Recommended Cabling

[mike083108]

What is the recommended cabling and cable type for wiring up between a 5108 chassis and 6248?

[Robert Burns]

If the devices are less than 10m apart (including cable management) then Twinax cabling (fixed length copper cable with built in transceivers) is recommended.  It's far cheaper than optics, uses less power and has lower latency.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/hw/chassis/install/install.html#wp1330991

Regards,

Robert

[mike083108]

Thanks.  Any reason for 10gig twinax over FC?

[Robert Burns]

As I said previously:

-Twinax is cheaper

-Twinax uses less power

-Twinax has low latency

Robert