AOC stands for Active Optical Cable, which means it’s really 4 SFP+ and a qsfp plus intermediate fiber all permanently attached. 1M is the length, 1 meter.
This is distinct from DAC (Direct Attach Cable) which is all copper (you don’t want these, fiber for one thing isolates ground/emi) This cable won’t work for you without an intermediate switch (bad) because they both end in male SFP plug interface. However, if you just need to use 10g of the 40g port, you can do it much cheaper and easier with just this part: https://www.fs.com/products/72582.html -Ben Cannon CEO 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC b...@6by7.net <mailto:b...@6by7.net> > On Jan 8, 2020, at 11:09 AM, Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com> wrote: > > i am not a fiber/sfp/... geek, so clue bat please > > on my left, i have a delta 9020SL running arcos, female 40g qsfp > > on my right, i have incoming 10g 1310nm single mode from the seattle > internet exchange. it is currently into a redstone 10g sfp > > NAME VALUE > --------------------------------- > SwPort 1 > Status PRESENT > Valid True > Vendor FiberStore > Model SFP-10GLR-31 > Serial-Number G1804021292 > Type SFP > Module-Type 10G_BASE_SX > Media-Type FIBER > Module-Capability F_10G > Length 255 > Length-Description > > which i am swapping out for the delta 9020 > > so i am look at something such as https://www.fs.com/products/30900.html > except i do not understand active/passive, AOC1M, etc > > thanks in advance > > randy
