Friday, September 6, 2019

10G SFP+ Copper SFP transceiver compatibility

Hello All,

I've recently purchased a number of Aruba 2930F series switches, specifically the JL254A, with the intent of using the SFP+ ports in order to allow me to have some 10G links in my network. My plan was to connect my network edge (i.e. servers) to these switches using ethernet cables by purchasing copper SFP+ transceivers. However, according to the HP/Aruba switch transceiver compatibility guide [1] the 2930F series does not offer support for 10G SFP+ copper transceivers, instead it only supports 10G SFP+ optical transceivers.

Is anyone aware of a reason why the 2930F series does not offer support for 10G SFP+ copper transceivers? And is there a way to circumvent the lack of official HP/Aruba support? (i.e. purchasing generic or third party copper SFP+ transceivers)

Any insight is appreciated.

References

[1] https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=a00028947en_us



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