ETHERNET ALLIANCE® MEMBERS HOLD SUCCESSFUL INTEROPERABILITY DEMONSTRATION OF SFP+ OPTICAL
INTERFACES
Mountain View, CA – April 14, 2008 – The Ethernet Alliance today announced that members AMCC,
Avago Technologies, Broadcom, ClariPhy,
Cortina Systems, ExceLight Communications, Finisar, Gennum, Inphi, Intel, JDSU,
MergeOptics, NetLogic Microsystems, Opnext and Vitesse successfully conducted
multi-vendor interoperability testing of Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP+)
short-reach (10GBASE-SR) and long-reach (10GBASE-LR) optical interfaces.
The testing was recently held at the
SFP+ modules are hot-pluggable, small-footprint optical transceivers intended
for datacom applications. SFP+ interfaces offer the smallest,
lowest-power solution for 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) to enable increased
density in enterprise applications. SFP+ modules and PHY ICs are being
developed for SR, LR, LRM (long-wavelength multimode) and ER
(extra-long-wavelength) optical reaches per IEEE Std. 802.3ae™-2002 and IEEE
Std. 802.3aq™-2006. Electrical and mechanical interface specifications
for SFP+ modules, direct attach cables, and hosts are under definition by the
SFF Committee, a multi-source agreement group with broad industry
participation.
“We expect the move to smaller SFP+ modules will help increase the port density
and reduce the cost of 10 Gigabit Ethernet line cards,” said Jag Bolaria,
senior analyst, Linley Group. “Demonstrating interoperability between
10GBASE-SR and 10GBASE-LR SFP+ modules with existing XENPAK, X2 and XFP modules
showcases the readiness for deployment of SFP+ modules.”
Additional information on the interoperability demonstration will be available
in a white paper that will be published in late April and available on the
Ethernet Alliance website at www.ethernetalliance.org.
The SFP+/EDC subcommittee plans to hold a second plugfest in 2008 to
demonstrate interoperability of SFP+ 10GBASE-LRM optical interfaces and direct
attach copper SFP+ interfaces. More detailed information on this plugfest will
be available in the coming months.
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Alliance was created to promote industry awareness, acceptance and advancement
of technology and products based on existing and emerging IEEE 802 Ethernet
standards. The organization accelerates industry adoption and removes barriers
to market entry by providing a cohesive, market responsive, industry voice on
IEEE 802 Ethernet projects. For more information, visit www.ethernetalliance.org.
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