400G OSFP56 DAC

Product Overview

The 400G OSFP56 DAC is a high-performance, high-speed direct-attach cable designed for network devices requiring 400G bandwidth. It strictly complies with industry standards such as OSFP MSA, CMIS Rev 4.0, and IEEE 802.3cd, ensuring compatibility between devices and standardized data transmission. The product offers multiple wire gauges ranging from 26 to 30 AWG, supports up to 3 meters of transmission distance, and meets the spatial requirements of various deployment scenarios. It supports 8x56G HDR and 8x25G EDR transmission rates, features hot-swappable capability, and incorporates a low-power design paired with an EMI-resistant structure, enabling stable operation in typical environments from 0°C to 70°C. An industrial-grade version is also available to accommodate more demanding operating temperatures. Additionally, it provides multiple breakout options, making it widely suitable for 400G Ethernet, switches, servers, routers, supercomputing centers, cluster networks, and other applications.

Key Features and Technical Specifications

1. Protocol Compliance: Strictly adheres to OSFP MSA, CMIS Rev 4.0, and IEEE 802.3cd standards, ensuring perfect compatibility with mainstream 400G network devices and guaranteeing standardized, reliable data transmission.
2. Wire Gauge and Transmission Distance: Offers a variety of wire gauges from 26 to 30 AWG, supporting up to 3 meters of transmission distance, allowing flexible selection based on deployment space while balancing transmission performance and installation convenience.
3. Rate Support: Supports high-speed transmission rates of 8x56G HDR and 8x25G EDR, meeting the data transfer demands of 400G bandwidth and adapting to high-traffic, low-latency network scenarios.
4. Practical Functions: Equipped with hot-swappable functionality, enabling cable connection and replacement without power interruption, thus improving equipment maintenance efficiency; its low-power design effectively reduces overall network energy consumption and lowers operating costs.
5. Anti-Interference Design: Features an EMI-resistant structure that effectively counters electromagnetic interference, ensuring stable and accurate data transmission and preventing packet loss or transmission errors caused by interference.
6. Operating Temperature: The standard version operates within a range of 0°C to 70°C, while an industrial-grade version can be customized to handle even more extreme temperature conditions, meeting the needs of industrial environments.
7. Breakout Options: Provides multiple breakout configurations, including OSFP56 to 2xOSFP56, OSFP56 to 2xQSFP56, and OSFP56 to 4xQSFP56, catering to different device port configurations and enhancing networking flexibility.

Core Advantages

1. Strong Protocol Compatibility: Complies with multiple authoritative industry protocols, directly compatible with mainstream 400G network devices without additional configuration, reducing networking complexity and costs.
2. Flexible Adaptation to Scenarios: With various wire gauges, transmission distances, and breakout options available, whether in compact server rooms or network setups requiring multi-port expansion, there’s always a suitable configuration option.
3. Stable and Reliable Transmission: The EMI-resistant design combined with compliant transmission specifications effectively ensures stable data transmission, reduces packet loss rates, and meets the demands of high-traffic network scenarios.
4. Low Maintenance Costs: Hot-swappable functionality simplifies equipment maintenance procedures, while the low-power design cuts long-term energy expenses; the industrial-grade version further expands the product's applicability, reducing the frequency of equipment replacements.
5. High Bandwidth Support: Supporting 8x56G HDR and 8x25G EDR rates, it fully satisfies the high-bandwidth data transmission needs of 400G Ethernet, supercomputing centers, and similar applications, ensuring efficient network operations.

Core Product Value

1. Standardized, compliant design ensures seamless compatibility with 400G network devices, shortening deployment cycles and reducing adaptation risks.
2. Multiple specification options provide flexible adaptation to diverse spatial and port configuration needs, enhancing the customization and alignment of networking solutions.
3. Low-power and anti-interference design reduces network operating costs, ensures stable data transmission, and improves overall network reliability.
4. Hot-swappable functionality streamlines maintenance processes, minimizes equipment downtime, and boosts network operations efficiency.

Target Customer Groups

Network equipment manufacturers, data center operators, supercomputing center builders, enterprise IT departments, network integration service providers, and industrial network solution providers.

Application Scenarios

This product is specifically designed for 400G bandwidth network scenarios, with core application areas including:
1. 400G Ethernet: Serving as the primary transmission cable, ensuring high-bandwidth, low-latency data transfer for enterprise-level networks.
2. Switch-to-Server Connections: Enabling high-speed data exchange between switches and servers, boosting internal data transfer efficiency in data centers and supporting large-scale data processing and storage.
3. Router Interconnections: Used for 400G bandwidth connections between routers, building high-speed backbone networks and ensuring stable, high-rate cross-regional data transmission.
4. Supercomputing Centers: Meeting the high-traffic data transmission needs of supercomputing centers, facilitating efficient communication among clusters of supercomputers and supporting large-scale scientific computing tasks.
5. Cluster Networks: In server clusters, storage clusters, and similar settings, providing high-speed inter-node connectivity to enhance the overall computational and data-processing capabilities of the cluster.
In addition, the industrial-grade version can be applied to high-speed network deployments in industrial environments, adapting to harsh working conditions such as extreme temperatures.

Solutions to Industry Pain Points

1. Addressing the issue of poor protocol compatibility in traditional cables and difficulties adapting to 400G devices: This product strictly complies with authoritative protocols like OSFP MSA, enabling direct compatibility with mainstream 400G network devices without extra debugging, thereby reducing networking adaptation costs.
2. Overcoming the limitation of single, conventional high-speed cable specifications that fail to adapt to diverse deployment scenarios: Offering multiple wire gauges, transmission distances, and breakout options allows flexible matching to different spatial and port configuration needs, enhancing networking flexibility.
3. Solving the problem of unstable data transmission caused by electromagnetic interference: The EMI-resistant design effectively counters environmental electromagnetic interference, reducing packet loss and transmission errors, and ensuring network stability.
4. Lowering network operation and energy costs: The low-power design reduces long-term energy consumption, while hot-swappable functionality simplifies maintenance procedures, minimizing equipment downtime and improving operational efficiency.
5. Meeting the stringent environmental demands of industrial settings: Customizable industrial-grade versions expand the operating temperature range, adapting to extreme conditions such as high and low temperatures, filling the gap in conventional high-speed cables’ applicability in industrial environments.

Common Questions FAQ

Q1: What transmission rates does the 400G OSFP56 DAC support?
A: The product supports two high-speed transmission rates—8x56G HDR and 8x25G EDR—meeting the data transfer needs of 400G bandwidth and adapting to various network devices and scenarios.
Q2: What is the maximum transmission distance of this cable, and what wire gauges are available?
A: The product supports up to 3 meters of transmission distance and offers multiple wire gauges from 26 to 30 AWG, allowing flexible selection based on deployment space and transmission requirements.
Q3: Does the product support hot-swapping?
A: Yes, the 400G OSFP56 DAC features hot-swappable capability, enabling cable connection and replacement without power interruption, which facilitates equipment maintenance and upgrades.
Q4: What is the operating temperature range of the standard version, and is there an industrial-grade version?
A: The standard version operates within a range of 0°C to 70°C, while an industrial-grade version is available to accommodate more extreme temperature conditions, meeting the needs of industrial environments.
Q5: What breakout options are available for the product?
A: The product offers three breakout configurations—OSFP56 to 2xOSFP56, OSFP56 to 2xQSFP56, and OSFP56 to 4xQSFP56—catering to different device port configuration needs.
Q6: Which protocol standards does the product comply with?
A: The 400G OSFP56 DAC strictly complies with OSFP MSA, CMIS Rev 4.0, and IEEE 802.3cd standards, ensuring compatibility with mainstream 400G network devices.