16 Apr
2010
16 Apr
'10
12:03 p.m.
On 16/04/2010 16:48, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
the cx4 interface is xaui 4x3Gb/s, as is xenpack. xfp is xfi 1 x 10Gb/s so connecting the two requires a serdes device.
you're mixing up interfaces here. This is certainly true of the electrical interface between transceiver and transceiver port. However, the client side interface is standard CX4, so any CX4 device should work fine, including XFP CX4 (which - unlike most XFPs - will contain a serdes). Nick