Cisco Twinax Cables Compatibiltiy with EMC VNX/VNXe

Hi,
I would like to know about Cisco Twinax Cables Compatibiltiy with EMC VNX/VNXe series storage - for connectivity between UCS Fabric Interconnect and EMC VNX/VNXe.
Are the following Cisco Twinax Cables compatible with EMC's VNX and VNXe serie platforms:
SFP-H10GB-CU1M= 1-m 10G SFP+ Twinax cable assembly, passive
SFP-H10GB-CU3M= 3-m 10G SFP+ Twinax cable assembly, passive
SFP-H10GB-CU5M= 5-m 10G SFP+ Twinax cable assembly, passive
SFP-H10GB-ACU7M= 7-m 10G SFP+ Twinax cable assembly, active
SFP-H10GB-ACU10M= 10-m 10G SFP+ Twinax cable assembly, active
Kindly advice. Thanks.

Hi,
I'd like to confirm you, that passive assembly is supported. Haven't tried the actives one yet.
I'm using UCS-B200 M3, and EMC VNX 5300.
the EMC VNX5300 (Block Level) connected using 2 type of media. Copper (SFP-H10GB-CU5M= 5-m 10G SFP+ Twinax cable assembly, passive) and Fiber Channel 8 GB directly info Fabric Interconnect 6248 ports.
For old server the connection is via iSCSI 10GB Copper. and for UCS-B200 M3 is via FC 8GB.
All my configuration is running well.
Hope thats helped.
Thanks,
Pieter

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