Juniper EX4600 TOR Leaf Switch to IBM Power Sever 980 This application note presents a high-performance, high-availability implementation of Top…
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,…
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+…
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…
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…
40GBASE-PSM4: A Simple Route to Higher Density
PSM, or Parallel Single Mode, is a new type of interface with primary applicability today on 40G and 100G optical…
10GBASE-T RJ45 SFP+ Price Slashed!
For years customers have been waiting for an SFP+ transceiver with a copper RJ45 interface operating at 10Gbps Ethernet. Such…
Active vs. Passive Direct Attach Cables (DAC)
SYNOPSIS (…if you don’t have time to read the whole thing) An Active DAC contains electronics for signal conditioning. A…
Upgrade Short Reach 1G Links to 10G Without Upgrading Your Fiber?
To solve this problem a new type of 10G interface has been developed, referred to as “LRM”, short for Long Range Multimode. These interfaces are designed specifically for backward compatibility with OM1 fiber.
OFC 2017: 200Gbps and Beyond
The theme of OFC 2017 (March, 2017 Los Angeles, CA) could have been, “200Gbps and Beyond”. Numerous vendors announced product…