ARISTA / Optics & Cables
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Optics & Cables
To accommodate an ever increasing spectrum of applications, Arista offers a wide choice of OSFP, QSFP-DD, QSFP and SFP transceivers that comply with industry open standards, offering a broad range of connectivity options. Each module is optimized for different media and reach (ranging from 0.5 meters to 80 kilometers).
All interface speeds, from 1G to 400GE have connectivity options that include Direct Attach copper Cables (DACs), Active Optical Cables (AOCs), multi-mode fiber and single-mode fiber transceivers.
Arista Transceivers & Cables / Parts & Descriptions:
400 Gigabit Ethernet OSFP Options
Twin-ax passive copper cables with link lengths of 1m, 2m and 3m. Active copper breakout cables with link length up to 5m.
400GBASE-AOC
Active Optical Cable with link lengths of 1m to 30m pre-terminated
400GBASE-SR8
Up to 100m over parallel OM4 multi-mode fiber
400GBASE-DR4
Up to 500m over parallel single-mode fiber (Optical interoperability with 4 x 100GBASE-DR up to 500m)
400GBASE-XDR4
Up to 2km over parallel single-mode fiber (Optical interoperability with 4 x 100GBASE-FR up to 2km)
400GBASE-PLR4
Up to 10km over parallel single-mode fiber (Optical interoperability with 4 x 100GBASE-LR up to 10km)
400GBASE-FR4
Up to 2km over single-mode fiber
400GBASE-LR4
Up to 10km over single-mode fiber
400GBASE-2FR4
Up to 2km over 2 pairs of single-mode fiber (Optical interoperability with 2 x 200GBASE-FR4 up to 2km)
CAB-O-O-400G-xM
400GBASE-CR8 OSFP to OSFP Twinax Copper Cable (1 to 3 meters)
CAB-O-2Q-400G-xM
400GBASE-CR8 OSFP to 2 x 200GBASE-CR4 QSFP Twinax Copper Cable (1 to 3 meters)
CAB-O-2Q-200G-xM
200GBASE-CR8 OSFP to 2 x 100GBASE-CR4 QSFP Twinax Copper Cable (1 to 3 meters)
CAB-O-4Q-400G-xM
400GBASE-CR8 OSFP to 4 x 100GBASE-CR2 QSFP Twinax Copper Cable (1 to 3 meters)
CAB-O-4Q-200G-xM
200GBASE-CR8 OSFP to 4 x 50GBASE-CR2 QSFP Twinax Copper Cable (1 to 3 meters)
CAB-O-8S-200G-xM
200GBASE-CR8 OSFP to 8 x 25GBASE-CR SFP Twinax Copper Cable (1 to 3 meters)
H-O400-4Q100-xM
400GBASE-CR8 OSFP to 4x 100GBASE-CR4 QSFP Twinax Active Copper Cable (1 to 5 meters)
AOC-O-O-400G-xM
400GbE OSFP to OSFP Active Optical Cable (1 to 30 meters)
400 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP-DD Options
Twin-ax passive copper cables with link lengths of 1m, 2m and 2.5m. Active copper breakout cables with link length up to 5m.
400GBASE-AOC
Active Optical Cable with link lengths of 1m to 30m pre-terminated
400GBASE-SR8
Up to 100m over parallel OM4 multi-mode fiber
400GBASE-DR4
Up to 500m over parallel single-mode fiber (Optical interoperability with 4 x 100GBASE-DR up to 500m)
400GBASE-XDR4
Up to 2km over parallel single-mode fiber (Optical interoperability with 4 x 100GBASE-FR up to 2km)
400GBASE-PLR4
Up to 10km over parallel single-mode fiber (Optical interoperability with 4 x 100GBASE-LR up to 10km)
400GBASE-FR4
Up to 2km over single-mode fiber
400GBASE-LR4
Up to 10km over single-mode fiber
CAB-D-D-400G-xM
400GBASE-CR8 QSFP-DD to QSFP-DD Twinax Copper Cable (1 to 2.5 meters)
CAB-D-2Q-400G-xM
400GBASE-CR8 QSFP-DD to 2 x 200GBASE-CR4 QSFP Twinax Copper Cable (1 to 2.5 meters)
CAB-D-2Q-200G-xM
200GBASE-CR8 QSFP-DD to 2 x 100GBASE-CR4 QSFP Twinax Copper Cable (1 to 2.5 meters)
CAB-D-4Q-400G-xM
400GBASE-CR8 QSFP-DD to 4 x 100GBASE-CR2 QSFP Twinax Copper Cable (1 to 2.5 meters)
CAB-D-4Q-200G-xM
200GBASE-CR8 QSFP-DD to 4 x 50GBASE-CR2 QSFP Twinax Copper Cable (1 to 2.5 meters)
CAB-D-8S-200G-xM
200GBASE-CR8 QSFP-DD to 8 x 25GBASE-CR SFP Twinax Copper Cable (1 to 2.5 meters)
H-D400-4Q100-xM
400GBASE-CR8 QSFP-DD to 4x 100GBASE-CR4 QSFP Twinax Active Copper Cable (1 to 5 meters)
AOC-O-O-400G-xM
400GbE OSFP to OSFP Active Optical Cable (1 to 30 meters)
100 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP Options
Twin-ax copper cables with link lengths of 0.5m, 1m, 1.5m, 2m, 2.5m, 3m and 5m
100GBASE-AOC
Active Optical Cable with link lengths of 1m to 30m pre-terminated
100GBASE-SR4
Up to 70m over parallel OM3 multi-mode fiber or 100m over parallel OM4 multi-mode fiber
100GBASE-XSR4
Up to 150m over parallel OM3 multi-mode fiber or 300m over parallel OM4 multi-mode fiber
100GBASE-SWDM4
Up to 70m over duplex OM3 multi-mode fiber or 100m over duplex OM4 multi-mode fiber
100GBASE-BIDI
Up to 70m over duplex OM3 multi-mode fiber or 100m over duplex OM4 multi-mode fiber
100GBASE-PSM4
Up to 500m over parallel single-mode fiber, 100G/40G Dual rate
100GBASE-LR4
Up to 10km over single-mode fiber (optical interoperability with 100GBASE-LRL4 up to 2km)
100GBASE-LRL4
Up to 2km over single-mode fiber (optical interoperability with 100GBASE-LR4 up to 2km)
100GBASE-CWDM4
Up to 2km over single-mode fiber, 100G/40G Dual rate
100GBASE-XCWDM4
Up to 10km over single-mode fiber, 100G/40G Dual rate
100GBASE-ERL4
Up to 40km over single-mode fiber (optical interoperability with IEEE 100GBASE-ER4 up to 30km)
100GBASE-DR
Up to 500m over single-mode fiber (optical interoperability with 400GBASE-DR4 and XDR4 up to 500m)
100GBASE-FR
Up to 2km over single-mode fiber (optical interoperability with 400GBASE-XDR4 / DR4 up to 2km / 500m)
100GBASE-LR
Up to 10km over single-mode fiber (optical interoperability with 400GBASE-XDR4 / DR4 up to 2km / 500m)
CAB-Q-Q-100G-yM
100GBASE-CR4 QSFP to QSFP Twinax Copper Cable (y = 1 to 5 meters)
CAB-Q-4S-100G-yM
100GBASE-CR4 QSFP to 4 x 25GBASE-CR SFP Twinax Copper Cable (y = 1 to 5 meters)
CAB-Q-2Q-100G-yM
100GBASE-CR4 QSFP to 2 x 50GBASE-CR2 QSFP Twinax Copper Cable (y = 1 to 5 meters)
AOC-Q-Q-100G-yM
QSFP to QSFP 100GbE Active Optical Cable (y = 3 to 30 meters)
40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ Options
Twin-ax copper cables with link lengths of 0.5m, 1m, 2m, 3m and 5m
40GBASE-AOC
Active Optical Cable with link lengths of 3m to 100m pre-terminated
40GBASE-SR4
Up to 100m over parallel OM3 multi-mode fiber or 150m over parallel OM4 multi-mode fiber
40GBASE-XSR4
Up to 300m over parallel OM3 multi-mode fiber or 400m over parallel OM4 multi-mode fiber
40GBASE-BIDI
Up to 100m over duplex OM3 multi-mode fiber or 150m over duplex OM4 multi-mode fiber
40GBASE-UNIV
Up to 150m over duplex OM3/OM4 multi-mode fiber or 500m over duplex single-mode fiber
40GBASE-LR4
Up to 10km over duplex single-mode fiber (Optical interoperability with 40GBASE-LRL4 up to 1km)
40GBASE-LRL4
Up to 1km over duplex single-mode fiber (Optical interoperability with 40GBASE-LR4 up to 1km)
40GBASE-PLRL4
Up to 1km over parallel single-mode fiber (Optical interoperability with 4x10G LR/LRL up to 1km)
40GBASE-PLR4
Up to 10km over parallel single-mode fiber (Optical interoperability with 4x10G LR up to 10km and LRL up to 1km)
40GBASE-ER4
Up to 40km over duplex single-mode fiber
CAB-Q-S-yM
4 x 10GbE QSFP+ to 4 x SFP+ Twinax Copper Cable (y = 0.5 to 5 meter) All supported EOS releases
CAB-Q-Q-yM
40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ to QSFP+ Twinax Copper Cable (y = 0.5 to 5 meters) All supported EOS releases
AOC-Q-Q-40G-yM
QSFP+ to QSFP+ 40GbE Active Optical Cable (y = 3 to 100 meters)
25 Gigabit Ethernet SFP Options
Twin-ax copper cables with link lengths of 1m, 2m, 3m and 5m
25GBASE-CR (QSFP)
Pre-terminated QSFP to 4 x SFP twin-ax copper cables with link lengths of 1m, 2m, 3m and 5m
25GBASE-AOC
Active Optical Cable with link lengths of 3m, 5m, 7m, 10m, 15m, 20m, 25m and 30m
25GBASE-SR
Up to 70m link length with OM3 and 100m over OM4 duplex multimode fiber
25GBASE-MR-XSR ✣
Dual rate (25G/10G) up to 200m/300m over OM3/OM4 MMF at 25G and 300m/400m over OM3/OM4 MMF at 10G
25GBASE-LR
Up to 10km link length over duplex single-mode fiber
25GBASE-MR-LR ✣
Dual rate (25G/10G) up to 10km link length over duplex single-mode fiber
CAB-S-S-25G-yM
25GBASE-CR SFP Cable (y = 1 to 5 meters)
AOC-S-S-25G-yM
SFP to SFP 25GbE Active Optical Cable (y = 3 to 30 meters)
10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ Options
Up to 30m link length over Category 6a copper cables 10GBASE-CR Twin-ax copper cables with link lengths of 0.5m, 1m, 1.5m, 2m, 2.5m, 3m and 5m
10GBASE-CR (QSFP+)
Pre-terminated QSFP+ to 4 x SFP+ twin-ax copper cables with link lengths of 0.5m, 1m, 2m, 3m and 5m
10GBASE-AOC
Active Optical Cable with link lengths of 3m, 5m, 7m, 10m, 15m, 20m, 25m and 30m
10GBASE-SR
Up to 300m link length with 2000 MHz/ km duplex MMF (OM3). Optical interoperability with 10GBASE-SRL
10GBASE-SRL
Up to 100m link length with 2000 MHz/ km duplex MMF (OM3). Optical interoperability with 10GBASE-SR
10GBASE-LR
Up to 10km link length over duplex single-mode fiber. Optical interoperability with 10GBASE-LRL
10GBASE-LRL
Up to 1km link length over duplex single-mode fiber. Optical interoperability with 10GBASE-LR
10GBASE-ER
Up to 40km link length over duplex single-mode fiber
10GBASE-ERLBD
Up to 30km link length over a single strand of single-mode fiber
10GBASE-ERBD
Up to 40km link length over a single strand of single-mode fiber
10GBASE-ZR
Up to 80km link length over duplex single-mode fiber
10GBASE-DWDM
Up to 80km link length DWDM over duplex single-mode fiber
CAB-SFP-SFP-yM
10GBASE-CR SFP+ Cable (y = 0.5 to 5 meters) All supported EOS releases
AOC-S-S-10G-yM
SFP+ to SFP+ 10GbE Active Optical Cable (y = 3 to 30 meters)
Gigabit Ethernet SFP Options
Up to 550m link length with 500 MHz km MMF (OM2)
1000BASE-LX
Up to 10km link length over duplex SMF and up to 550m on MMF ✣✣✣
1000BASE-T
Up to 100m link length over Category 5 copper cables, supporting both 100 Megabit and 1 Gigabit Ethernet
✣✣ SFP-10G-T supported on specific platforms. Refer to Arista’s Transceiver and Cable Guide for supported platforms.
✣✣✣ When 1000BASE-LX is used with FDDI grade OM1 or OM2 multi-mode fiber, a mode conditioning patch cord must be used at the transmitter to ensure specifications are met. Mode conditioning patch cord is not required for OM3 fiber.
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