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40G and 100G optics options
----- On Dec 18, 2017, at 9:49 AM, Fredrik Korsbäck hugge at nordu.net wrote:
> This is the "failure" of us (the business) choosing QSFP as the de-factor
> formfactor for 100G, there is not power in
> that cage to make 10km+ optics in an easy way. If we would have pushed for CFP4
> as the "last" formfactor in 100G land we
> would be much better off.
How about OSFP? The OSFP MSA has a large number of backers, including Juniper, Arista, Finisar and Google.
It's the vendors that chose to go for QSFP due to the density options in a single RU chassis.
Thanks,
Sabri