On Aug 19, 2008, at 12:21 AM, Kevin Graham wrote:
The connector on the cards are (Micro)D68F (also used by SCSI-3devices). You would be looking for a D68M-D68F cable to extend the connection.[...oops. sorry Brian, you were right...]Thanks, I didn't have one on hand to check. Do you happen to know if the pinout is consistent w/ the HD68's used in the CAB-OCTAL? (Could be veryuseful for sparing...)
Unfortunately, I'm not sure, and the pinout on the HD8-ASYNC has been hard to track down online.
...though I'd admit the D68 extension is a tidier solution in the rack :).That's the idea. Even with clean cable management, its still better to get that fanout as far from central panels as needed.I was also able to come up with vendors that make custom length CAB-HD8-ASYNC compatible cablesIf going that approach, it'd be even cooler to get something in a cassette format to go right next to the MPO breakouts...
Cisco does recommend a vendor that provides 1RU breakouts in 32 and 48 port configurations, which you feed using D68M-D68M cables:
> Q. Are cable management solutions available for asynchronous ports?> A. Components Express Inc. offers patch panel solutions for the HWIC-8A and HWIC-16A. These patch panels connect to the high-density asynchronous connectors and break out into individual RJ-45 jacks for each asynchronous port
I have not found any vendors providing a cassette format, but I certainly see the appeal there.
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