Cisco 12000 Series

Cisco 12000 Series Router SIP and SPA Hardware Installation Guide
Release 12.0(33)S, OL-8831-01, Rev. G9
Chapter 2 Overview: Cisco 12000 Series Router Shared Port Adapters
1-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet SPA Overview
1-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet SPA XFP Optical Transceiver Modules, Connectors,
and Cables
• Single-mode short reach (SR) XFP module—XFP-10GLR
• Single-mode intermediate reach (IR) XFP module—XFP-10GER
Cisco Systems qualifies the optics that are approved for use with its SPAs. As of Cisco IOS
Release 12.0(31)S the above listed XFPs are the only optical transceiver modules qualified for use.
Use a single-mode optical fiber that has a modal-field diameter of 8.7 ±0.5 microns (nominal diameter
is approximately 10/125 microns) to connect your router to a network.
Figure 2-10 shows the cable
LC-Type Cable for the XFP Optical Transceiver Modules
XFP Connections