QSFP-100G-SM-SR compatibility (MPO-12/MPO-8)

[mstefanka]

Hello,

I am designing 100G connectivity between N9K-C9332C and Server.

On Cisco site I have  QSFP-100G-SM-SR (MPO-12)

On Server site I have Mellanox® MMA1B00-C100D is a 4-channel, pluggable, QSFP28 optical transceiver designed for use in 100GbE Ethernet

Both are SFF-8665 compliant QSFP28

Would that work?

MPO-12 and MPO-8, would that work?

[mstefanka]

Some information from my research:

The QSFP application uses the outer 4 fiber locations (1-4 and 8-12) of the MPO-12 connector with 4 fibers used to transmit and 4 fibers used to receive. A QSFP transceiver does not use the center 4 fiber positions in the MPO-12 connector.

Any real live experience? MPO-12 (Cisco) and MPO-8 (Server), would that work?