Solutions Guide
Pluggable Optics
for the Data Center
Pluggable Optics for the Data Center
The data center ecosystem is going through unprecedented growth and innovation as new players,
new business models and new technologies converge. One of the key trends is the growing importance
and evolving landscape of fiber optic technologies enabling new architectures and enhanced levels of
performance in the data center.
Fiber optics is no longer an optional technology, or only reserved for the toughest interconnect problems.
Bandwidth, port density and low-power demands now require fiber optics. And fiber optics is now a
pervasive, high-volume, low-cost set of technologies that make it an easy choice for switch interconnect
and server I/O.
Finisar is investing heavily in the data center. Our 10G, 25G, 40G and 100G fiber optic products are enabling
the highest bandwidth, highest density, lowest power and lowest total cost interconnect solutions on the
market today. And we are already working on 200G, 400G and beyond. We are ready to partner with you to
push optical interconnect technologies even further to enable unprecedented scale, bandwidth, flexibility
and efficiency to the modern, highly-interconnected data center.
Extend Your Data Center Reach
Finisar optical products span all Ethernet data rates currently
deployed, from 100Mb/s to 100Gb/s, and we’re leading the
market with our 25G Ethernet optical transceivers for next-
generation servers and switches. Our QSFP products support
link distances of up to 400 meters over multimode fiber, well
beyond the IEEE Ethernet standard. We also support distances
over single mode fiber of up to 20km on 100G QSFP28, 40km
on 40G QSFP+ and 80km on 10G SFP+. And if you need to
connect your data centers over metropolitan or regional
networks, our coherent CFP2-ACO modules can support
distances beyond 500km, as well as enable bidirectional
coherent links to minimize the number of fibers required.
Re-Utilize Your Legacy Multimode Fiber Plant
Most data centers today are still architected around 10G
Ethernet, focused on 10GBASE-SR links over OM3/OM4 duplex
multimode fiber. As data center operators migrate from
10G to 40G and 100G, they want to maintain that existing
fiber infrastructure. However, SR4 interfaces require ribbon
multimode fiber, and LR4 requires duplex single mode fiber,
neither of which are present in the existing duplex multimode
fiber plant. Finisar today is supplying QSFP+ and QSFP28
SWDM4 transceivers which provide cost-effective duplex
multimode fiber links for both 40G and 100G Ethernet.
Increase Density and Consume Less Power
Finisar understands the importance of heat management in
the data center, and has been at the forefront of providing
next-generation lower power dissipation optical products.
Our 100G QSFP28 optical transceivers (SR4, LR4, CWDM4, and
SWDM4) support a maximum power dissipation performance
of 3.5 Watts.
Our 40G and 100G Quadwire Active Optical Cables provide low-
power dissipation settings which the host system can utilize.
We are the market leader in the supply of 12x10G and 12x25G
on-board optical Tx/Rx modules, or BOAs. On-board optics enable
increased port density while minimizing power dissipation.
Move beyond 100G to 200G / 400G
Finisar has been the market leader in 100G Ethernet modules,
supplying CFP modules to service provider router and
transport deployments since 2010. We have now expanded
our 100G product offering to include various types of CFP2,
CFP4, CXP and QSFP28 modules, for telecom and also the
emerging data center and enterprise 100G applications.
However, we’re not stopping there. We currently have a
leading role in standardization activities and are already
developing our next-generation Ethernet products, which will
support 50G, 200G and 400G data rates in modules like CFP8,
QSFP56, QSFP-DD, and SFP-DD. These products will meet the
performance demands of high-performance data centers for
many years to come.
The Modern Highly-Interco
SERVERS
10G SFP+
25G SFP28
10G SFPwire AOC
25G SFPwire AOC
TOR/LEAF
SWITCHES
40G QSFP+
4x10G QSFP+
100G QSFP28
4x25G QSFP28
10G SFP+
25G SFP28
10G SFPwire AOC
25G SFPwire AOC
4x10G Breakout AOC
4x25G Breakout AOC
Fiber Types
Active Optical Cables (AOC)
Typical Reach
≤100m
≤100m
1G
10G
SFPwire AOC (FCBG110SD1Cxx)
Duplex Multimode Fiber
≤220m to 500m
Parallel Multimode Fiber
≤100m
≤400m
≤1km to 2km
Duplex Single Mode Fiber
≤10km
≤20km to 40km
Parallel Single Mode Fiber
≤500m to 2km
SFP LX (FTLF1318P3BTL)
SFP EX (FTLF1419P1BNL)
SFP SX (FTLF8519P3BNL)
SFP+ SR (FTLX8574D3BCL)
SFP+ LRM (FTLX1371D3BCL)
QSFP+ 4xSR (FTL410QD3C)
SFP+ LR-Lite (FTLX1374D3BCL)
SFP+ LR (FTLX1475D3BCL)
SFP+ CWDM (FTLX2471DC0xx)
SFP+ ER (FTLX1672D3BCL)
Please contact Finisar for products supporting other applications and protocols, including Fibre Channel, SONET/SDH/OTN, CPRI, InfiniBand, industria
onnected Data Center
ROUTERS
100G CFP4
100G CFP2
100G CFP
100G CFP2-ACO
CORE/SPINE
SWITCHES
40G QSFP+
100G QSFP28
40G/100G Quadwire AOC
100G CXP
100G C.wire AOC
120G/300G BOA
Ethernet Data Rates
25G
SFPwire AOC (FCBG125SD1Cxx)
SFP28 SR (FTLF8536P4BCL)
SFP28 SR Low Latency (FTLF8538P4BCL)
SFP28 eSR (FTLF8540P4BCL)
QSFP28 4x25G-SR (FTLC9551REPM)
CFP4 4x25G-SR (FTLC9141RENM)
Please contact Finisar
40G
Quadwire AOC (FCCN410QD3Cxx )
4x10G Breakout AOC
QSFP+ LM4 (FTL4C2QE2C)
QSFP+ SWDM4 (FTL4S1QE1C)
QSFP+ SR4 (FTL410QE4C)
QSFP+ eSR4 (FTL410QD4C)
100G
Quadwire AOC (FCBN425QE1Cxx)
4x25G Breakout AOC
QSFP28 SWDM4 (FTLC9152RGPL)
QSFP28 eSWDM4 (FTLC9153RGPL)
QSFP28 SR4 (FTLC9555REPM)
CFP4 SR4 (FTLC9141RENM)
QSFP28 eSR4 (FTLC9553REPM)
QSFP28 CWDM4 (FTLC1155RGPL)
200G / 400G
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
SFP28 LR (FTLF1436P3BCL)
QSFP+ LR4 (FTL4C1QE2C)
QSFP+ ER4 (FTL4E1QE1C)
QSFP28 LR4 (FTLC1154RDPL)
CFP4 LR4 (FTLC1141RDNL)
QSFP28 eLR4 (FTLC1154RDPLA)
QSFP28 ER4f (FTLC2151RDPL)
QSFP28 PSM4 (FTLC1551REPM)
Coming Soon
al applications and many others. We have the broadest optical portfolio in the industry.
Finisar Products for the Data Center
Intra-rack
10G & 25G SFPwire
®
10G SFP+ SR
25G SFP28 SR
Long span/Inter-building
10G SFP+
LR/Bidi/xWDM/Tunable
10/40/80km SMF
25G SFP28 LR
10km SMF
(incl. low latency version)
40G QSFP+ LR4/ER4
4x10G QSFP+ SR
4x25G QSFP28 SR
(incl. low latency version)
10/40km SMF
100G QSFP28
CWDM4/LR4/eLR4/ER4f
2/10/20/40km SMF
BOA (optical engine)
4x10G Breakout AOC
4x25 Breakout AOC
100G CFP4 LR4
10km SMF
100G CFP2 LR4
10km SMF
100G CFP LR4
10km SMF
Inter-rack
10G SFP+ SR
400m OM4 MMF
CFP2-ACO
Metro/Long Haul
DWDM SMF
10G & 25G SFPwire
®
Up to 30m
25G SFP28 SR
400m OM4 MMF
100G Quadwire
®
Up to 100m
40G QSFP+ SR4/SWDM4
400m OM4 MMF
100G CXP SR10
150m OM4 MMF
40G Quadwire
®
Up to 100m
100G C.wire
®
Up to 100m
100G QSFP28 SR4/SWDM4
400/300m OM4 MMF
