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10Gig™ SFP+ Copper Cable Assembly Installation Guidelines         PN533B 
Panduit Corporation, 2011   Page 3 of 7 
SFP+ Cable Assembly Connector Pin Out 
SFP+ Pin Assignment Definitions 
Contact 
Logic(1) 
Symbol 
Power 
Sequence 
Order 
Description 
Note 
Case 
Case 
Note 2 
Module case 
2 
1 
VeeT 
1
st
Module transmitter ground 
3 
2  LVTTL-O  Tx_fault  3
rd
  Module transmitter fault (N/A)  4 
3 
LVTTL-I 
Tx_disable 
3
rd
Transmitter disable (N/A) 
4 
4 
LVTTL-I/O
SDA 
3
rd
2-wire serial interface data line, same as MOD-DEF2 
5 
5 
LVTTL-I/O 
SCL 
3
rd
  2-wire serial interface clock, same as MOD-DEF1  5 
6 
Mod_ABS 
3
rd
Module absent, connected to VeeT or VeeR in module 
6 
7 
LVTTL-I 
RSO 
3
rd
Rate select 0, optionally controls SFP+ receiver (N/A) 
4 
8  LVTTL-O  Rx_LOS  3
rd
  Receiver loss of signal indication (N/A)  4 
9  LVTTL-I  RS1  3
rd
Rate select 1, optionally controls SFP+ transmitter 
(N/A) 
4 
10 
VeeR 
1
st
Module receiver ground 
3 
11 
VeeR 
1
st
Module receiver ground 
3 
12 
CML-O 
RD- 
3
rd
Receiver inverted data output 
13 
CML-O 
RD+ 
3
rd
Receiver non-inverted data output 
14 
VeeR 
1
st
Module receiver ground 
3 
15 
VccR 
2
nd
Module receiver 3.3V supply 
16 
VccT 
2
nd
Module transmitter 3.3V supply 
17 
VeeT 
1
st
Module transmitter ground 
3 
18 
CML-I 
TD+ 
3
rd
Transmitter non-inverted data output 
19 
CML-I 
TD- 
3
rd
Transmitter inverted data output 
20 
VeeT 
1
st
Module Transmitter Ground 
3 
Notes: 
1. Labeling as Input (I) and Output (O) are from perspective of the module (cable connector) 
2. The case makes electrical contact to the host cage before any board edge contacts are made 
3. The module signal grounds, VeeR and VeeT, should be isolated from the module case 
4. Tx-fault, Tx_disable, rate select, and loss of signal functions are not implemented in passive copper cable 
assemblies 
5. SDA and SCL are the data and clock pins for the I2C interface to the EEPROM on board the module.  The 
registers are defined in SFF-8472. 
6. Mod_ABS is an output pin to indicate if the module is present in the host port It is connected to ground in the 
module (cable connector) 
SFP Connector Module Contact Assignments 
(Top and Bottom are backwards)  







