This application note describes the use of 1000BASE-SX links between small edge/access switches and a larger core/spine switch. This note…
For the past five to seven years the most common speed of connection between a Top of Rack (ToR) leaf…
This application note describes the use of 100GBASE-CWDM4 links between leaft EOR/TOR switches and a larger data center Spine switches.…
The GLC-LH-SMD optical transceiver is ideal for trunking light-to-medium access/aggregation switch traffic on campus networks. This transceiver supports full-duplex 1Gbps…
While most new fiber interconnects have moved to 10Gbps and higher rates, good old 1Gbps connections are all that is…
CONNECTING AT 1G OVER CAT5e Many network appliances, workstations and other endpoint gear include 1Gbps Ethernet ports. For most such…
Cisco Nexus 34180YC to Cisco UCS C460 There are many ways of connecting a Top of Rack (ToR) leaf switch…
CONNECTING AT 10G OVER OLD FDDI FIBER So here is the situation, you have an existing switch in your main…
Upgrading from 10G to 40G Using Existing Fiber This application note presents a use case for a specialized QSFP+ 40G…
Two form factors are vying for supremacy in the rapidly developing 400G optical transceiver space, the OSFP and the QSFP-DD.…
Juniper EX4600 TOR Leaf Switch to IBM Power Sever 980 This application note presents a high-performance, high-availability implementation of Top…
