Foundry Networks Offers New Optical Ethernet Interfaces

Foundry Networks expanded its portfolio of modular Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GbE) optical interfaces to include the recently ratified Ethernet-in-the-First-Mile (802.3AH EFM) standard and a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface standard (10Gbase-ZR/10Gbase-ZRD) which enables 10-Gigabit Ethernet connectivity of up to 80 Kilometers. These new modular media transceivers are in addition to three new transceivers announced last month: a modular 10-GbE WAN PHY optical transceiver (10Gbase-LW) which enables seamless connectivity between 10-GbE and a DWDM or SONET/SDH wide area network infrastructure, a 10-GbE modular 10Gbase-LX4 optical transceiver for legacy FDDI grade cable and a 10-GbE 10GBase-CX4 copper transceiver for short distance data center applications.



The Ethernet-in-the-First-Mile (802.3AH EFM) Modular GbE Optical Interface integrates the optical combiner and splitter into the SFP transceiver. The enables a single strand of fiber is able to transmit bi-directionally. The devices work in a pair, with an upstream device and a downstream device connected at each end of the fiber. List price for the 802.3AH EFM transceiver is $1,495. http://www.foundrynetworks.com/