Cisco Transceiver Modules

Cisco 10GBASE X2 Modules

Overview

The Cisco 10GBASE X2 modules (Figure 1) offer customers a wide variety of 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity options for data center, enterprise wiring closet, and service provider transport applications.

Figure 1. Cisco 10GBASE X2 and Xenpak Modules

Main features of Cisco 10GBASE X2 modules include:

• Support 10GBASE Ethernet.

• Hot-swappable input/output device plugs into an Ethernet X2 port of a Cisco switch(ESR-HH-8FE-TX) or router to link the port with the network.

• Provides flexibility of interface choice.

• Supports "pay-as-you-populate" model.

• Supports the Cisco quality identification (ID) feature that enables a Cisco switch or router to identify whether the module is certified and tested by Cisco.

• Has optical interoperability with respective 10GBASE Xenpak, 10GBASE XFP and 10GBASE SFP+ modules on the same link.