10-Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggables (XFPs) In This Chapter
OmniSwitch Transceivers Guide June 2007 page 2-11
2 10-Gigabit Small Form
Factor Pluggables (XFPs)
10-Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggables (XFPs) are fiber-based optical transceivers. XFPs are fully hot-
swappable and are available for both short-reach and long-reach applications.
In This Chapter
This chapter describes the technical specifications for all the OmniSwitch supported XFP transceivers. For
additional details about OmniSwitch modules, see the appropriate OmniSwitch Hardware Guide.
XFP specifications in the chapter include:
• 10-Gigabit Ethernet Transceivers. See “10-Gigabit Ethernet Transceivers” on page 2-13.
For information on installing and managing OmniSwitch hardware, see the appropriate Hardware Guide.
For information on OmniSwitch XFP compatibility, see “XFP Compatibility Matrix” on page 4-17.