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Lenovo 15m Mellanox Active IB FDR InfiniBand/fibre optic cable Orange
£509.05
£610.86 inc. VAT
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Key Features
Mellanox Active IB FDR Optical Fiber Cable for IBM System x
InfiniBand cable
15 m
15 m
fibre optic
Product Overview
AI-generated summary
Honestly, this is the kind of niche cable you only buy if you’re already inside the Mellanox/InfiniBand ecosystem and you know the exact port/cabling requirements. At £509 ex-VAT, it’s not “commodity fibre” pricing—it’s enterprise interconnect money—so unless you’re replacing a failed link or building out an InfiniBand fabric where compatibility is non‑negotiable, you’ll be overpaying for what you actually get. The Orange jacket is useful for labelling and traffic management in crowded racks, but it won’t change performance by itself; the value here is compatibility and reliability in a very specific use case.
Who should buy it: data centre teams running Mellanox Active InfiniBand over fibre who need a like-for-like replacement or a carefully matched cable for FDR-class connectivity. Who shouldn’t: anyone doing general networking, patching between unrelated systems, or just “needing fibre in the wall”—that crowd will waste budget because there are far cheaper options when you’re not locked into InfiniBand semantics. If you’re unsure, double-check the exact interface type and optics/connector pairing first—these cables are the sort of purchase where being 2% wrong turns into days of troubleshooting.
Specifications
Features
Cable length15 m
InfiniBand protocolY
Connector 1FDR
Connector 2FDR
Connector genderMale connector/Male connector
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