Overview

The 40-Gigabit QSFP+ transceiver module is a hot-swappable, parallel fiber-optical module with four independent optical transmit and receive channels. These channels can terminate in another 40-Gigabit QSFP+ transceiver, or the channels can be broken out to four separate 10-Gigabit SFP+ transceivers. (See Figure 1.) The QSFP+ transceiver module connects the electrical circuitry of the system with either a copper or an optical external network. (See Figure 2 for a view of the optical QSFP+ transceiver.) The transceiver is used primarily in short reach applications in switches, routers, and data center equipment where it provides higher density than SFP+ modules.