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SFF specifications are available at http://www.snia.org/sff/specifications

or ftp://ftp.seagate.com/sff

This specification was developed by the SFF Committee prior to

it becoming the SFF TA (Technology Affiliate) TWG (Technical
Working Group) of SNIA (Storage Networking Industry
Association).

The information below should be used instead of the equivalent herein.

POINTS OF CONTACT:

Chairman SFF TA TWG

Email: [email protected]

If you are interested in participating in the activities of the SFF TWG, the
membership application can be found at:
http://www.snia.org/sff/join

The complete list of SFF Specifications which have been completed or are currently
being worked on can be found at:
http://www.snia.org/sff/specifications/SFF-8000.TXT

The operations which complement the SNIA's TWG Policies & Procedures to guide the
SFF TWG can be found at:
http://www.snia.org/sff/specifications/SFF-8032.PDF

Suggestions for improvement of this specification will be welcome, they should be

submitted to:
http://www.snia.org/feedback

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SFF Committee

SFF-8402

Specification for

SFP+ 1X 28 Gb/s Pluggable Transceiver Solution (SFP28)

Rev 1.1 September 13, 2014

Secretariat: SFF Committee

Abstract: This specification defines the physical interface and general performance
requirements of the mating interface for a 0.8mm card edge connector for use in
multigigabit applications using the upper row of contacts. One such use is as the
receptacle connector for Fibre Channel.

There are multiple generations of the Pluggable Transceiver Solution based on

performance.
4 Gb/s SFP+ SFF-8084
10 Gb/s SFP10 SFF-8083
16 Gb/s SFP16 SFF-8081
28 Gb/s SFP28 SFF-8402

Connectors compliant to SFF-8402 are also compliant to SFF-8081, SFF-8083 and SFF-
8084, but the reverse is not necessarily true.

This specification provides a common reference for systems manufacturers, system

integrators, and suppliers. This is an internal working specification of the SFF
Committee, an industry ad hoc group.

This specification is made available for public review, and written comments are
solicited from readers. Comments received by the members will be considered for
inclusion in future revisions of this specification.

The description of a connector in this specification does not assure that the
specific component is actually available from connector suppliers. If such a
connector is supplied it must comply with this specification to achieve
interoperability between suppliers.

Support: This specification is supported by the identified member companies of the

SFF Committee.

POINTS OF CONTACT:

Jay Neer I. Dal Allan

Molex Chairman SFF Committee
2222 Wellington Court 14426 Black Walnut Court
Lisle, Il 60532 Saratoga, CA 95070
561-447-2907x3889 408-867-6630
jay.neer_at_molex_dot_com endlcom_at_acm_dot_org

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EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT BY MANUFACTURERS

The following member companies of the SFF Committee voted in favor of this industry
specification.

Avago
Emulex
FCI
Finisar
Hewlett Packard
IBM
JDS Uniphase
LSI
Luxshare-ICT
Molex
QLogic
Shenzhen
Sumitomo
TE Connectivity
Volex

The following member companies of the SFF Committee voted to abstain on this
industry specification.

Amphenol
Dell Computer
EMC
Foxconn
HGST
MGE
NetApp
Oclaro
Panduit
Pioneer
Sandisk
Seagate
Toshiba
Western Digital

The user's attention is called to the possibility that implementation to this

Specification may require use of an invention covered by patent rights. By
distribution of this Specification, no position is taken with respect to the
validity of this claim or of any patent rights in connection therewith. Members of
the SFF Committee, which advise that a patent exists, are required to provide a
statement of willingness to grant a license under these rights on reasonable and
non-discriminatory terms and conditions to applicants desiring to obtain such a
license.

Change History

Rev 0.5
- Restructured to reduce content which duplicates other speed variations.
Rev 0.6
- Clarified meaning of last paragraph in Section 3.1
Rev 0.7
- Added multiple generations table to Abstract.
Rev 0.9
- Changed title to correlate with QSFP+ family of specifications
- Expanded Figure 3-1
Rev 1.0 - Title change for commonality in style with QSFP
Rev 1.1 - Updates to reflect creation of SFF-8071 and SFF-8419 specifications

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Foreword

The development work on this specification was done by the SFF Committee, an
industry group. The membership of the committee since its formation in August 1990
has included a mix of companies which are leaders across the industry.

When 2 1/2" diameter disk drives were introduced, there was no commonality on
external dimensions e.g. physical size, mounting locations, connector type,
connector location, between vendors.

The first use of these disk drives was in specific applications such as laptop
portable computers and system integrators worked individually with vendors to
develop the packaging. The result was wide diversity, and incompatibility.

The problems faced by integrators, device suppliers, and component suppliers led to
the formation of the SFF Committee as an industry ad hoc group to address the
marketing and engineering considerations of the emerging new technology.

During the development of the form factor definitions, other activities were
suggested because participants in the SFF Committee faced more problems than the
physical form factors of disk drives. In November 1992, the charter was expanded to
address any issues of general interest and concern to the storage industry. The SFF
Committee became a forum for resolving industry issues that are either not
addressed by the standards process or need an immediate solution.

Those companies which have agreed to support a specification are identified in the
first pages of each SFF Specification. Industry consensus is not an essential
requirement to publish an SFF Specification because it is recognized that in an
emerging product area, there is room for more than one approach. By making the
documentation on competing proposals available, an integrator can examine the
alternatives available and select the product that is felt to be most suitable.

SFF Committee meetings are held during T10 weeks (see www.t10.org), and Specific
Subject Working Groups are held at the convenience of the participants. Material
presented at SFF Committee meetings becomes public domain, and there are no
restrictions on the open mailing of material presented at committee meetings.

Most of the specifications developed by the SFF Committee have either been
incorporated into standards or adopted as standards by EIA (Electronic Industries
Association), ANSI (American National Standards Institute) and IEC (International
Electrotechnical Commission).

If you are interested in participating or wish to follow the activities of the SFF
Committee, the signup for membership and/or documentation can be found at:
www.sffcommittee.com/ie/join.html

The complete list of SFF Specifications which have been completed or are currently
being worked on by the SFF Committee can be found at:
ftp://ftp.seagate.com/sff/SFF-8000.TXT

If you wish to know more about the SFF Committee, the principles which guide the
activities can be found at:
ftp://ftp.seagate.com/sff/SFF-8032.TXT

Suggestions for improvement of this specification will be welcome. They should be

sent to the SFF Committee, 14426 Black Walnut Ct, Saratoga, CA 95070.

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CONTENTS

1 Scope 6
1.1 Application Specific Criteria 6

2 References 6
2.1 Industry Documents 6
2.2 SFF Specifications 6
2.3 Sources 6
2.4 Conventions 6

General Description 7
2.5 Connector Configuration 8

FIGURES

Figure 0-1 Specifications Needed to Implement a 28 Gb/s Pluggable Transceiver 7

Figure 0-2 General View of Right-Angled Body Receptacle 8

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1 Scope
This specification defines the terminology and physical requirements for the mating
interface and physical characteristics of the 0.8 mm card edge connector to support
multi gigabit applications.

The using interfaces define requirements on the characteristic impedance and

ability to transmit multi-gigabit signals to and from optical pluggable modules,
and in some cases via cable assemblies. When this connector is used in such an
application, it is subject to the requirements of those documents.

1.1 Application Specific Criteria

This connector is capable of meeting the interface requirements for the operation
of T11 FC-PI-6 (Fibre Channel Physical Interface - 6).

2 References
The SFF Committee activities support the requirements of the storage industry, and
it is involved with several standards.
2.1 Industry Documents
The following standards and specifications are relevant to this Specification.

T11/2221D FC-PI-6 (Fibre Channel Physical Interface - 6

SFF-8071 SFP+ 1X 0.8mm Card Edge Connector
SFF-8418 SFP+ High Speed Electrical Interface
SFF-8419 SFP+ Low Speed Electrical Interface
SFF-8432 SFP+ Module and Cage
SFF-8433 SFP+ Ganged Cage Footprints and Bezel Openings
SFF-8472 SFP+ Management Interface
2.2 SFF Specifications
There are several projects active within the SFF Committee. The complete list of
specifications which have been completed or are still being worked on are listed in
the specification at ftp://ftp.seagate.com/sff/SFF-8000.TXT
2.3 Sources
Those who join the SFF Committee as an Observer or Member receive electronic copies
of the minutes and SFF specifications (http://www.sffcommittee.com/ie/join.html).

Copies of ANSI standards may be purchased from the InterNational Committee for
Information Technology Standards (http://tinyurl.com/c4psg).

EIA documents are available at http://global.ihs.com

2.4 Conventions
The ISO convention of numbering is used i.e., the thousands and higher multiples
are separated by a space and a period is used as the decimal point. This is
equivalent to the English/American convention of a comma and a period.

American French ISO

0.6 0,6 0.6
1,000 1 000 1 000
1,323,462.9 1 323 462,9 1 323 462.9

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General Description
This specification provides the required SFF specifications necessary to implement
a 28 Gb/s transceiver module. It includes mechanical specifications required by the
host i.e. the host connector, the host card cage and mechanical specifications of
the pluggable module. In addition, the SFF specifications necessary to implement
the module management interface and the common electrical/optical base
specifications are referenced.

The mechanical form factor defined in SFF-8071 applies to all of the generations.
However, as the performance requirements have increased over time, the performance
compliance has also changed for the connector.

This specification identifies the documentation required to implement a Pluggable

Transceiver Solution using an 0.8mm card edge connector for speeds suitable to the
using applications, as illustrated in the following pictorial representation.

FC-PI-6 SFF-8402
Application Pluggable
Interface Solution

SFF-8071 SFF-8419 SFF-8432 SFF-8433 SFF-8472

Ganged Cage
Connector Low Speed Module and Footprints Management
Mechanical Electrical Cage and Bezel Interface
Openings

FIGURE 0-1 SPECIFICATIONS NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT A 28 GB/S PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER

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2.5 Connector Configuration

The mechanical dimensioning of this specification provides backwards mechanical
compatibility between generations of various speeds. Figure 3-2 illustrates one
style of receiving body.

FIGURE 0-2 GENERAL VIEW OF RIGHT-ANGLED BODY RECEPTACLE

The mechanical representation of this connector looks the same as previous

generations, however, there may have been changes to the internal design which
enable it to perform at the characteristics required of this specification.

Connectors manufactured to meet this specification can be expected to perform

satisfactorily in systems designed for lower data rates, but they may not meet the
needs of systems that require higher data rates.

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