Are You Familiar With QSFP-40G-SR4?
The rapid growth of server, network, and internet traffic drives the need for higher data rate, higher density, and lower cost optical fiber Ethernet solutions, especially in data centers. As 10 Gbit/s speed is not fast enough to some enterprises, the IEEE 802.3 working group put up the 802.3ba standard of 40 and 100 Gbit/s. For 40G port types, there are 40G-CR4, 40G-KR4, 40GBASE-SR4, 40GBASE-LR4, 40GBASE-ER4, 40G-FR, 40GBASE-T. As speed and performance needs increase, optical transceivers have become an integral part of overall system design. The transceiver supporting 40G is called the Quad Form-factor Pluggable module. This article will introduce something about QSFP-40G-SR4. 40GBASE-SR4 ("short range") is a port type for multi-mode fiber and uses 850nm lasers. It's used for short range fiber connection. Its Physical Coding Sublayer 64b/66b PCS is defined in IEEE 802.3 Clause 82 and its Physical Medium Dependent PMD in Clause 86. It uses four lanes of multi-mode fibe...