Cut Sheet

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T E C H N I C A L R E F E R E N C E
TR104
Vendor
Equipment
Compatibility Comments
Oracle
Switch/NIC
The transceivers and cables that directly plug into the Oracle switch and are supplied by
Oracle are compliant to the industry standards for SFP+ solutions (SR, LR, TwinX copper).
Though standards-compliant, third-party SFP+ solutions "should" interoperate with Oracle
switch, but Oracle does not qualify third-party solutions with the switch and does not know
whether they will work or not work and therefore does not support them. If you choose to
use third-party SFP+ solutions and encounters an issue that cannot be isolated to the Oracle
switch, you must replicate the issue with an Oracle qualified solution before Oracle can
triage the issue. Transceivers that directly plug into third-party switches should be
purchased from the third-party switch suppliers and not from Oracle. DAC compatible on all
models.
http://www.oracle.com/us/products/networking/ethernet-transceivers-cables-faq-1994166.pdf
Palo Alto
Networks
NIC
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. has the following policy regarding the use of third-party
transceivers, power supplies, hard drives, or other components used within the Palo Alto
Networks devices. If a customer uses a third-party component in a Palo Alto Networks
device, and a fault is traced to the use of this third-party component, then at Palo Alto
Networks’ discretion, support and warranty service may be withheld. If a product fault is
determined to not be related to the use of third-party components, then Palo Alto
Networks will continue to support the customer per our standard support policies. At no
time will hardware RMA support be provided on third-party components. If hardware is
replaced and the fault is determined to have been caused by the installation of a third-party
component, Palo Alto Networks reserves the right to charge for reasonable time and
material rates for the service provided. DAC compatible on all models.
https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/services/support/support-policies/third-party-components-support
QLogic
NIC
Passive DAC compatible on QLE3440-CU, QLE3442-CU, QLE8440-CU, QLE8442-CU
series. QLE8xxx-SR CNA server cards only work with Active DAC cable assemblies.
http://www.qlogic.com/Resources/Documents/QLogic_Product_Guide.pdf
SolarFlare
NIC
DAC compatible on SFN5122F, SFN5152F, SFN5162F, SFN5322F, SFN6122F, SFN6322F,
SFN6832F, SFA6902F, SFN7002F, SFN7122F, SFN7322F series.
http://solarflare.com/transceivers-and-cables
SuperMicro
NIC
DAC compatible on all models.
https://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/AOC/Networking_Cables_Transceivers_Compatibility.cfm
ZyXEL
Switch/NIC
DAC compatible on 3900, XGS3700, XGS1910 series.
https://www.zyxel.com/us/en/products_services/transceiver_series.shtml?t=p
Troubleshooting SFP+ Problems
Panduit® SFP+ 10 Gb/s Active and Passive Cable Assemblies are compatible with any switch or server
that includes MSA compliant SFP+ ports, unless that product requires active cable assemblies or requires
a proprietary code in the SFP+ DAC cable assembly. Referring to the table on page 1, the known
switches that will not work with Panduit SFP+ DAC cable assemblies are: Cisco Catalyst Series (These
can be enabled through the command line interface (CLI)), HP (Procurve switches), and Brocade (8000
FCoE, VDX6730, and Iron series switches). Panduit can provide a custom cable programmed for the
VDX6730, please contact Panduit for details.
There are some instances when passive SFP+ cables assemblies will not work, where the ports require
an active SFP+ cable assembly. Known CNA cards that require active SFP+ cable assemblies include:
Brocade (1010/1020 CNA) and QLogic (QLE-8xxx-SR CNA). The EMC VNX Series Unified Storage
Systems also requires active SFP+ cable assemblies.
If using SFP+ DAC cable assemblies between equipment that should be open, and the link is not working,
a quick check can be performed by plugging in a different SFP+ cable assembly between the same two
ports. If the link does come up, it is likely a problem with the first SFP+ cable assembly. If the link does
not come up, it is likely a problem with the configuration of the ports or incompatibility between server and
switch.