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Transciever frequency mismatch

I got a 10G trunk coming off a Cisco ADM 10G card, going into a Cisco 100G 10x10 card and then out on DWDM. This was turned up with a tuned optic in the 10G card (1538.98) but going into a 1310 optic on the client port on the 100G card. This is setup the same on both the A and Z side. The circuit is currently up and working but I am curious if there should be cause for concern for the wavelength mismatch between the 10G and 100G card?

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Bill Ferguson
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There's no need to worry.  Virtually all single mode optical recievers are wide-band (1300-1600nm) capable, so they receive any signal without caring what the wavelength is.  As long as you're not exceeding the max Rx value, you'll be fine.

The 1310 Tx is typically around -3 dBm, so the Rx port of the 1538.98 XFP would typically require about 5dB of attenuation to bring it below -7 dBm.

The 1538.98 Tx is probably around +1, so the Rx port of the 1310 SFP+ might need a little attenuation, but you're probably OK as is.

Makes sense. Thanks for you response!

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