The Cisco^® CXP 100GBASE modules offer customers a wide variety of high-density 100Gbps connectivity solutions for short-reach data center networking, high-performance computing networks, enterprise core aggregation, and service provider transport applications.

Features and Benefits

Primary features of Cisco CXP 100GBASE modules include:

• Support for 100 Gigabit Ethernet
• Hot-swappable input/output device that plugs into a Cisco CXP-module-based switch, router, or optical platform port
• Flexibility of interface choice
• Support for a "pay-as-you-grow" model
• Support for digital optical monitoring (DOM)
• CXP-100G-SR10 and CXP-100G-SR12 are both interoperable with any IEEE-compliant 100GBASE-SR10 form factors
• Support for the Cisco quality identification (ID) feature, which enables a Cisco platform to identify whether the module is certified and tested by Cisco
• Easy-to-use pull-release handle that is color coded for reach identification
• Capable of supporting 120Gb/s by utilizing all 12 optical lanes for high-density interconnect applications
• CXP-100G-SR10 supports breakout applications; each lane complies with 10GBASE-SR requirements and OTN rates up to 11.25Gb/s
• CXP-100G-SR10 and CXP-100G-SR12 both support breakout applications for 40GBASE-SR4
• Operating distance of maximum 100 meters over OM3 fibers or maximum 150 meters over OM4 fibers
• Power consumption of maximum 3.5W
• Operating case temperature of 0ºC to 70ºC
• MPO-24 optical receptacle