Datasheet

IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch 17
Network cabling requirements
The network cables that can be used with the CN4093 switch are shown in the following table.
Table 6. CN4093 network cabling requirements
Transceiver Standard Cable Connector
40 Gb Ethernet
IBM QSFP+ 40GBASE-SR
Transceiver (49Y7884)
40GBASE-SR4 10 m or 30 m IBM MTP fiber optics cables (see
Table 3)
MTP
Direct attach cable 40GBASE-CR4 1 m or 3 m QSFP+ to QSFP+ DACs (see Table 3) QSFP+
10 Gb Ethernet
IBM SFP+ SR Transceiver
(46C3447)
10GBASE-SR 850 nm multimode fiber cable (50 µ or 62.5 µ) up to
300 m
LC
IBM SFP+ LR Transceiver
(90Y9412)
10GBASE-LR 1310 nm single-mode fiber cable up to 10 km LC
10GBase-SR SFP+
(MMFiber) transceiver
(44W4408)
10GBASE-SR 850 nm multimode fiber cable (50 µ or 62.5 µ) up to
300 m
LC
Direct attach cable 10GSFP+Cu Up to 5 m SFP+ copper DACs (see Table 3) SFP+
1 Gb Ethernet
IBM SFP RJ-45 Transceiver
(81Y1618)
1000BASE-T UTP Category 5, 5E, and 6 up to 100 meters RJ-45
IBM SFP SX Transceiver
(81Y1622)
1000BASE-SX 850 nm multimode fiber cable (50 µ or 62.5 µ) up to
550 m
LC
IBM SFP LX Transceiver
(90Y9424)
1000BASE-LX 1310 nm single-mode fiber cable up to 10 km LC
8 Gb Fibre Channel
IBM 8Gb SFP+ SW Optical
Transceiver (44X1964)
FC-PI-4 (8GFC) 850 nm multimode fiber, 50 µ (up to 150 meters) or
62.5 µ (up to 21 meters)
LC
Management ports
External 1 GbE
management port
1000BASE-T UTP Category 5, 5E, and 6 up to 100 meters RJ-45
External RS-232
management port
RS-232 DB-9-to-mini-USB or RJ-45-to-mini-USB console
cable (comes with optional Management Serial
Access Cable, 90Y9338)
Mini-USB
Warranty
There is a 1-year, customer-replaceable unit (CRU) limited warranty. When installed in a chassis, the
switch assumes your system’s base warranty and any IBM ServicePac® upgrade.