Quick Reference Guide
HighꢀSpeedꢀInput/OutputꢀSolutions
TheꢀpluggableꢀI/OꢀinterfaceꢀoffersꢀsignificantꢀadvantagesꢀasꢀaꢀhighꢀspeedꢀI/Oꢀinterconnect.ꢀꢀ
WithꢀaꢀstandardꢀequipmentꢀI/Oꢀinterfaceꢀandꢀtheꢀflexibilityꢀofꢀpluggableꢀmodulesꢀcomeꢀtheꢀ
optionsꢀforꢀfiberꢀandꢀcopperꢀlinks,ꢀandꢀvariousꢀdataꢀratesꢀandꢀprotocols.ꢀ
TEꢀConnectivityꢀ(TE)ꢀhasꢀalwaysꢀbeenꢀatꢀtheꢀforefrontꢀofꢀdevelopmentꢀofꢀpluggableꢀI/Oꢀ
standards.ꢀTEꢀcontinuesꢀtoꢀbeꢀengagedꢀinꢀnewꢀpluggableꢀinterfaceꢀstandardsꢀtoꢀsupportꢀtheꢀ
rapidlyꢀchangingꢀmarketꢀneedsꢀforꢀhigherꢀbandwidth,ꢀandꢀremainsꢀatꢀtheꢀforefrontꢀwithꢀtheꢀ
technicalꢀexpertiseꢀrequiredꢀtoꢀdeliverꢀsuperiorꢀdesignsꢀforꢀsignalꢀintegrityꢀandꢀEMIꢀatꢀhigherꢀ
dataꢀrates.
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
PRODUCT APPLICATIONS
•ꢀCellularꢀInfrastructure
•ꢀAccessꢀRouters/ꢀSwitches
•ꢀHighꢀEndꢀServers
•ꢀMedicalꢀDiagnosticꢀEquipment
•ꢀNetworkꢀHubs
•ꢀHighꢀspeedꢀI/Oꢀsolutionsꢀthatꢀsupportꢀhigherꢀdataꢀ
ratesꢀthanꢀtraditionalꢀcopperꢀinterfacesꢀ(e.g.ꢀRJ-45)
•ꢀProvidesꢀaꢀstandardꢀinterfaceꢀatꢀtheꢀequipmentꢀandꢀ
allowsꢀcustomerꢀtoꢀchooseꢀbetweenꢀtransceiverꢀ
modulesꢀandꢀdirectꢀattachꢀcableꢀassembliesꢀbasedꢀ
onꢀtheꢀapplication
•ꢀAllꢀcagesꢀareꢀfullꢀmetalꢀshieldedꢀforꢀgroundingꢀandꢀ
EMIꢀsuppression
•ꢀStandardsꢀsupportedꢀincludeꢀFibreꢀChannel,ꢀ
Ethernet,ꢀandꢀInfiniBand,ꢀandꢀSAS
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