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I’ll be blunt: for a plain Cat6 copper patch lead, £65.69 ex-VAT for a 3 m cable feels overpriced. In most UK office and datacentre installs, the “brand-name cable” won’t suddenly make your network faster or more stable than a decent, properly made alternative—you’re mainly paying for build quality and packaging, and you typically won’t notice that day-to-day. Unless you have a specific Lenovo supply requirement for compliance, standardisation, or procurement convenience, I’d look elsewhere first.
Who *should* buy it: teams standardising on Lenovo hardware, buyers with strict internal catalogues, or estates/partners who only want Lenovo-labelled parts for spares and change control. Who should *skip* it: anyone just needing a few short patch leads between a rack and patch panel/switch—especially when your priority is value for money. If you can get a reputable Cat6 patch cable from a known networking cable vendor for meaningfully less, that’s the smarter spend and your links will behave the same.

STARTECH
StarTech.com Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU2M Compatible 2m 10G SFP+ to SFP+ Direct Attach Cable Twinax, 10GbE SFP+ Copper DAC 10 Gbps Low Power Passive Transceiver Module DAC, Cisco Firepower ASR920 - Lifetime Warranty (SFPCMM2M) - Direct attach cable - SFP+ to SFP+ - 2 m - twinaxial - for P/N: ET10GSFP, PEX10000SFPI, PEX10GSFP4I, PEX20000SFPI

Lenovo
IBM Direct attach cable - 10GBase direct attach cable - SFP+ (M) to SFP+ (M) - 7 m - passive - for ThinkSystem DE4000H Hybrid

STARTECH
StarTech.com Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU5M Compatible 5m 10G SFP+ to SFP+ Direct Attach Cable Twinax, 10GbE SFP+ Copper DAC 10Gbps Low Power Passive Mini GBIC/Transceiver Module DAC, 10G SFP+ Cable - Lifetime Warranty (SFPCMM5M) - Direct attach cable - SFP+ to SFP+ - 5 m - twinaxial - for P/N: PEX10000SFPI, PEX10GSFP4I, PEX20000SFPI

Dell
Dell Networking - 40GBase direct attach cable - QSFP+ (M) to QSFP+ (M) - 1 m - twinaxial - passive - for PowerEdge C4140, PowerSwitch S4112, S5212, Networking S5224, PowerSwitch S5212, S5224