- Hot-swappable input/output device that plugs into a 40 Gigabit Ethernet Cisco QSFP port
- Flexibility of interface choice
- Interoperable with other IEEE-compliant 40GBASE interfaces where applicable
- High-speed electrical interface
- QSFP form factor, 2-wire I2C communication interface and other low-speed electrical interface compliant to MSA
The Cisco 40GBASE pluggable quad small form factor offers high-density and low-power 40 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity for data center, high-performance computing networks, enterprise core and distribution layers as well as service provider applications. The Cisco QSFP high speed BiDi transceiver offers customers a compelling solution. It supports high advanced lengths on laser-optimized OM3 and OM4 multimode fibers as well as complies with the QSFP MSA specification, enabling customers to use it on all QSFP high speed platforms to achieve high-density 40 Gigabit Ethernet networks.