Thursday, September 9, 2010

LRM Benefits Overview

Over 80% of the fiber deployed on the campus and in building backbones are multimode fiber (MMF) To cost effectively upgrade from 1 gigabit to 10 Gigabyte Ethernet using the same cabling plant requires a new optical interface

The new IEEE optical standard, IEEE 802.3aq, addresses this issue by: Supporting distances of up to 220m on all grades of MMF 7300-NSE-100 Lowering power, heat, and latency Allowing customers to use their existing MMF fiber cabling

Cisco is the first in the industry to offer a 10GBASE-LRM (Long Reach Multimode) optical interface for use in campus networks and in data centers with legacy MMF

Accelerating 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adoption in the Campus

The Cisco X2 10 Gigabit Ethernet LRM Optical Module is fully compliant with IEEE 802.3aq

Supported in the Cisco Catalyst® 6500 Series, Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series, and Cisco Catalyst 3750-E Series

Completes the Cisco 10 Gigabit Ethernet portfolio for MMF

Fraction of the cost of existing 10 Gigabit Ethernet optics

Drives down the price per port for a 10 Gigabit Ethernet deployment

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