C Form-factor Pluggable

The C form-factor pluggable (CFP) is a multi-source agreement to produce a common form-factor for the transmission high-speed digital signals. The c stands for the Latin letter C used to express the number 100 (centum), as the standard was primarily developed for 100 Gigabit Ethernet systems.

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CFP standardization

The CFP transceiver is specified by a multi-source agreement (MSA) between competing manufacturers. The CFP was designed after the SFP interface, but is significantly larger to support 100Gb using 10 lanes in each direction (RX, TX) with 10Gb/s each.[1]

In March 2009, Santur demonstrated a 100 Gigabit pluggable CFP Transceiver prototype, Santur 100G CFP Transceiver[2]

Supported signals

CFP transceivers can support a single 100 Gbit/s signal like 100GbE or OTU4 or one or more 40 Gbit/s signals like 40GbE, OTU3, or STM-256/OC-768.

See also

References

  1. ^ "CFP MSA Hardware Specification, Rev. 1.4". http://www.cfp-msa.org/Documents/CFP-MSA-HW-Spec-rev1-40.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-02. 
  2. ^ "Santur :: Press Releases". Archived from the original on 2009-07-20. http://www.santurcorp.com/pressrel_03-23-09b.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-18. 

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