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Amphenol TCS Mini-SAS HD Active Optical Cable

Amphenol TCS Mini-SAS HD Active Optical Cable is compliant with SAS 2.1 and SAS 3.0 industry standards as well as the SFF-8636 interface standard. The four-channel cable features a 3.3V power supply voltage, a 12Gb/s data rate per lane, and a durability rating of 250 cycles. Used primarily for external enterprise storage applications (box-to-box, server to storage, server to switch), this cable is part of the Amphenol TCS comprehensive mini-SAS HD product offering.

Features

  • Optical connectivity enables length up to 100m
  • Full SAS 3.0 compatibility ensures plug-and-play operation
  • 8 cores multimode loose fiber with a 3.0mm round jacket
  • Backwards compatible one generation for interoperability with SAS 2.1 equipment
  • Accessible through the two-wire serial interface
  • Programmable output amplitude, pre-emphasis
  • Customized labeling and EEPROM memory map extensions
  • Fully compliant to SAS 2.1 (6Gb/s) and SAS 3.0 (12Gb/s) industry standards

Applications

  • External storage connections
  • Enterprise storage
    • Box-to-box
    • Server-to-storage
    • Server-to-switch

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Published: 2014-01-23 | Updated: 2020-12-14