Design Reference
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: New in this release
- Chapter 3: Network design fundamentals
- Chapter 4: Hardware fundamentals and guidelines
- Chapter 5: Optical routing design
- Chapter 6: Platform redundancy
- Chapter 7: Link redundancy
- Chapter 8: Layer 2 loop prevention
- Chapter 9: Spanning tree
- Chapter 10: Layer 3 network design
- Chapter 11: SPBM design guidelines
- Chapter 12: IP multicast network design
- Multicast and VRF-Lite
- Multicast and MultiLink Trunking considerations
- Multicast scalability design rules
- IP multicast address range restrictions
- Multicast MAC address mapping considerations
- Dynamic multicast configuration changes
- IGMPv3 backward compatibility
- IGMP Layer 2 Querier
- TTL in IP multicast packets
- Multicast MAC filtering
- Guidelines for multicast access policies
- Multicast for multimedia
- Chapter 13: System and network stability and security
- Chapter 14: QoS design guidelines
- Chapter 15: Layer 1, 2, and 3 design examples
- Chapter 16: Software scaling capabilities
- Chapter 17: Supported standards, RFCs, and MIBs
- Glossary
Supported optical devices
Use optical devices to achieve high-bit-rate communications and long transmission distances. The
following section describes the supported optical devices on the VSP 4000 system.
Important:
Avaya recommends that you use Avaya branded SFP and SFP+ transceivers as they undergo
extensive qualification and testing. Avaya is not responsible for any problems that arise from
using non-Avaya branded SFP and SFP+ transceivers.
Small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers
SFPs are hot-swappable input and output enhancement components designed to allow gigabit
Ethernet ports to link with other gigabit Ethernet ports over various media types.
You can use various SFP (1 Gbps) and SFP+ (10 Gbps) to attain different line rates and reaches.
The following table describes the SFPs including the reach provided by various SFPs.
This table is informational only—not all Avaya Ethernet switching and routing products support all
the SFPs listed here.
For more information about SFP and SFP+ transceivers, including technical specifications and
installation instructions, see Installing Transceivers and Optical components on the Avaya Virtual
Services Platform 4000 Series, NN46251-301.
Important:
The attainable cable length can vary depending on the quality of the fiber-optic cable used.
Table 10: Supported SFP transceivers
Model ROHS product number Description
1000BASE-T AA1419043-E6 CAT5 UTP, up to 100 meters (m). Because
the 1000BASE-T device is all electrical, it
does not need DDI support.
1000BASE-SX DDI AA1419048-E6 850 nanometers (nm)
up to 275 m using 62.5 m MMF optic cable
up to 550 m using 50 micrometers (μm) MMF
optic cable
1000BASE-LX DDI AA1419049-E6 1310 nm, up to 10 kilometers (km)
1000BASE-XD DDI AA1419050-E6 1310 nm, up to 40 km
This transceiver has been discontinued but
remains supported by the software.
AA1419051-E6 1550 nm, up to 40 km (non-coarse
wavelength division multiplexing [CWDM])
This transceiver has been discontinued but
remains supported by the software. Avaya
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Supported optical devices
January 2015 Network Design Reference for Avaya VSP 4000 Series 25
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