AOC stands for Active Optical Cable, which means it’s really 4 SFP+ and a qsfp plus intermediate fiber all permanently attached. 1M is the length, 1 meter. This is distinct from DAC (Direct Attach Cable) which is all copper (you don’t want these, fiber for one thing isolates ground/emi) This cable won’t work for you without an intermediate switch (bad) because they both end in male SFP plug interface. However, if you just need to use 10g of the 40g port, you can do it much cheaper and easier with just this part: https://www.fs.com/products/72582.html -Ben Cannon CEO 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC ben@6by7.net <mailto:ben@6by7.net>
On Jan 8, 2020, at 11:09 AM, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:
i am not a fiber/sfp/... geek, so clue bat please
on my left, i have a delta 9020SL running arcos, female 40g qsfp
on my right, i have incoming 10g 1310nm single mode from the seattle internet exchange. it is currently into a redstone 10g sfp
NAME VALUE --------------------------------- SwPort 1 Status PRESENT Valid True Vendor FiberStore Model SFP-10GLR-31 Serial-Number G1804021292 Type SFP Module-Type 10G_BASE_SX Media-Type FIBER Module-Capability F_10G Length 255 Length-Description
which i am swapping out for the delta 9020
so i am look at something such as https://www.fs.com/products/30900.html except i do not understand active/passive, AOC1M, etc
thanks in advance
randy