Product Overview
Arista offers a broad portfolio of high performance optical transceivers and copper cables for datacenter and campus networks, with speeds ranging from 1G to 800G, and reach from 1m to 80km+. Arista’s Optical Modules and Cable portfolio offer a wide variety of high-density and low-power 800G (dual 400G), 400G, 200G, 100G, 50G, 40G, 25G, 10G, 1G, and 100M Ethernet connectivity options over fiber or copper.
To accommodate an increasing spectrum of applications, Arista offers a wide choice of OSFP, QSFP-DD, QSFP, SFP, SFP-DD and DSFP transceivers and cables that comply with industry standards, offering a broad range of connectivity options. Each module is optimized for different media and reach (ranging from 0.5 meters to 80 kilometers). All interface speeds, from 1G to 400GE have connectivity options that include Direct Attach copper Cables (DACs), Active Optical Cables (AOCs), multi-mode fiber and single-mode fiber transceivers.
Arista Optics Advantages
Supported 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ Options
Up to 300m link lengths over multi-mode fiber
Optical interoperability with 10GBASE-SRL
Up to 100m link lengths over multi-mode fiber
Optical interoperability with 10GBASE-SR
Up to 1km link lengths over single-mode fiber
Optical interoperability with 10GBASE-LR up to 1km
Up to 10km link lengths over single-mode fiber
Optical interoperability with 10GBASE-LRL up to 1km
Up to 30km at 10G single fiber (simplex) single mode fiber
Up to 40km link lengths over single-mode fiber
Up to 40km at 10G single fiber (simplex) single mode fiber
Up to 80km link lengths over single-mode fiber
Full C-Band Tunable with support for 50GHz and 100GHz grid spacing
Up to 80km link lengths over single-mode fiber
Link lengths of 3, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30m over Active Optical Cables
Up to 30m at 10G over Cat6a, and 100m at 1G/100M over Cat5e or better cable
Up to 30m at 10G over Cat6a, and 100m at 1G/100M over Cat5e or better cable
Rate adapts from 10G (host switch) to 1G/100M (line side): Refer to Transceiver cable guide for supported platforms
Supported 10 Gigabit Ethernet CR Cable Options
Link lengths of 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3 and 5m over twinax copper cable
Includes SFP+ connectors on both ends
Link lengths of 0.5, 1, 2, 3 and 5m over twinax copper cable
Table 1. Arista 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP/SFP+ Specifications
PHY Type | Conn Type | Wave-length (nm) | Cable Type | Core Size (um) | Modal Bandwidth (MHz*Km) | Tx power (dBm) | Rx power (dBm) | Max Reach |
10GBASE-T | RJ-45 | – | Cat6a | – | – | – | – | 30m |
10GBASE-MRA-T | RJ-45 | – | Cat6a | – | – | – | – | 30m |
10GBASE-SR | LC | 850 | MMF | 62.5 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 | 200 400 500 2000 (OM3) 4700 (OM4) | -7.3 to -1.0 | -9.9 to -1.0 | 33m 66m 82m 300m 400m |
10GBASE-SRL | LC | 850 | MMF | 62.5 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 | 200 400 500 2000 (OM3) 4700 (OM4) | -8.0 to -1.0 | -9.9 to -1.0 | 11m 22m 27m 100m 150m |
10GBASE-LRL | LC | 1310 | SMF | G.652 | – | -8.2 to 0.5 | -12.5 to 0.5 | 1km |
10GBASE-LR | LC | 1310 | SMF | G.652 | – | -8.2 to 0.5 | -14.4 to 0.5 | 10km |
10GBASE-ERLBD-U/D | LC | 1270 / 1330 | SMF | G.652 | – | 0 to 5.0 | 0 to -15 | 30km |
10GBASE-ERBD-U/D | LC | 1270 / 1330 | SMF | G.652 | – | 0 to 5.0 | -9 to -21 | 40km |
10GBASE-ER | LC | 1550 | SMF | G.652 | – | -4.7 to 4.0 | -15.0 to -1.0 | 40km |
10GBASE-ZR | LC | 1550 | SMF | G.652 | – | -1.0 to 4.0 | -23.0 to -7.0 | 80km |
10GBASE-DWDM | LC | 1567.95 to 1529.94 | SMF | G.652 | – | -1.0 to 3.0 | -23.0 to -7.0 | 80km |
Table 1. Arista 10G Optics Modules and Cables
Part number | Description |
10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ Cables | |
CAB-SFP-SFP-0.5M | 10GBASE-CR SFP+ Cable 0.5 meter |
CAB-SFP-SFP-1M | 10GBASE-CR SFP+ Cable 1 meter |
CAB-SFP-SFP-1.5M | 10GBASE-CR SFP+ Cable 1.5 meter |
CAB-SFP-SFP-2M | 10GBASE-CR SFP+ Cable 2 meter |
CAB-SFP-SFP-2.5M | 10GBASE-CR SFP+ Cable 2.5 meter |
CAB-SFP-SFP-3M | 10GBASE-CR SFP+ Cable 3 meter |
CAB-SFP-SFP-5M | 10GBASE-CR SFP+ Cable 5 meter |
10G Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ Active Optical Cables | |
AOC-S-S-10G-3M | SFP+ to SFP+ 10GbE Active Optical Cable 3 meter |
AOC-S-S-10G-5M | SFP+ to SFP+ 10GbE Active Optical Cable 5 meter |
AOC-S-S-10G-7M | SFP+ to SFP+ 10GbE Active Optical Cable 7 meter |
AOC-S-S-10G-10M | SFP+ to SFP+ 10GbE Active Optical Cable 10 meter |
AOC-S-S-10G-15M | SFP+ to SFP+ 10GbE Active Optical Cable 15 meter |
AOC-S-S-10G-20M | SFP+ to SFP+ 10GbE Active Optical Cable 20 meter |
AOC-S-S-10G-25M | SFP+ to SFP+ 10GbE Active Optical Cable 25 meter |
AOC-S-S-10G-30M | SFP+ to SFP+ 10GbE Active Optical Cable 30 meter |
10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ Optics | |
SFP-10G-T* | 10G/1G/100M BASE-T Copper (RJ45) Transceiver, up to 30m over Cat6a cable |
SFP-10G-T-RP** | 10G/1G/100M BASE-T Copper (RJ45) Transceiver, up to 30m over Cat6a cable, with reduced power consumption |
SFP-10G-MRA-T* | 10G/1G/100M BASE-T Copper (RJ45) Rate Adapting Transceiver, up to 30m over Cat6a cable |
SFP-10G-SRL | 10GBASE-SRL SFP+ Transceiver, up to 100m over OM3 MMF or 150m over OM4 MMF |
SFP-10G-SR | 10GBASE-SR SFP+ Transceiver, up to 300m over OM3 MMF or 400m over OM4 MMF |
SFP-10G-LRL | 10GBASE-LRL SFP+ Transceiver, up to 1km over duplex SMF |
SFP-10G-LR | 10GBASE-LR SFP+ Transceiver, up to 10km over duplex SMF |
SFP-10G-ERLBD-U | 10GBASE-ERLBD SFP+ Transceiver, uplink, up to 30km over single fiber SMF |
SFP-10G-ERLBD-D | 10GBASE-ERLBD SFP+ Transceiver, downlink, up to 30km over single fiber SMF |
SFP-10G-ERBD-U | 10GBASE-ERBD SFP+ Transceiver, uplink, up to 40km over single fiber SMF |
SFP-10G-ERBD-D | 10GBASE-ERBD SFP+ Transceiver, downlink, up to 40km over single fiber SMF |
SFP-10G-ER | 10GBASE-ER SFP+ Transceiver, up to 40km over duplex SMF |
SFP-10G-ZR | 10GBASE-ZR SFP+ Transceiver, up to 80km over duplex SMF |
SFP-10G-DZ-T*** | 10GBASE-DWDM Tunable SFP+ Transceiver, Full C-Band 50 GHz ITU Grid, up to 80km over duplex SMF |
* SFP-10G-T & rate adapting transceivers supported on specific platforms – refer to Arista’s Transceiver and Cable Guide for supported platforms.
** The SFP-10G-T-RP has identical performance to the SFP-10G-T, but with a lower module power consumption of 1.5W, enabling support in all Arista SFP+ and SFP25 ports, unless otherwise specified.
*** A full list of 50GHz grid and 100GHZ grid channel numbers, wavelengths and frequencies are listed in the following pages of this data sheet.
