Purportedly able to go 3 to 5 meters longer than other passive options, a 10 meter SFP+ copper cable assembly (from W. L. Gore) is fully compliant with the SFF-8431 Revision 4.1 specification. Typical values for VMA loss are 3.95 dBe and a dWDP of 5.60 dBe. The SFF-8431 specification calls out maximum limits of 4.40 and 6.75, respectively.

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