Qualified DAC cables from HP Networking question

[chuckk281]

Hoa had a DAC cable supported question:

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Do we ‘offically’ support this for uplinks and stacking links VC Flex-10 to Nexus 7k.    Pricing/available part is  the motivation

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Reply from Kant:

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Following HPN DAC cables are now supported on  VC Flex-10, Flex-10/10D and FlexFabric. The QuickSpecs will be updated to reflect this support. Minimum VC firmware version is VC 3.30.

HP X240 10G SFP+ SFP+ 7m Direct Attach Copper Cable               JC784C

HP X240 10G SFP+ to SFP+ 5m Direct Attach Copper Cable          JG081C

HP X240 10G SFP+ to SFP+ 3m Direct Attach Copper Cable          JD097C

HP X240 10G SFP+ to SFP+ 1.2m Direct Attach Copper Cable      JD096C

HP X240 10G SFP+ to SFP+ 0.65m Direct Attach Copper Cable   JD095C

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Hope this helps? Any other questions?

[Papageno]

All well and good for connections between VC Flex-10 modules, but beware that there is no stated support by Cisco for these on N7K switches.  Beware also that the cable types supported on N7K is not consistent across all modules - some support both active and passive cables while some support only active or only passive cables.

Cisco publish their own cable support matrix at

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/interfaces_modules/transceiver_modules/compatibility/matrix/OL_6974.html#wp62311