The HPE Synergy 10Gb Pass-Thru module is designed for the HPE Synergy 12000 frame for customers requiring a non-blocking, one-to-one connection between each Synergy compute module and the network. The pass-thru module provides 12 uplink ports that can accept SFP+ connectors using a QSFP+ to SFP+ adapter. The HPE Synergy 10Gb Pass-Thru module can support 10Gb connections on a port by port basis. Optical as well as Direct Attach Copper (DAC) cables are also supported. Both standard Ethernet as well as Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) traffic to an FCoE capable switch is possible when using the appropriate HPE Synergy converged network adapter.