SMI-10GT Managed Media Converters
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10GBase-T Copper, Fiber and Rate Conversion
SMI-10GRT supports 10/100/1000/2500/10000 rate
conversion
Use 10G transceivers supplied by Perle, Cisco or
other MSA compliant SFP+ and XFPs
Advanced features –Smart Link Pass-Through, Fiber
Fault Alert, Built-in Link Test Generator and Loopback
Manage via SNMP, CLI - Telnet/SSH, Internet browser, or PerleVIEW Centralized
Management Package
Support for Power Level 1,2,3 as well as high-power Level 4 XFPs
Perle SMI-10GT Media Converters transparently connect 10GBase-T Ethernet links over
multimode or single mode fiber in environments where network security is critical. The
SMI-10GRT additionally supports 10/100/1000/2500/10000 rate conversion. Each 10GBASE-T
Media Converter comes with one RJ45 10GBase-T port and an empty slot for one SFP+ or XFP
module.
SMI-10GT Managed Media Converters support all authentication, authorization and
accounting (AAA) security services used in corporate networks, including , RADIUS,
LDAP, Kerberos, NIS and RSA. To further protect ID’s and passwords from someone ‘snooping’
on the network, Perle Managed Media Converters provide secure management sessions by
supporting SSH, SNMPv3, Telnet and HTTPS. These types of features are used when
managing your corporate firewalls, switches and routers. This is why Perle makes them available
in the SMI-10GT Managed Media Converter. 10GBASE-T Media Converters are also
available for unmanaged applications.
Copper to Fiber conversion is achieved by inserting XFP or SFP+ fiber transceivers that support
multimode and single-mode fiber, including CWDM/DWDM wavelengths. Copper to copper is
achieved by inserting SFP+ Direct Attach Cable (DAC), also known as twinax, or XFP 10Gbase-
CX4 transceivers.
The empty transceiver port on the SMI-10GT Media Converters allow for flexible network
configurations to meet any requirement using a variety of 10G transceivers supplied by Perle,
Cisco or other manufacturers of MSA compliant SFP+ and XFPs. You can use these products to
convert:
10GBase-T (RJ45) to SFP+
10GBase-T (RJ45) to XFP
1000Base-T (RJ45) to 1000Base-X (SFP)
10GBase-T (RJ45) to Direct Attach DAC copper twinax (SFP+)
