For the past five to seven years the most common speed of connection between a Top of Rack (ToR) leaf … More
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DATA CENTER SERIES: FluxLight SFP-10G-T Transceiver Application
Cisco Nexus 34180YC to Cisco UCS C460 There are many ways of connecting a Top of Rack (ToR) leaf switch … More
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES SERIES: FluxLight 10GBASE-LRM Optical Transceiver Application
CONNECTING AT 10G OVER OLD FDDI FIBER So here is the situation, you have an existing switch in your main … More
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
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
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
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
Cisco Catalyst IOS Blocks Compatible Transceivers
My Cisco switch disables the port when I install a compatible transceiver module. Help!? Cisco has dominated the IP/Ethernet switching … More