[c-nsp] Support for CFP2

Shawn L shawn at rmrf.us
Fri Jan 19 09:58:21 EST 2024


I have.  They're telling me I need

The pluggable optic must be DWDM 1530 to 1563 nm with QPSK modulation that
fits 50Ghz (~31 to 35Gbaud) and a launch power of ZR+ 0dBm. The customer
channel should have Rx: Max <-10 dBm/Ch and Tx: Min: >–5 dBm/Ch to Max: <+
6.5dBm/Ch in order to meet the GOSNR margin of 2.5dBm or more.



On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 9:44 AM Nathan Lannine <nathan.lannine at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>> Everything we have uses the QSFP28 form factor, and there doesn't seem to
>> be any optics on the market yet with that form factor that is going to
>> work, though there should be some coming out in the second quarter.
>>
>> At this point, we'd like to turn the service up sooner that later, so
>> we're
>> looking for options.  We could put something in between their equipment
>> and
>> ours (AST9901 fixed chassis), but I have no idea what that might be.
>> We're
>>
>>
> Have you checked out the Transceiver compatibility matrix (
> https://tmgmatrix.cisco.com/iop?tpid=6)?  In particular, the page I
> linked (and I may just not be understanding correctly) seems to be saying
> that  QSFP-100G-ER4L-S may be compatible with what you are looking for.
>
> Regards,
> Nathan
>


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