Does 100G QSFP28 to 4xSFP28 Breakout DAC need FEC enabled on the host?
100G QSFP28 to 4xSFP28 Breakout DAC is a passive Twinax assembly with no retimer, so FEC and lane mode are decided entirely by the source and branch QSFP28 host ports. Confirm the FEC mode the target platform expects before ordering, because a passive cable cannot compensate for a host that assumes a retimed link.