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11 Mar, 2026




£335.04 inc. VAT
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For the right buyer, this is a solid “get the link up” part: an SFP+ to RJ45 10GBASE‑T transceiver that should work in HPE switch ports like the 8320/8325-48Y8 line. If you’ve got 10GBASE‑T copper runs already (Cat6/Cat5e) and you don’t want to pay for optics + multimode or deal with fibre patching, this tends to be a practical way to keep things simple. At ~£280 ex‑VAT, it’s not impulse buy cheap, but for a working replacement/module where copper cabling is already in place, the cost often pencils out versus re-cabling or swapping port types.
That said, I’d only buy it if you’re confident the HPE model/firmware is compatible and you’re not trying to save money on something that might be picky—HPE environments can be a bit “catalogue strict” with third-party optics. Also, 10GBASE‑T has higher power and can be fussier about cable quality/installation than people expect, so if your Cat6 runs aren’t top-notch (or are long/marginal), you’ll feel it as flakiness. If your goal is reliability and you can use fibre instead, native HPE-compatible optics can be the calmer route—if your cabling situation makes copper unavoidable, this is a reasonable choice for datacentre pragmatists who want functionality without overcomplicating the network.

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