SFF Specifications
The following explains the fields of the database.
Date - The date on the latest version of the SFF document. If the document is published and there is no new draft available, this will be the date on the published document. If there is a new draft available, this date will represent the date of the latest draft.
ID - The document ID.
Title -The title of the document.
Status - Reflects the following for the most recent version of the document:
- Published - Documents that have been completed and approved for publication. The revision number listed for the published document will be linked to a copy of the latest published revision of the document.
- Draft - Draft documents that have been made available for public review and comment. The revision number listed for the draft will be linked to a copy of the latest draft.
- Expired - Documents that are no longer maintained by the SFF TWG. Expired documents contain a cover page providing the reason for being expired (i.e., superseded, canceled, voided, obsolete, other).
- New Project Initiated - This indicates that a new project has been initiated and no draft is available yet, either for a new document or a new revision to an existing previously published document. When possible, this may be linked to a copy of the New Project Proposal slides.
| Date | ID | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SFF-TA-1032 | Multi-Lane External High Speed Cable Connector System | Published 1.0, 2025-03-03 New Project Initiated | |
| SFF-8665 | QSFP+ 4X Pluggable Transceiver Solutions | Published 2.0, 2025-11-24 | |
| REF-TA-1011 | Cross Reference to Select SFF Connectors and Modules | Published 1.3, 2025-11-17 | |
| SFF-TA-1005 | Universal Backplane Management (UBM) | Published 1.5, 2025-11-10 | |
| SFF-TA-1036 | Cable Optimized Boot Peripheral Connector for OCP M-PIC | Published 1.0, 2025-11-04 | |
| SFF-TA-1040 | Internal Low-Profile High-Speed Cable Interconnect | Published 1.0, 2025-11-04 | |
| SFF-TA-1027 | QSFP2 Connector, Cage, & Module Mechanical Specification | Published 2.0, 2025-09-09 | |
| SFF-TA-1007 | Enterprise and Datacenter 1U Long Device Form Factor (E1.L) | Published 1.3, 2025-09-02 | |
| SFF-TA-1026 | Storage System High Speed Cable Interconnect | Published 2.0a, 2025-07-23 | |
| SFF-TA-1031 | SFP2 Cage, Connector, & Module Specification | Published 1.0, 2023-06-11 New Project Initiated | |
| GOV-TA-0008 | SFF TWG New Project Proposal Template | ||
| SFF-TA-1042 | Enterprise and Datacenter 2U Form Factor (E2) | Published 1.0, 2025-06-16 | |
| GOV-TA-0004 | SFF TWG Specification Template | ||
| SFF-8614 | Mini Multilane 4/8X Shielded Cage/Connector (HDsh) | Published 3.5, 2023-07-10 Draft 3.5.3 | |
| SFF-TA-1037 | Connectors For Pluggable Multi-Purpose Module | Published 1.1, 2025-05-27 | |
| SFF-9639 | Multifunction 6X Unshielded Connector Pinouts | Published 2.2, 2025-05-02 | |
| SFF-8679 | QSFP+ 4X Hardware and Electrical Specification | Published 1.9, 2025-04-21 | |
| SFF-TA-1033 | Internal High-Speed Cable / Modular Connector System | Published 2.0, 2025-03-28 | |
| GOV-TA-0006 | SFF TWG PowerPoint Template | ||
| SFF-TA-1029 | Cabled QSFP Cage & Connector | Expired |
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