Cables are often used for data centre short reach interconnects. They are terminated with transceiver-style plugs to be used in the same ports where optical transceiver are used. Protocol independent, can support Ethernet, Infiniband, Fiber channel, etc.

ProLabs range of Direct Attach Cooper Cable Assembly are based on 40G Ethernet IEEE 802.3ae standard and fully compatible with a number of vendors.

Cables can be divided into 3 families:

• (DAC) Copper Direct Attach Cable
• (ACC) Active Copper Cables
• (AOC) Active Optical Cables
• Customers will be able to use high quality, low latency end to end solutions.
• Ability to mix and match OEM vendor brands to suit your budgets and needs.
• Customers will be able to treat the transceivers separately enabling compatibility at both ends of DAC cable, regardless of switch vendor.

Product Features

• True Plug & Play (no scripts or work-around in OS)
• No minor alarms or “unsupported transceiver” messages
• Full compliance with the latest Multi Source Agreement (MSA)
• Full DOM/DDMi functionality identical to OEM
• Factory Tested and Field Partner verified compatibility
• Applications Specific EEPROM Code Support

- Supports OEM quality ID Features (i.e. Cisco, Brocade, Juniper, Mellanox)