#hpe switch

In order to meet the evolving needs of integrated services networks, HPE launches a series of HPE FlexNetwork 7500 switches. They offer 40GbE connectivity and cost effective, wire-speed 10GbE ports to safeguard the throughput and bandwidth needed for mission-critical data and high-speed communications. The HPE FlexNetwork 7500 switches have three specifications: HPE FlexNetwork 7510 Switch, HPE FlexNetwork 7506 Switch and HPE FlexNetwork 7503 Switch. Among them, HPE FlexNetwork 7510 Switch is of popularity and highly favored by many Ethernet users. Today, we would mainly introduce the features of HPE 7510 switch and its compatible DAC cables.

Overview on HPE 7510 Switch

HPE 7510 Switch (JH333A) offers 10GbE and 40GbE connectivity. And it delivers wire-speed Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing services as well. HPE 7510 Switch is a 12-slot horizontal chassis of 16U, with ten I/O module slots support a maximum of 480 Gigabit Ethernet port SFP+ and two port 40GbE QSFP+ main processing units. The I/O module slots support a maximum of 480 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 480 autosensing 10/100/1000 ports or 160 × 1/10GbE ports or 80 × 10GbE posts or 40 × 40GbE ports, or a combination. Among the series of HPE FlexNetwork 7500 switches, JH333A has several distinctive features:

It uses an access controls list (ACL) to enforce increased bandwidth for ingress traffic on each port.

Industry-standard CLI with a hierarchical structure. Reduces training time and expenses; and increases productivity in multivendor installations.

Signature update service. It provides regular updates to the signature database, helping ensure that the latest available signatures are installed.

Management interface control. It provides management access through a modern port and terminal interface.

This HPE FlexNetwork 7510 Switch supports a maximum of 480 PoE/PoE+ ports, 480 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 480 autosensing 10/100/1000 ports or 480 1/10GbE ports or 480 10GbE ports or 44 40GbE ports or a combination.

Compatible DAC Cables for HEP 7510 Switch

The HEP 7510 switch supports a full rang of 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity options. Those 10G/40G ports support installation of SFP+ and QSFP+ optical modules as well as 10G and 40G direct attach cables for HEP 7510 switch. We would mainly focus on its compatible direct attach cables in the following part.

10G SFP+ Direct Attach Cables

From the last paragraph, we figure out that the HEP 7510 switch has 10G SFP+ ports, so you can directly plug one end of the 10G SFP+ “transceiver” of 10G SFP+ DAC cable into the SFP+ ports on the switch. As we can see from the above table, HEP 7510 switch supports 0.65 m, 1.2 m, 3 m and 5 m long SFP+ passive DAC cables. These cables are hot-removable and hot-insertable: You can remove and replace them without powering off the switch or disrupting switch functions. The cables use high-performance integrated duplex serial data links for bidirectional communication and the maximum data rates can be up to 10Gbps on this HEP 7510 switch connecting with 10 Gigabit Ethernet port. The above HEP SFP+ DAC cables are suitable for in-rack connections between server and HEP 7510 Switch. They are suitable for short distances and ideal for high cost-effective connectivity to your HEP switch.

40G QSFP+ Direct Attach Cables

The HEP 7510 switch are fixed switch built to provide 10Gbps and 40Gbps server access connectivity. From the above statement, we are clear that the HEP 7510 switch has both 10G SFP+ and 40G QSFP+ ports. Thus, you can connect the end of 40G QSFP+ “transceiver” of 40G QSFP+ DAC cable with the 40G QSFP+ ports directly to make connectivity on the HEP 7510 switch. And also, you can use 40G QSFP+ to 4SFP+ DAC cable to connect—you can just plug the one end of 40G QSFP+ “transceiver” into the 40G QSFP+ ports and plug the other four 10G SFP+ “transceivers” on the other end into the 10G SFP+ ports. The QSFP+ “transceiver” connects directly into the QSFP+ access port on the HEP 7510 Switch with a data rate of 40Gbps while the other end with 4 SFP+ “transceivers” can arrive a data rate of 10Gbps each. The cables use high-performance integrated duplex serial data links for bidirectional communication on four links simultaneously. 40G QSFP+ passive DAC cables are suitable for very short distances and provide a simple and useful way to establish a 40G link between QSFP+ ports switches within racks and acrossadjacent racks.

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