RADWIN2000UserManual Release2.8.30 C‐1
AppendixC:
SmallForm‐factorPluggable
Transceiver
IDU‐CSFPSupport
TheSmallForm‐factorPluggable(SFP)transceiver,isacompact,hot‐pluggabletransceiver
usedincommunicationsapplications.
TheSFPtransceivertechnologyallowsalmostanyprotocolconverterimplementationwith
seamlessintegrationtoastandardEthernetswitch.
TheIDU‐CsupportsSFPtransceiverstoprovideandsupportseveralnetworkapplications.
AnystandardFastEthernet(FE)SFPtransceiver canbepluggedintotheIDU‐C.TheseSFPs
supportvariousEthernetinterfaces.Forexampleafibreopticinterfacecanbeusedto
supportlongfibredistances.
Inaddition,SystemonSFPtransceiverscanbeused,supportingaprotocolconverter
concept.ThemainapplicationforsuchSFPtransceiversisTDMoverEthernetprovidingE1/
T1orE3/T3overfullduplexEthernetRemoteBridge
ThefollowingtableprovidesafewSFPtypesthatcanbeusedwiththeIDU‐C:
SFPType InterfaceDescription
100baseT/1000baseT 100BaseT,1000BaseTIEEE802.3,UTPCAT5
100baseFX/1000baseFX Multimodefiber‐optic(MMF)linkspansupto2kmlong
100baseLX/1000baseLX Single‐modefiberoptic(SMF)linkspansupto10km
100baseBX/1000baseBX SMFsingle‐strandlinkspansupto10kmor40km
E1/T1/FE E1/T1with100M
E3/T3/FE E3/T3with100M
E1/T1/GBE E1/T1with1000M
E3/T3/GBE E3/T3with1000M