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Lenovo 20m Mellanox Active IB FDR InfiniBand/fibre optic cable Orange
£526.74
£632.09 inc. VAT
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Product Overview
AI-generated summary
Honestly, this looks like a niche cable for a very specific environment: InfiniBand (FDR) networking, where you’re already running Mellanox gear and care about vendor-qualified optics/cabling. If you’re not deep in that world, you’ll likely end up paying a premium for compatibility you don’t need—and “IB over fibre” setups are unforgiving if the rest of the stack isn’t aligned. For teams using standard Ethernet with mainstream switches/routers, this isn’t the kind of item you should be looking at.
Who should buy it? Data centres, HPC providers, and serious virtualisation/high-performance labs that are maintaining or expanding an existing Mellanox/InfiniBand fabric and need a reliable, manufacturer-labelled replacement to minimise downtime. The price (~£527 ex-VAT) only makes sense if it avoids mis-match headaches and warranty/compatibility issues—i.e., you’re buying peace of mind and time more than “cheap metres of fibre.” Who should *not* buy it? Anyone doing general-purpose networking, or anyone with an IB setup they’re not sure about—if you haven’t confirmed exact cable/optics compatibility end-to-end, I’d pause and validate first.
Specifications
Features
Cable length20 m
InfiniBand protocolY
Connector 1FDR
Connector 2FDR
Connector genderMale connector/Male connector
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