We’ve seen varying quality of the MPO breakout cables where some lanes/channels are 2dB or more weaker based on vendor when connected to the QSFP-40G-PLR4 style optics.
- Jared > On Mar 18, 2016, at 11:02 AM, Jay Hanke <jayha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > IIRC, The link budget isn't as strong as a 10 km Single mode. > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 7:42 AM, v <vekt...@gmx.net> wrote: >> Thanks! >> Are there any differences or disadvantages compared to a "real" SFP+ port? >> (apart from the breakout cable that is) >> >> >> Regards, >> v >> >> >> Am 2016-03-17 um 13:15 schrieb Bill Blackford: >>> >>> I haven't done this with an EX4600, but it is most likely the same. You >>> need a 40G optic and an MTP breakout cable that plugs into the optic and >>> splits out into 8 strands of LC or SC or whatever flavor you need. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Mar 17, 2016, at 03:40, v <vekt...@gmx.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I am interested in buying an EX4600 and curious about the QSFP+ ports. My >>>> question is the following: >>>> Can the QSFP+ ports really be split up into four fully featured SFP+ >>>> ports? Are there any caveats or disadvantagas to this approach? >>>> >>>> I'm asking because the EX4600 costs just as much as the EX4550 (which has >>>> 32 SFP+ ports). If we could split up the QSFP+ ports on the EX4600 to have >>>> 40 fully featured SFP+ ports that would be awesome. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> v >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net >>>> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp