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Connectivity Options for 10GbE Infrastructure

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…

Guide to Test and Verify 3rd-party Optical Transceivers

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…

Things to Know About "Hot-swappable" Optical Transceivers

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…

Things to Know About Multi-source Agreement

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…

Introduction to QSFP+ Transceiver Module

Transmission speeds are continuing to rise as consumers demand ever higher performance from a variety of communications devices. If you are thinking about upgrading your server network connections, you may want to know about an emerging pl…

What Are the Differences of SFP, SFP+, XFP?

SFP, SFP+, and XFP are all terms for a type of transceiver that plugs into a special port on a switch or other network device to convert the port to a copper or fiber interface. These compact transceivers replace the older, bulkier GBIC in…

Optical Transceivers for 10 Gigabit Ethernet

Just as 10 gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) technologies have changed, so have the cabling technologies that support them and the devices that connect the cabling to their network. Optical transceivers provide the interface between the equipment s…