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20 Oct, 2025
Lenovo 5m Mellanox Active IB FDR InfiniBand/fibre optic cable Orange
£445.90
£535.08 inc. VAT
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Product Overview
AI-generated summary
Honestly, this is one of those “you don’t buy it unless you already know exactly what you’re building” cables. The orange Mellanox-branded Active FDR InfiniBand/fibre optic style is typically for very specific datacentre fabrics where performance and reach depend on using the right active optical module/cable ecosystem. At ~£446 ex‑VAT, it’s not value-for-money if you’re just trying to add spare connectivity “in case”—the cost only makes sense when you’re under pressure not to break an existing IB link budget and you need reliability with the correct type.
Who should buy it: teams running InfiniBand at FDR (often HPC, storage clusters, and performance-focused environments) where Mellanox/Lenovo compatibility is already established and downtime/packet loss is a real risk. Who should *not*: anyone doing generic networking, mixed vendor Ethernet installs, or budget-focused upgrades—this isn’t the sort of “universal” fibre you’d throw into a standard switchroom. If you don’t have the exact port/cable requirements confirmed (and ideally you know the distance/reach constraints), you’ll spend money on the wrong thing and still end up waiting for the right part. If you tell me the equipment model and the connection distance, I can give a more confident “buy/no buy” call.
Specifications
Features
Cable length5 m
InfiniBand protocolY
Connector 1FDR
Connector 2FDR
Connector genderMale connector/Male connector
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