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Cisco offers a wide variety of pluggable transceiver modules across Cisco
switches and router platforms. Cisco pluggable transceivers provide a convenient
and cost-effective solution for the adoption of Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and
10 Gigabit Ethernet in data center, campus, metro access, and storage area networks.
Cisco 10 Gigabit Modules
Cisco offers a range of XENPAK, X2,
and XFP modules for 10 Gigabit
Ethernet deployments. These Cisco
transceivers meet Cisco specifications
and are compliant with industry
standards. Cisco XENPAK, X2, and XFP
offer a convenient and cost-effective
solution for the adoption of 10 Gigabit
Ethernet in data center, campus,
metropolitan area access, and ring
networks. XENPAKs are offered for
several reaches and transmission
media and are supported on the
Catalyst 6500, 3750 Series switches,
and 7600 and CRS-1 routers today.
X2s are also offered for several
reaches and transmission media
and are supported on the Catalyst
4500 and 4948-10GE Series
switches today. The Cisco XFP
Module offers customers a dual rate
interface for 10 Gigabit Ethernet
and Packet-over-SONET/SDH (POS)
connectivity. XFPs are currently
supported on Cisco routers based
on Shared Port Adapter (SPA).
Cisco CWDM Modules
Cisco Course Wave Division
Multiplexing (CWDM) Solution
allows scalable and easy-to-deploy
Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and Fibre
Channel services. The combination
of CWDM GBICs and CWDM SFPs
and CWDM Optical Add-Drop Modules
(OADMs) and Multiplexers enables
the design of a flexible and highly
available multiservice network.
The Cisco CWDM Solution offers a
convenient and cost-effective solution
for the adoption of optical Gigabit
Ethernet in campus, data center, and
metropolitan-area access networks.
Cisco CWDM Solution consists of a
set of eight different Cisco CWDM
GBICs (one for each of the eight
different colors or wavelengths), eight
different SFPs, a set of eight single
wavelength/dual channel OADMs,
two four-channel OADM/MUX and
an eight-channel MUX along with a
CWDM rack-mountable chassis.
Cisco DWDM Transceiver Modules
The Cisco Dense Wave Division
Multiplexing (DWDM) XENPAKs allow
users to integrate WDM transport
directly with Cisco 10 Gigabit Ethernet
switches and routers. The DWDM
XENPAKs and DWDM optical filter and
amplifier products (Cisco ONS15216
series) enable the design of a flexible
and highly available multiservice
network. The DWDM XENPAKs support
100GHZ ITU grid and match the 4-skip-1
channel plan of Cisco ONS 100GHZ
products. The DWDM XENPAKs can
be used for unamplified and amplified
designs to transmit up to 320 Gigabit
over the same pair of SMF.
The Cisco Dense Wave Division
Multiplexing (DWDM) GBICs allow
users to integrate WDM transport
directly with Cisco Gigabit Ethernet
switches and routers. Just like
DWDM XENPAK, the DWDM GBICs
interoperate with the same ONS
equipment. They can be used for
unamplified and amplified designs
to transmit up to 32 Gigabit over the
same pair of SMF.
Cisco Gigabit Ethernet SFP
Modules
Cisco offers a range of GBIC
transceivers and Small Form-factor
Pluggable (SFP) transceivers for
Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel
applications. These small, modular
optical interface transceivers offer a
convenient and cost-effective solution
for the adoption of Gigabit Ethernet
and Fibre Channel in data center,
campus, metropolitan area access
and ring networks, and storage
area networks.
Cisco Fast Ethernet SFP Modules
Cisco offers a range of Fast Ethernet
SFP Interface Transceivers. The
product portfolio includes 100BASE-FX
100BASE-LX, and 100BASE-BX SFPs.
• 100BASE-FX: SFP operates on
ordinary multimode fiber optic link
spans of up to 2 km in length.
• 100BASE-LX: SFP operates on
ordinary single-mode fiber optic link
spans of up to 10 km in length.
• 100BASE-BX: SFP operates on
ordinary single-mode SINGLE
STRAND fiber optic link spans of up
to 10 km in length. A 100BASE-BX-D
and a 100BASE-BX-U SFP is needed
for the single strand deployment.
Cisco offers two types of 100M SFP:
• 100M SFP for Fast Ethernet (FE)
SFP Port. The SFP product name
contains a “FE”.
• 100M SFP for Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)
SFP Port. The SFP product name
contains a “GE”.
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