Large data centers such as those at Facebook or YouTube have thousands of servers that must connect through switches and fiber-optic lines. These data centers need an ever-increasing supply of 10-Gbps ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. As SFP+ (enhanced small form-factor pluggable) becomes more pervasive, engineers need to become familiar with some of ...

Great strides have been made over the past few years in bringing 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) products to market, and the technology has progressed from lab demonstrations to commercial deployment. To ...

The small-form-factor pluggable (SFP) module is probably the most popular optical transceiver format for both data communications and telecommunications applications. These transceivers run at data ...

Are all 10GBase-T SFP+ modules guaranteed to be able to autonegotiate down to 2.5Gbps (USB NIC)? I see that autonegotiation is a requirement for 10GBase-T but I can't confirm if that includes 5 and ...

Have a new HP 2910al and the 2-port SFP+ module. When I plug in my generic SFP+ SR, the link light blinks, but the switch doesn't seem to detect it at all. Do I need HP-branded SFP+? Is something else ...

Over the years of 10 gigabit Ethernet’s existence, there have been numerous different form factors and optics types introduced. The oldest, XENPAKS, remain very popular as the install base is large, ...