In the past years, to meet the growing bandwidth needs, data center technologies and cabling structures have changed a lot. High density apparently becomes the trend. Data center has to install more and more fiber optic jumper cables in a …
The deployment and termination of fiber optic cabling in data center usually cost a lot of time and labor. However, with the increasingly need for high density cabling in 40G/100G data centers, fiber cabling and termination become even mor…
10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) now is a commonplace for current network backbones and data centers to support high-bandwidth applications. And with the continuous advancement and improvement in 10GbE technology, it has extended its applicatio…
40G parallel optical transceivers use four 10G channels to transmit and four 10G channels to receive signals over a 12-fiber assembly. The middle four fibers remain unused or dark. Each fiber either transmits (Tx) or receives (Rx) 10G traf…
Cisco GLC-SX-MMD transceiver is a 1000BASE-SX SFP optical transceiver. This hot-swappable input/output device plugs into a Gigabit Ethernet port or slot and allows the port to be linked with the network via multimode optical fiber. Cisco G…
Direct attach cable assemblies are becoming more and more popular among data center operators, for they use the same port as optical transceivers but with significant cost savings and power savings in short reach applications. These assemb…
Optical network has now been more and more popular now, for it has several advantages, such as high speed, high bandwidth and high density. And fiber optic cables can support much longer distance than traditional copper cables (like twiste…
Fiber optic jumper cables are available in OS1, OS2 single-mode and OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4 multimode types. Both ends of the optical cable are terminated with a high performance hybrid or single type fiber optic connector, such as SC connector…
SFP+ direct attach copper cable assembly is a high speed and cost-effective alternative to fiber optic cables in 10G Ethernet applications. 10g copper SFP is suitable for short distances, and ideal for highly cost-effective networking conn…
In recent years, 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) has gained more popularity and the market of 40GbE is encouraging. But with the rapid growth of the new standard 100GbE, a new voice is announcing, namely 25GbE. As the increasing bandwidth requir…
SFP (small form-factor pluggable) was jointly developed by many of the world's leading network vendors. It has been widely used in optical network systems. Nowadays, many 3rd party SFP module vendors are providing high quality and reliable…
As we know, fiber optic connectors are used at both ends of a fiber jumper to achieve cross connections of fibers. There are many types of connectors developed for fiber optic jumper cables. For example, single-mode networks have used FC o…
We know that 100 GbE is a group of computer networking technologies for transmitting Ethernet frames at rates of 100 gigabits per second (100Gbit/s). As bandwidth demands continue to grow, network service providers are looking at even high…
3rd-party fiber optic transceivers have now been widely used a solution for optical transmissions. Compatible 3rd-party optical transceivers can also meet your needs for your applications. For example, Intel E10GSFPSR compatible 1000BASE-S…
You will come across words like "hot-swappable" or "hot-pluggable", when reading specifications of an SFP transceiver, such as Allied Telesis AT-SPSX compatible 1000BASE-SX SFP transceiver. What is the meaning of "hot-swappable" or "hot-pl…
The IEEE 802.3ba committee ratified the 40 Gigabit Ethernet standard to meet the increasing demand for higher bandwidth and along with the general specification of fiber optic interfaces. These standard interfaces satisfy a number of diffe…
Sometimes, we may see this kind of description: This Allied Telesis AT-SPSX compatible SFP transceiver is a 1000BASE-SX SFP 850nm 550m transceiver module, and it is fully compatible with MSA SFP specification; or the TRENDnet TEG-MGBSX com…
Singlemode fiber and multimode fiber are two commonly uesd fiber types. Accordingly, optical transceivers have singlemode and multimode types. A simglemode QSFP+ transceiver works with singlemode fiber, and a multimode QSFP+ transceiver wo…
We know that with the increasing need for faster data transfer rates, 40G networks have been an inexorable trend now. How to deploy 40G Ethernet networks? We need both connectors of different types to achieve network connectivity and vario…
Global regional and local fiber communication network has been growing over the past few decades, which brings in a higher demand for cables which can provide lower-power means for high-speed and high-performance connections. To meet the h…
DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) technology enables hundreds of wavelengths to be placed on a single fiber. It means that the incoming optical signals are assigned to specific wavelengths within a designated frequency band, th…
Most optical networks today use components that may come from various suppliers, which makes it particularly important to test the compatibility and interoperability of each fiber optic transceiver in the network. In a network with SFP+ tr…
Upgrading from 10G to 40G is an inevitable trend but it is also very challenging. The potential for a reconfiguration of the physical layer of the network is based on the reduced reach of the OM3/OM4 multimode optics from 10GBASE-SR (300/4…
Contaminated fiber optic connectors can often lead to degraded performance and costly failures. To ensure proper performance and reliability, thorough care must be taken to ensure the installation and maintenance of those fiber connectors …
Fiber optic loopback is designed to provide a media of return patch for a fiber optic signal. It is abosolutely an economical solution for a number of fiber optic test applications. Typically used for fiber optic testing applications or ne…
As the demand for bandwidth in enterprise applications such as data centers continues to boom, new transmission media must be developed continually to meet end user requirements. With next-generation 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet speeds on t…
Fiber jumpers continue to provide a cost-effective cabling solution for data centers, local area networks (LANs), and other enterprise applications. Singlemode fiber optic patch cords and multimode fiber optic patch cords are two options. …
Fiber optic patch cable is a simple fiber optic elements, consisting of a short length of optical fiber cable with a connector at each end. According to the optical connectors terminated on both ends, fiber jumpers can be divided into many…
Multi-mode fiber optic patch cable is a common used fiber jumper type. It has its own special advantages and applications. Knowing when to use a multi-mode fiber optic patch cable is very necessary for those who want to design a reliable a…
For many years, OM1 (62.5/125µm) and conventional OM2 (50/125µm) multi-mode fiber were widely deployed in premises applications. They easily support applications ranging from Ethernet to gigabit Ethernet and their relatively large core siz…
