SFP and XFP Selection Guide

SFP and XFP components provide flexibility by enabling a Ventura card to support a range of line speeds or laser wavelengths for different applications, or to change from simplex to duplex communications.

SFP (Small Form Factor Pluggable) and XFP (10 Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable) are standards developed through an industry collaboration known as a Multiple Supplier Agreement (MSA). The purpose of the MSA is to establish a standard for the physical footprint, the electrical interfaces and the optical specifications.
This document describes the functions and their performance specifications provided by various SFP and
XFP components, and the Ventura cards where they can be used.

X F P  GUIDE

Nevion XFP part numbers indicate the wavelength or DWDM channel in the second element:

1310      1310nm Standard Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM)
1550      1550nm Standard Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM)
xxxx       1470 – 1610nm Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM)
yy           Ch 17 – 59 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)

Nevion XFP part numbers indicate the technology in the third and fourth elements:

DP         Distributed feed back (DFB) laser and P-Intrinsic-N (PIN) receiver

EP         Electro-absorption modulated (EML) laser and P-Intrinsic-N (PIN) receiver
EA         Electro-absorption modulated (EML) laser and Avalanche Photo Diode (APD) receiver
C           Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM)
D           Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)

S F P  GUIDE

Nevion SFP part numbers indicate the type of SFP in the second element:

TV        Transmitter for 270Mbps and 1.5Gbps video applications
T3        Transmitter for 3Gbps data applications
TV3G   Transmitter for 3Gbps video applications
TR       Transceiver for 3Gbps data applications
TR1     Transceiver for 1Gbps data applications
TRV     Transceiver for 270Mbps, 1.5Gbps video applications
TRV     Transceiver for 270Mbps, 1.5Gbps, and 3Gbps video applications
RV       Receiver for 270Mbps and 1.5Gbps video applications
R3       Receiver for 3Gbps data applications
RV3G  Receiver for 270Mbps, 1.5Gbps, and 3Gbps video applications

Nevion SFP part numbers indicate the wavelength or DWDM channel in the third element in the case of transmitters and transceivers:

1310    1310nm Standard Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM)
1550    1550nm Standard Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM)
xxxx     1270 – 1610nm Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM)
yy         Ch 17 – 59 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)

Nevion SFP part numbers indicate the technology in the fourth and fifth elements for transmitters and transceivers and in the third element in the case of receivers:

S(F)*    1310 Standard, Fabry-Perot (FP)
S*, SD 1310 or 1550, Distributed feed back (DFB)
C          Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM)
D          Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
DH        Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM), High optical power output
PIN       P-Intrinsic-N (PIN) receiver, Optimized for 270Mbps (SD-SDI)
HPIN    HD P-Intrinsic-N (PIN) receiver, Optimized for 1485Mbps (HD-SDI)
APD     Avalanche Photo Diode (APD), Optimized for 1485Mbps (HD-SDI)
HSR     HD Short-range (HSR), Optimized for short range 1485Mbps (HD-SDI)

* For SFP-TV-1310-S the “S” should be “SF” as it is an FP laser