I have to come up with solution to interconnect two data centers the major one with 2 Cat6509 and 1 Cat6509 on the remote data center. All using Xenpack 10GIG Ethernet interfaces. What kind of requirements I need to ask to my ISP in terms of fiber to transport the protocol accross the MEN?
Choice of Media and Optics-Available in IEEE 802.3ae standard interfaces: 10GBASE-SR (26 m over 62.5-micron FDDI grade multimode fiber, 300 m over 50-micron 2000 MHz*km multimode fiber) 10GBASE-LR (10 km over single-mode fiber), 10GBASE-ER (40 km over single-mode fiber), 10GBASE-LX4 (300 m over multimode fiber); and IEEE 802.3ak standard interfaces: 10GBASE-CX4 (15 m over copper infiniband cable); and DWDM optics (up to 32 wavelengths over one strand of single mode fiber; up to 80km); all available in XENPAK form factor for modularity and flexibility in deployment. Here is the document on CISCO CATALYST 6500 SERIES 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET MODULES.
