[ale] 10G networking

[Jim Kinney]

Those are the direct copper. They have a sfp+ connector on each end and cost like they are gold. I've been doing fiber for cheaper. Weird.

On May 8, 2015 3:01:02 PM EDT, "Beddingfield, Allen" <allen at ua.edu> wrote:
>I know that we have some special copper cables that have SFP+ ends.  We
>are going to Cisco 10GB switches out of Broadcom 57711 cards.  They
>were in range of several hundred $$$ each, but cheaper than the fiber
>option.  I can get the info from our Network team, if that is of any
>use to you?
>
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>Allen Beddingfield
>Systems Engineer
>The University of Alabama
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>Subject: [ale] 10G networking
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>
>Is there such a thing as a 10G SFP+ module that has an RJ45 socket
>instead of fiber? Not a direct copper link but for cat6/6e/7 ethernet
>cable.
>
>Looking at a few 10G switches and Netgear has a 12 port 10G with rj45
>that way affordable but my existing gear all uses sfp+ lc fiber.
>
>The new NetworkManager in centos 7 support link aggregation directly
>with very cool failover and high bandwidth methods that are supportable
>in the switching I'm looking at from supermicro (24 port 10G all sfp+
>for under $6k).
>
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