
10GBASE-T
Shielded only
GG45 or Tera
8*
8.I and 8.II
2000MHz
(TBD)
40GBASE-T
Shielded only
TBD
*Category 8 is being worked on and so elements are still TBD
Upgrade Path
10G to 40G
40GBASE-T Timeline
Official IEEE / TIA / ISO
standards published
2013
Cable / connector specs
“unofficially” complete
2014
Mass adoption
2015
2016
2017
2018
First equipment products
available
*** First Panduit cable and
connector products available ***
40GBASE-T Standards Progress
• IEEE
– Now the P802.3bq Task Force
– 802.3bq Channel Ad Hoc group will decide final channel
specification
– Final channel specification will drive connector and cable type
• ISO/IEC proposed standards
– Category 8 Class I (enhanced RJ45)
– Category 8 Class II (enhanced Category 7A) connectors
• TIA proposed standards
– Category 8 Class l (enhanced RJ45)
– Potential for Category 8 Class II
• Category 7A cannot meet expected 1.5-2GHz bandwidth
– Must use a new improved connector and cable
10GBASE-T Lessons Learned
• 10GBASE-T market adoption was slowed due to the high complexity &
power requirements of the PHY
• 40GBASE-T avoids this by limiting length and focusing on data center
Max
Length
#
Connectors
Bandwidth
PHY Power
Cable Type
Connector
Type
10GBASE-T
100m
4
500MHz
1.5W
(current)
Unshielded
RJ45
40GBASE-T
Goal
30m
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1500-2000
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3W
(initial)
Shielded
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Twinax Direct Attach Copper (DAC) Cables
Offering both 10G SFP+ and 40G QSFP+
QSFP+
(40Gig)
SFP+
(10Gig)
Cross-section
2 pair twinax
Cross-section
8 pair twinax
Twin-Ax Applications
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Used in Data Centers to connect switch to server or
switch to switch
Commonly used in ToR (Top of Rack) architecture
• Ideal for low latency applications like finance or
trading.
Copper is more cost effective than fiber
0.5m to 7m maximum length on passive cables, up to
15m on active cables.
• Active assemblies have a longer reach than passive
due to additional circuitry in the SFP+ connector
Commonly used in the market
• SFP+ is approximately 80% of all 10Gig links
• QSFP+ would be the next generation connector
after SFP+
Data rates for cable type
• SFP+ = 10Gig
• QSFP+ = 40Gig
• Hydra/Breakout = Allows migration path from 10Gig
(SFP+) to 40Gig (QSFP+)
Part Number
PSF1PXA3MBU
Description
Passive
SFP+
Color
Blue
Length
3 meters
Typical ToR Deployment
OM3 Fiber Uplinks
to Aggregation
OM3 Fiber Uplinks
to Aggregation
Cisco Nexus 2000
40 Panduit twinax 1-3m cables to
connect 20 dual port servers
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80 Panduit twinax 1-4m cables
connect 40 dual port servers
in 3 cabinet POD with
Panduit 10GbE SFP+ Copper Cables
• SFF-8431, SFF-8472, and 10GBASE-CR
compliant
• Superior performance margin assures data
integrity - 100% production tested
• Robust easy to use pull latching mechanism
• Low latency, low power
• Variety of standard lengths
• Passive available 0.5 – 7m
• 0.5m increments
• Active available 3, 5, 7 – 15m
• 1m increments
• Available with Blue, Black, White, Red, and
Green cables
Part Number
Description
Color
Length
PSF1AXD10MWH
Active SFP+
White
10 meters
15
40G QSFP+
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QSFP+ Competitive Advantages
• Panduit is only structured cabling supplier who makes our own QSFP+
• Most other suppliers resell off-brand Chinese made cables
• Superior performance
• 100% production tested to exceed industry requirements
• Cable diameter minimized for a given cable assembly length
• Allows for the most flexible cables and the easiest cable management
• Competitive price versus equipment bundled cables
• Variety of standard lengths
• 1-7m in 1m increments
• Most suppliers only offer 1m,3m, 5m
• Reduces amount of cable being coiled up in the cabinet by as much as 1m
(3ft)
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40G QSFP+ to 4X 10G SFP+
Hydra Breakout cables
• Ideal for 10G to 40G migration
• Current application would be a 10Gig SFP+ switch
to a 10Gig SFP+ server.
• Hydra allows a switch to be upgraded to 40Gig for
future applications where it still links to current
10Gig servers.
• Connects a single 40G QSFP+ switch port to
multiple 10G SFP+ servers
• Can also be used with 40G QSFP+ uplink ports in
a 10G switch to create a high density downlink to
four 10G servers
• ToR (Top of Rack) applications
• SFF-8431, 8432, 8472 and 8436 compliant
• Mates with all QSFP+ and SFP+ ports and works
with all “unlocked” non-proprietary switches and
servers
Part Number
Description
Colour
Length
PHQ4SFPXA3MBL
Breakout Cable
Black
3 meters
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