Re: [c-nsp] No Link between SFP-10G-LRM and X2-10GB-LX4?

2011-10-11 Thread Jeroen van Ingen
Mack, On Mon, 2011-10-10 at 14:59 -0700, Mack McBride wrote: The LRM looks like the way to go for you if you are limited by SFP+ as the Andrew pointed out. Only I'm not the OP :). Andrew is correct though, LX4 doesn't seem available in SFP+. The Cisco spec is for 220M at 500MHz fiber on LRM.

Re: [c-nsp] No Link between SFP-10G-LRM and X2-10GB-LX4?

2011-10-10 Thread Mack McBride
. Mack -Original Message- From: cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jeroen van Ingen Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 4:49 AM To: sth...@nethelp.no Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] No Link between SFP-10G-LRM and X2-10GB-LX4

Re: [c-nsp] No Link between SFP-10G-LRM and X2-10GB-LX4?

2011-10-10 Thread Andrew Miehs
On 10/10/2011, at 6:00 PM, Mack McBride wrote: That older fiber is probably not rated at 500 Mhz Modal BW suggested by Cisco. Older fiber is usually 200 Mhz. The LX4 would be a better choice (more dispersion resistant) and max distance of 300M. I thought that the OP required an SFP+ on one

Re: [c-nsp] No Link between SFP-10G-LRM and X2-10GB-LX4?

2011-10-10 Thread Mack McBride
. Mack -Original Message- From: Jeroen van Ingen [mailto:jer...@zijndomein.nl] Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 3:49 PM To: Mack McBride Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] No Link between SFP-10G-LRM and X2-10GB-LX4? On 10/10/2011 06:00 PM, Mack McBride wrote: That older fiber

Re: [c-nsp] No Link between SFP-10G-LRM and X2-10GB-LX4?

2011-10-10 Thread Jeroen van Ingen
On 10/10/2011 06:00 PM, Mack McBride wrote: That older fiber is probably not rated at 500 Mhz Modal BW suggested by Cisco. Older fiber is usually 200 Mhz. True, and I expect the fibers between our dorm to be no better than 200 MHz*km. The LX4 would be a better choice (more dispersion

Re: [c-nsp] No Link between SFP-10G-LRM and X2-10GB-LX4?

2011-10-08 Thread Kevin Loch
ci...@entrap.de wrote: Greetings, I have a 6509 with an X6716-10GE Card equipped with Cisco X2-10GB-LX4 10GE modules and a Cisco 2960S-48TD-L Switch with two Cisco SFP-10G-LRM modules. LX4 and LRM are not compatible. LRM uses a single 1310nm laser, LX4 uses four lasers around 1310nm and wdm

Re: [c-nsp] No Link between SFP-10G-LRM and X2-10GB-LX4?

2011-10-07 Thread Jeroen van Ingen
On Thu, 2011-10-06 at 10:19 -0700, Mack McBride wrote: Additionally depending on code version those (LRM and/or LX4) may not be supported on the 6509. Much better to stick to standard transceivers (SR, LR, ER, ZR or DWDM). That's easier said than done; if you need 10 Gbps but you only have

Re: [c-nsp] No Link between SFP-10G-LRM and X2-10GB-LX4?

2011-10-07 Thread sthaug
Much better to stick to standard transceivers (SR, LR, ER, ZR or DWDM). That's easier said than done; if you need 10 Gbps but you only have old MMF available, your only choices for 30 meters are LX4 and LRM. As we get to capacities higher than 10 Gbps you should not expect old MMF to be

Re: [c-nsp] No Link between SFP-10G-LRM and X2-10GB-LX4?

2011-10-07 Thread Jeroen van Ingen
On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 10:51 +0200, sth...@nethelp.no wrote: Much better to stick to standard transceivers (SR, LR, ER, ZR or DWDM). That's easier said than done; if you need 10 Gbps but you only have old MMF available, your only choices for 30 meters are LX4 and LRM. As we get to

Re: [c-nsp] No Link between SFP-10G-LRM and X2-10GB-LX4?

2011-10-06 Thread Mack McBride
Of Gert Doering Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 12:27 PM To: ci...@entrap.de Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] No Link between SFP-10G-LRM and X2-10GB-LX4? Hi, On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 07:40:30PM +0200, ci...@entrap.de wrote: I have a 6509 with an X6716-10GE Card equipped

Re: [c-nsp] No Link between SFP-10G-LRM and X2-10GB-LX4?

2011-10-05 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 07:40:30PM +0200, ci...@entrap.de wrote: I have a 6509 with an X6716-10GE Card equipped with Cisco X2-10GB-LX4 10GE modules and a Cisco 2960S-48TD-L Switch with two Cisco SFP-10G-LRM modules. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Gigabit_Ethernet#10GBASE-LX4 and no...

Re: [c-nsp] No Link between SFP-10G-LRM and X2-10GB-LX4?

2011-10-05 Thread quinn snyder
are you sure that its supported? lx4 == wwdm optic == 4x2.5gbps channels using wideband muxing. additionally, when looking at datasheets for x2 and sfp+ modules, one will see that lx4 optic mentions 4 lanes, launching in the 1300nm space and a separate pluggable for x2-10gb-lrm. sfp+ only

Re: [c-nsp] No Link between SFP-10G-LRM and X2-10GB-LX4?

2011-10-05 Thread Chuck Church
I believe LX4 uses multiple wavelengths. This seems to confirm it. I don't think you can mix those with anything else. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/modules/ps5455/ps6574/product_dat a_sheet0900aecd801f92aa.html Thanks, Chuck -Original Message- From: