FA4800 User Manual
Release 1.9.30
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Appendix C
Small Form-factor
Pluggable Transceiver
IDU-C SFP Support
The Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) transceiver, is a compact, hot-plug-
gable transceiver used in communications applications.
The SFP transceiver technology allows almost any protocol converter imple-
mentation with seamless integration to a standard Ethernet switch.
The IDU-C supports SFP transceivers to provide and support several net-
work applications.
Any standard Fast Ethernet (FE) SFP transceiver can be plugged into the
IDU-C. These SFPs support various Ethernet interfaces. For example a fibre
optic interface can be used to support long fibre distances.
In addition, System on SFP transceivers can be used, supporting a
proto-
col converter
concept. The main application for such SFP transceivers is
TDM over Ethernet
providing E1/T1 or E3/T3 over full duplex Ethernet
Remote Bridge
The following table provides a few SFP types that can be used with the IDU-
C:
Table C-1: SFP Type and Interface description
SFP Type
Interface Description
100baseT
100BaseT, IEEE 802.3, UTP CAT5
100baseFX
Multimode fiber-optic (MMF) link spans up to 2km long
100baseLX
Single-mode fiber optic (SMF) links pans up to 10km
100baseBX
SMF single-strand link spans up to 10 km or 40 km
E3T3/FE
E3/T3
