Cisco Digital 100G CFP2 Pluggable Optical Module

Introduction

Cisco offers a comprehensive range of pluggable optical modules in the Cisco® pluggables portfolio. The wide variety of modules gives you flexible and cost-effective options for all types of interfaces. Cisco offers a range of GBIC, SFP, XFP, SFP+, CXP, CFP, Cisco CPAK, and QSFP+ pluggable modules. These small, modular optical interface transceivers offer a convenient and cost-effective solution for an array of applications in the data center, campus, metropolitan-area access and ring network, storage area network, and long-haul network. In recent times, with longer strides of innovation, Cisco has introduced analog DWDM CFP2 interfaces to the market. The latest addition to the Cisco portfolio pushes this boundary further with the introduction of the Digital CFP2 Pluggable Optical Module.

Product overview

Cisco now offers a range of all-new digital CFP2 transceivers. Cisco already offers a range of analog CFP2 transceivers. With the analog version, the DSP (digital signal processor) chip resided on the line card and was therefore custom to it, while the pluggable module only had transceiver capabilities. With the digital version of the same, both the DSP and the transceiver module reside in the pluggable itself. Therefore, this digital CFP2 pluggable is more complete and compact and can be used across all platforms with the CFP2 interface. (For details please refer to the individual platform optics compatibility matrixes).

Features and benefits

This is a standard DWDM pluggable that adds on a myriad of values, each of which are listed below.

• The module is optimized for 100G line rate with QPSK modulation.
• The module is tunable over eight channels of the 50-GHz ITU Grid.
• The module does support different FEC algorithms to best match customer needs. This includes a 100G Staircase-FEC mode that enables interoperability with other, non-CFP2-DCO-based IPoDWDM products.
• The module does not include a tunable optical filter and is therefore optimized for point-to-point connections

• Supports optical fiber cable for durable performance, minimal signal loss, and fast data transfers to greater distances
• Provides high performance and flexible solution with 100 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
• With 100GBase-X technology, enjoy up to 1000Gbps data transfer rate over supported network cable