Arista Networks AOC-Q-Q-100G-3M Active Optical Cable

Arista Networks AOC-Q-Q-100G-3M is a 3-meter active optical cable (AOC) that provides a 100 Gbps aggregated link between compatible QSFP28 ports on data-center devices, serving as a direct-attached cable to connect switches or other QSFP28-equipped equipment without separate optics. The assembly uses multimode fiber with 850 nm transmit/receive optics and QSFP28 endpoints on both ends, delivering four parallel lanes over a 3 m link to support high-throughput, low-latency interconnects within racks or between neighboring switches in a data-center. Verified by Arista’s compatibility listings and widely carried by major retailers as AOC-Q-Q-100G-3M, the cable is TA compliant per third-party catalog entries such as DigiKey’s Amphenol ProLabs listing AOC-Q-Q-100G-3M-C.