Data Centers Must Consider High-Speed ​​Cable Assemblies

Data centers must consider high-speed cable assemblies to support emerging technologies, according to a new product and application guide from Siemon, the world’s leading network infrastructure specialist.

This guide provides valuable insight into the benefits of high-speed cable assemblies in supporting higher-bandwidth, low-latency applications in the data center.

Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and edge computing are widely used in today’s enterprise business. This is driving the need for data center servers and storage systems to deliver speeds well in excess of 10 Gb/s to support these applications. Siemon’s new guide details how direct attach cables (DACs) and active optical cables (AOCs) can deliver the performance, reliability, scalability and power efficiency for cost-effective adoption of these emerging technologies.

Data Center Topology

The guide focuses on data center topologies and how fixed-length DACs and AOCs support shorter rack-attached or multiple rack-attached servers across end-of-row (EoR) or middle-of-row (MoR) configurations.

In addition to providing a detailed overview of the cable options available to scale and support transfer speeds all the way to 400 Gb/s, the guide addresses the growing latency challenge. As latency affects real-time technologies such as virtual reality, high-frequency trading, and blockchain, direct-attach high-speed copper cable assemblies offer distinct advantages over structured cabling for improved network performance.

Common issues related to equipment density and switch port utilization can also be addressed with high-speed cable assemblies. This guide demonstrates how to deploy a DAC and AOC to connect a single high speed switch port to multiple low speed servers using 4x 10GbE, 4x 25GbE, 4x 100GbE or 2x 200GbE breakouts.

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“While there is no single solution for connecting servers in a data center, high-speed cable assemblies offer many advantages and should be considered a valuable alternative to other cabling options,” said Middle East, Africa and India/SAARC at Simon.

“We have written this guide to help data center designers and operators make informed decisions when selecting cabling for their data center servers and storage systems, especially when must support future technologies.” — trade arab news agency