Each 10-gigabit lane of this module is compliant to IEEE 10GBASE-SR specifications. This module can be used for native 40G optical links over 12-fiber ribbon cables with MPO/MTP connectors, or in 4x10G mode with ribbon to duplex fiber breakout cables for connectivity to four. The Cisco ® 40GBASE QSFP (Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable) portfolio offers customers a wide variety of high-density and low-power 40 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity options for data center, high-performance computing 00networks, enterprise core and distribution layers, and service provider. 10-Gigabit Ethernet/40-Gigabit Ethernet LAN/WAN OTN PIC with QSFP+ (PTX Series) For information about which FPCs support these PICs, see PTX Series PIC/FPC Compatibility. Increased adoption of 10 Gigabit Ethernet servers coupled with applications requiring higher bandwidth is accelerating the need for dense 40 Gigabit. This hot-pluggable SFP+ transceiver is engineered to transmit 10Gbps data streams over single-mode fiber (SMF) for link lengths up to 40 kilometers, making it indispensable for metro Ethernet, campus backbone networks, enterprise data center interconnects (DCIs), and telecom access networks. The 40G QSFP+ optical transceiver – often called a 40g fiber optic transceiver – is a hot-pluggable, high-density module that bundles four independent 10Gbps channels into a single 40Gbps link. Each channel can: This quad-channel design gives data center switches and routers a higher port density.
