As discussed in our last blog post, QSFP28 100G transceivers are, in most cases, four transceivers in one. The 100G-CWDM4, … More
Category: Transceiver Form Factors
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES: FluxLight 40GBASE-SR-BD Optical Transceiver Application
Upgrading from 10G to 40G Using Existing Fiber This application note presents a use case for a specialized QSFP+ 40G … More
400G Form Factors: QSFP-DD v. OSFP
Two form factors are vying for supremacy in the rapidly developing 400G optical transceiver space, the OSFP and the QSFP-DD. … More
FluxLight SFP-10G-LR Application: Cisco-based Campus Network
Campus Network Architecture The low-latency network architecture for campus networks is a two-tiered arrangement consisting of Access and Backbone switches, … More
BUILD IT BETTER: Connecting Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 40G QSFP+ ports to HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Rack Servers
Example 2: Connecting Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 40G QSFP+ ports to HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Rack Servers Equipped with HPE 530SFP+ … More
BUILD IT BETTER: Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX to Dell PowerEdge R640
There are so many options to consider for final-meters data center connectivity. Most new connections are being implemented at 10Gbps … More
Rural Internet Access: Time to Migrate GPON to Pt-to-Pt GbE?
In the early 2000’s many telcos deployed GPON Point-to-Multipoint optical networks as an economical architecture for internet access in low-density … More
Ready for 40G but Not New Jumper Cables?
INTRODUCTION Networks and data centers have relied on 10Gbps connectivity speeds for the past 5+ years. With ever increasing network … More
Solution to your 10G Copper
Almost five years after SFP+ form factor 10Gbps transceivers emerged in volume, usable 10GBASE-T SFP+ transceivers are finally becoming available. … More
Introduction to BiDi Optical Transceivers
Introduction In the past few years a new class of pluggable optical transceivers have been developed that send and receive … More