10-Gigabit Ethernet Transceiver (XFP) Specifications
Enterasys G-Series Hardware Installation Guide A-11
10-Gigabit Ethernet Transceiver (XFP) Specifications
The10‐GigabitSmallFormFactorPluggable(XFP)interfaceportslotsontheG3modulessupport
variousoptional10‐GigabitEthernet(10GbE)standardtypefiber‐opticandcoppertransceivers.
Table A‐24providestheinput/outputspecificationsforeachsupportedXFPversionasspecifiedin
theIEEE802.3ae‐2002standard.
Thespecifications
listedinTable A‐25meetorexceedtheIEEE802.3ae‐2002standard.
Console Port Pinout Assignments
ReferbacktoConnectingtotheRJ45ConsolePortonpage 2‐14forconsoleportpinout
information.
Table A-24 XFP Specifications
Module Wavelength
Tx Power
Min/Max (avg.)
Rx Sensitivity
Min/Max (avg.)
Link Power
Budget
MTBF
(hours)
10GBASE-LR-XFP 1310 nm DFB -8.2 / 0.5 dBm -14.4 / 0.5 dBm 9.4 dB 2,631,579
10GBASE-ER-XFP 1550 nm EML -4.7 / 4.0 dBm -15.8 / -1.0 dBm 15 dB 2,000,000
10GBASE-ZR-XFP 1550 nm EML 0 / 4.0 dBm -25 / -7.0 dBm 18 dB 1,164,047
10GBASE-SR-XFP 850 nm VCSEL -7.3 / -1.0 dBm -9.9 / -1.0 dBm 7.3 dB 4,081,633
10GBASE-CX4-XFP Copper N/A N/A N/A 4,816,314
Table A-25 Recommended Cable Types and Specifications
Item Type Max. Reach
Min. Reach
1
1. The limiting factor is saturation of the receiver by the transmitter. When presented with a signal at a strength
above the saturation point, the receiver cannot distinguish between pulses, though no hardware damage
occurs.
Connector
10GBASE-LR-XFP SMF (Single Mode Fiber) 10 km (6.21 mi) 2 m (6.6 ft) LC
10GBASE-ER-XFP SMF (Single Mode Fiber) 40 km (24.85 mi)
2
2. Links longer than 30 km for the same link power budget are considered engineered links. Attenuation for such
links needs to be less than the minimum
2 m (6.6 ft) with
minimum of 5 dB
attenuation
LC
10GBASE-ZR-XFP SMF (Single Mode Fiber) 80 km (49.7 mi) 2 m (6.6 ft) with
minimum of 11 dB
attenuation
LC
10GBASE-SR-XFP MMF (Multimode Fiber) 300 m (984 ft) 2 m (6.6 ft) LC
10GBASE-CX4-XFP CX4 TwinAxial 15 m (49.21 ft) N/A CX4
