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2.2.7. QSFP+
The Intel® PAC with Intel® Arria® 10 GX FPGA has a QSFP+ cage on the front panel which supports 40GbE or four 10GbE.
The table below details the Intel® -supported connectors. For volume deployment, you must use Intel-validated QSFP+ cables.
Successful functioning of 40GbE and 10GbE requires appropriate physical medium attachment (PMA) settings. Run the provided PMA settings script as detailed in the 10Gbps Ethernet Accelerator Functional Unit (AFU) Design Example User Guide or 40Gbps Ethernet Accelerator Functional Unit (AFU) Design Example User Guide.
Model Number | |
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Intel® Ethernet QSFP+ 1-meter direct attach cable (DAC) twinaxial cables | XLDACBL1 |
Intel® Ethernet QSFP+ 3-meter direct attach cable (DAC) twinaxial cables | XLDACBL3 |
Intel® Ethernet QSFP+ short reach (SR) optic module | E40GQSFPSR |
Intel® Ethernet QSFP+ 1-meter Passive Breakout Cable | X4DACBL1 |
Intel® Ethernet QSFP+ 3-meter Passive Breakout Cable | X4DACBL3 |
Switches
Intel has used the following switches in their validation configuration.
Ethernet AFU | Switch Brand | Switch Model Number |
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40 Gbps Ethernet | Dell* | Z9100-ON |
Extreme Networks* | x870-32C | |
Mellanox* | SN2700 | |
10 Gbps Ethernet | Cisco* | Nexus N9K-C93180YC-EX |
Lenovo* | 8272 | |
Dell* | 8024F |
QSFP+ SerDes
The QSFP+ interface has four Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) lanes connected directly to the FPGA.