23 August 2011

Avago debuts first 16 Gigabit Fibre Channel transceiver for storage networking 

Avago Technologies has announced production availability of a 16 Gigabit Fibre Channel transceiver with industry-standard signaling rates up to 14.025GBd. The new AFBR-57F5PZ SFP+ transceivers support high-speed serial links over multimode optical fiber with double the data throughput of existing 8 Gigabit Fibre Channel modules. The modules address 16 Gigabit Fibre Channel switches, routers, host bus adapters, RAID controllers, tape drives and video switching, as well as inter-switch and inter-chassis aggregated links.

The AFBR-57F5PZ SFP+ transceiver reduces the number of ports required for inter-switch connectivity by a factor of two compared to existing 8 Gigabit Fibre Channel solutions and operates at essentially the same power level. The SFP+ module’s transmitter and receiver can operate at different data rates, as is often required during Fibre Channel speed negotiation. The module maintains compatibility with legacy 8 Gigabit and 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel devices, simplifying design migration.

“Avago has worked closely with our top customers to develop solutions with the bandwidth and port-density they require,” says Victor Krutul, director of marketing for the Fiber Optics Products Division. 

The AFBR-57F5PZ transceiver incorporates Avago’s 850nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) technology and PIN detector technology. This combination ensures that the multi-rate SFP+ module is compliant with FC-PI-5 and 16G/8G/4G Fibre Channel specifications. The module will respond to both rate select pin and control bit inputs, which simplifies Fibre Channel host auto-negotiation algorithms, layout and software.  

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