Item |
Requiement |
Test Condition |
Vibration |
Pass electrical tests
per 3.1 after stressing. |
Clamp & vibrate per EIA-364-28E,TC-VII,
test condition letter – D, 15 minutes in X, Y & Z axis. |
Twist |
No evidence of physical damage |
Twist cable 180° (±90° from nominal position) for 100 cycles at 30 cycles per minute with a 0.5kg load applied to the cable jacket.Clamp position: 300mm |
Cable Flex |
No evidence of physical damage |
Flex cable 180° for 20 cycles (±90° from nominal position) at 12 cycles per minute with a 1.0kg load applied to the cable jacket. Flex in the boot area 90º in each direction from vertical. Per EIA-364-41C |
Cable Plug Retention
in Cage |
90N Min.
No evidence of physical damage |
Force to be applied axially with no damage to cage.
Per SFF 8661 Rev 2.1
Pull on cable jacket approximately 1 ft behind cable plug.
No functional damage to cable plug below 90N.
Per SFF-8432 Rev 5.0 |
Cable Retention in Plug |
90N Min.
No evidence of physical damage |
Cable plug is fixtured with the bulk cable hanging vertically.
A 90N axial load is applied (gradually) to the cable jacket and held for 1 minute. Per EIA-364-38B |
Mechanical Shock |
Pass electrical tests
Per 3.1 after stressing. |
Clamp and shock per EIA-364-27B, TC-G,
3 times in 6 directions, 100g, 6ms. |
Cable Plug Insertion |
40N Max.(QSFP28) |
Per SFF8661 Rev 2.1 |
Cable plug Extraction |
30N Max. (QSFP28) |
Place axial load on de-latch to de-latch plug.
Per SFF8661 Rev 2.1 |
Durability |
50 cycles,No evidence of physical damage |
EIA-364-09, perform plug &unplug cycles:Plug and receptacle mate rate: 250times/hour. 50times for QSFP28/SFP28 module (CONNECTOR TO PCB) |