This document provides technical descriptions, applications, and compatibility information for the following categories of optics modules in the Cisco®ONS product family:

●Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC)

●Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP)

●10-Gigabit Small Form-Factor Pluggable (XFP)

●10-Gigabit Enhanced Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+)

●CXP

●C Form-Factor Pluggable (CFP)

●Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable (QSFP+)

●Cisco CPAK™

●C Form-Factor Pluggable 2 (CFP2)

●C Form-Factor high density pluggable (CXP2)

Introduction

Cisco offers a comprehensive range of pluggable optical modules for the Cisco ONS family of multiservice platforms. The wide variety of modules gives you flexible and cost-effective options for all types of interfaces. Cisco offers a range of GBIC, SFP, XFP, SFP+, CXP, CFP, Cisco CPAK, and QSFP+ pluggable modules. These small, modular optical interface transceivers offer a convenient and cost-effective solution for an array of applications in the data center, campus, metropolitan-area access and ring network, storage area network, and long-haul network.