Dear all,
I am little curious about the difference between XFP and SFP+ modules so I would like to inform the comment about this below, I appreciate if you can let me know more information about this topic.
・XFP
-IEEE std-802.3ae (10Gbps)
-SONET/SDH(OC-192)(Less than 10Gbps)
-Supports 10G Fibre Channel(compliant)
-Release July 19, 2002
・SFP+
-IEEE std-802.3ae (10Gbps)
-Supports up to 16Gbps
-Supports 8G Fibre Channel
-Release May 9, 2006
・XFP vs SFP+
-The size of XFP is larger than SFP+
-XFP port only accept XFP tranceiver.
-SFP+ has DAC(Direct Attach Cable) for two SFP+ but XFP has no cable version.
-SFP+ port can accept SFP tranceiver
[Reference URL]
https://community.fs.com/blog/can-we-connect-xfp-and-sfp.html
Best Regards,
Masanobu Hiyoshi
