SFP connectors on the card allow use of copper or optical cabling and provide the capability of directly connecting to Xserve RAID or Fibre Channel switches over long distances up to 500m. The Apple Fibre Channel PCI-X card offers leading performance and compatibility with Mac OS X and Xserve RAID. Installation of Apple Fibre Channel PCI-X in PowerMac G5 or PowerMac G4 reclassifies these systems as FCC Class A devices. Optical connection requires SFP transceivers and optical cables. Customers who buy this particular kit and intend to connect to Xserve RAID products with HSSDC2 connection must purchase a separate HSSDC2 to SFP cable kit (part number M9360G/A).
A fibre Channel PCI-X card is required to connect Xserve RAID to Xserve G5, Xserve, PowerMac G5, or PowerMac G4. A user installable kit is available and contains a Dual Channel 2Gb fibre Channel PCI-X Host Bus Adaptor plus two 2.9-meter Copper fibre Channel SFP to SFP (small form factor pluggable) interconnect cables. The fibre Channel PCI-X card is then installed in your computer and the cables are used to connect to the SFP port on Xserve RAID with SFP connectors. The fibre Channel PCI-X card supports 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X as well as 33, 66, and 100MHz speeds. SFP connectors on the card allow use of copper or optical cabling and provide the capability of directly connecting to Xserve RAID or fibre Channel switches over long distances up to 500m. The Apple fibre Channel PCI-X card offers leading performance and compatibility with Mac OS X and Xserve RAID.
