Fiber Optic Transceiver

Fiber Optic Transceiver · 29. December 2017

XFP Transceiver Module

In fiber optic networking, there exists such a kind of optical component, small in size but plays an important role. It is fiber optic transceiver module. The telecom industry develops rapidly and in order to meet different requirements of network deployment, there are various types of fiber optic transceivers on the market. This article will introduce XFP transceiver module.

Compatible Issues of Optical Transceiver

When deploying the cabling system, sometimes you may encounter such situation when there is already brand A switch, but you got brand B optical transceiver. Then, the compatible issue is what you most worry about. Just like the following figure shows, Cisco SFP-10G-SR transceiver definitely works well when plugged into 10G SFP+ port on Cisco switch, so does HP SFP-10G-SR transceiver with HP switch. But when you plug Cisco SFP-10G-SR transceiver into 10G SFP+ port on HP switch, will the link...