Product Overview

The Cisco^® 100GBASE Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable (QSFP) portfolio offers customers a wide variety of high-density and low-power 100 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity options for data center, high-performance computing networks, enterprise core and distribution layers, and service provider applications. The QSFP-100G modules are our new generation of 100G transceiver modules solution based on a QSFP form factor. (See Figure 1.)

Features and Benefits of Cisco QSFP Modules

●   Hot-swappable input/output device that plugs into a 100G Gigabit Ethernet Cisco QSFP port

●   Interoperable with other IEEE-compliant 100GBASE interfaces where applicable

●   Certified and tested on Cisco QSFP-100G ports for superior performance, quality, and reliability

●   High-speed electrical interface compliant to IEEE 802.3bm

Table 1 describes the Cisco QSFP-100G portfolio.