Fortinet FNCABLEQSFP284SFP285 5 m 100GE QSFP28 Breakout | DAC, Enterprise

Use one 100GE QSFP28 port to feed four 25GE SFP28 links with a passive breakout cable built for short-to-medium reach infrastructure. At 5 m, this cable gives you more routing flexibility than a 1 m assembly while still keeping the deployment straightforward and free of optical transceivers. That matters in dense environments where cable management, port economics, and predictable compatibility all affect the final design. The breakout format helps teams preserve 100GE uplink capacity while distributing 25GE connectivity to access devices, aggregation points, or adjacent rack systems. For organizations standardizing on 25GE at the edge, this Fortinet cable provides a clean way to fan out a high-speed port without adding complexity. It is a practical choice when the run is too long for a short patch and too controlled to justify optics. The result is a neater rack, fewer components, and a more disciplined network build.