03-31-2012 12:34 AM
Hello,
I would like to know if it's possible to use SFP-10G-LR with a conditioning patch cord ?
In fact wa have to deploy 10 Gb, but we dont have any information on the FO, so we have to figure the worst case: old SMF.
It seems not, but I would like to know if someone have already test...
It's for Nexus 5596, so we can't use LRM...
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/modules/ps5455/product_bulletin_c25-530836.pdf
Thanks a lot
03-31-2012 07:34 AM
A mode conditioning patch cord (MCP) is used when you have multimode fiber in your network. It allows certain laser-based transceivers to be connected to the multimode fibers. Review the mode conditioning document I linked to above for more information on which transceivers it is designed to work with.
If you have SMF, you won't need a MCP.
04-02-2012 02:45 AM
Hello,
I made a mistake in my question, the old FO is not a SMF but a MMF...
So regarding your document, I'm not sure that I can plug mode conditioning patch cord between a SFP-10G-LR and MMF.
Thanks to you,
Regards
04-02-2012 02:31 PM
You can, but if the circuit is too long, it won't work.
04-02-2012 07:47 PM
Your other option, although hardly a great solution, is to use a media converter at each end of your MMF backbone link. Might be less expensive than installing new fiber.
The output from your Nexus equipment would be 10GBase-SX into the media convertor's 10GBase-SX interface which gets converted to 10GBase-LRM connected to your MMF backbone. Same at the far end.
The following company supports 10GBASE-LRM transceiver modules on their media converters. Other company's probably have similar equipment.
04-03-2012 01:32 AM
hello,
Thanks a lot for your answer !
Regards,
Gérald
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