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HPE Synergy 40Gb F8 Switch Module is a key network switch element of HPE Synergy providing resilient fabric functionality. It provides network switching to data or storage networks. The Synergy 40Gb F8 Switch Module eliminates up to 95% of network sprawl at the compute module edge with one device that converges traffic from within Synergy 12000 Frames and directly connects to external networks. The Synergy 40Gb F8 Switch Module provides simultaneous support for Ethernet. Each redundant pair of Synergy 40Gb F8 Switch modules provides Ethernet downlink connections to dual-port 10Gb/20Gb Converged Network Adapters on each compute module. There are six QSFP+ uplink multi-function ports available for connection to upstream 40Gb Ethernet switches. These six multi-function ports can be configured as 4x10Gb Ethernet per QSFP+ connector.A QSFP+ 40Gb/4x10Gb/4x8Gb transceiver provides four uplinks per QSFP+ port for connection to upstream 4x10Gb Ethernet connections.In addition to the six multi-use QSFP+ uplinks, there are two additional QSFP+ ports that can be used for stacking links between Synergy 40Gb F8 Switches Modules or for additional Ethernet uplinks. The Master/Satellite disaggregated architecture removes fixed traditional ratios of ports in a single frame and allows a high-speed, near zero latency connection of network resources directly to other frames via Interconnect Link Modules.

HPE Synergy is a single infrastructure of physical and virtual pools of compute, storage, and fabric resources, and a management interface that allows configuration of server resources in any configuration. The HPE Synergy 40Gb F8 Switch module is managed by industry standard management resources that allows network functions to managed by network administrators. As the foundation for the New Style of Business infrastructure, HPE Synergy eliminates hardware and operational complexity so IT organizations can precisely deliver infrastructure resources to applications faster and with greater flexibility

HPE Synergy 10Gb Pass-Thru Module

The HPE Synergy 10Gb Pass-Thru Module is designed for the HPE Synergy 12000 Frame for customers requiring a non-blocking, one -to-one connection between each Synergy Compute Module and the network. The pass-thru module provides 12 uplink ports that can accept SFP+ connectors using a QSFP+ to SFP+ adapter.

The HPE Synergy 10Gb Pass-Thru Module can support 10Gb connections on a port by port basis. Optical as well as Direct Attach Copper (DAC) cables are also supported. Both standard Ethernet as well as Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) traffic to an FCoE capable switch is possible when using the appropriate HPE Synergy Converged Network Adapter.

The 10GBase-T SFP+ transceiver will transmit 10GbpE over up to 30m using Cat 6a/7 cable, providing high speed bi-directional communication links over copper media.

What if you could have 40 GbE connection using existing LC cables in your data center? The HPE 40Gb QSFP+ Bi-directional Transceiver integrates four electrical data lanes in each direction into transmission over a single LC duplex fiber optic cable. Together with other HPE 40GbE QSFP+ MPO Transceivers, it provides more flexibility and variety of high-density and low-power 40GbE solutions for Hewlett Packard Enterprise server users.