2018년 11월 8일 목요일

[Network] The trend of Form Factor


 Hi Folks,

I hope you enjoy your weekday.

I would like to share and clarify the Form Factor for Network (even include interface)



 As you may know, server will provide very high speed in the future.


we support 1 Gbe & 10 GbE interface now, it will transit to other speed now.
And we will handle 10, 25, 50 and sometimes 100 GbE in a server.

Thus it is good to understand clearly for Form Factor now.


Here is speed and distance per interface.
 


And
  • SFP is 1 GbE or Fibre interface,
  • CFP and QSFP28 is 100 GbE
  • QSFP28 DD is 200 GbE

You probably have curiosity for + , 28, DD.
+ meaning is mostly advanced feature and speed but same interface.
  • Thus SFP is 1 GbE and SFP+ is 10 GbE supported. (other purpose as well.)
  • And   QSFP+ is same.

28 meaning is enhancement from +
  • Thus SFP28 could support 25 GbE as same interface.
 


DD is a littble different.
  • DD just put in 2 ports.
  • In my view, it is not developed yet currently
  • Thus in my view it will support by CFP or QSFP interface type.



Reference:


Appedix: interface type.

SFP
SFP, small form-factor pluggable for short, is a compact, hot-pluggable transceiver module used for both telecommunication and data communications applications. SFPtransceiver can be regarded as the upgrade version of GBIC module. Unlike GBIC with SC fiber optic interface, SFP is with LC interface and the main body size of SFP is only about half of GBIC, which makes the SFP space saving. SFP interfaces a network device mother board (for a router, switch, media converter or similar devices) to a fiber optic or copper networking cable. Meanwhile, SFP is a popular industry format supported by many network component vendors. SFP transceiver modules are designed to support SONET, Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and other communications standards.

SFP+
SFP+ is an enhanced version of the SFP that supports data rates up to 10 Gbit/s. SFP+ supports 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 10-gigabit Ethernet and Optical Transport Network standard OTU2. It is a popular industry format supported by many network component vendors. Initial standard applications focused on 8G Fibre Channel, 10G Ethernet and 10G Fibre Channel, where the electrical interface to the host board is a standardized serial interface called SFI. The applications have expanded to include SONET OC-192, SDH STM-64, OTN G.709, CPRI wireless, 16G Fibre Channel, and the emerging 32G Fibre Channel application.

XFP
XFP has appeared before the SFP+. It is also a standardized form factor for serial 10 Gb/s fiber optic transceivers. It is protocol-independent and fully compliant to the following standards: 10G Ethernet, 10G Fibre Channel, SONET OC-192, SDH STM-64 and OTN G.709, supporting bit rate from 9.95G through 11.3G. XFP transceivers are used in datacom and telecom optical links and offer a smaller footprint and lower power consumption than other 10 Gb/s transponders. The electrical interface to the host board is a standardized serial 10 Gb/s interface called XFI.

QSFP/QSFP+
QSFP is short for quad (4-channel) small form-factor pluggable. It is a compact, hot-pluggable transceiver also used for data communications applications. QSFP+ evolved as the standard to support 10Gb/s data rates per SFF-8436. Compared with QSFP+, QSFP products support Quarter Small Form-factor Pluggable with the different data rate so that there is no change in the product solution. Nowadays, QSFP+ gradually replace QSFP and is widely used by people as it can provide higher bandwidth.


CFP
CFP, namely C form-factor pluggable, is a multi-source agreement to produce a common form-factor for the transmission of high-speed digital signals. The c stands for the Latin letter C used to express the number 100 (centum), since the standard was primarily developed for 100 Gigabit Ethernet systems. It can support a wide range of 40 and 100 Gb/s applications such as 40G and 100G Ethernet, OC-768/STM-256, OTU3, and OTU4.



Thanks & Regards,
Hoon Jo (CCIE DC #44667, VCIX6-NV, C-HanaTec151)
Automation Specialist  (Ansible, Python)
Enterprise Resolution Manager, Korea
Dell EMC | Commercial Solutions Support (CSS)

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