SFP transceivers are available with a variety of transmitter and receiver specifications, allowing users to select the appropriate transceiver for each link to provide the required optical or electrical reach over the available media ty. SFP transceivers are available with a variety of transmitter and receiver specifications, allowing users to select the appropriate transceiver for each link to provide the required optical or electrical reach over the available media type (e.g. or copper cables, or cables). Transceivers are also designated by their transmission speed. SFP modules are commonly available in several different categories. Note that the QSFP/QSFP+/QSFP28/QSFP56 are designed to be electrically backward compatible with SFP/SFP+/SFP28 or SFP56 respectively. Using a simple adapter or a special direct attached cable it is possible to connect those interfaces toget. Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) is a compact, network interface module format used for both and applications. An SFP interface on is a modular slot for a media-specific, such as for a or a copper cable. The advantage of using SFPs compared to fixed interfaces (e.g. in ) is that individual ports can be equipped with different types of transceivers as required, with the majority of devices including,, and. The and electrical interface are specified by a (MSA) under the auspices of the. The SFP replaced the larger (GBIC) in most applications, and has been referred to as a Mini-GBIC by some vendors. SFP transceivers exist supporting (SONET),,,, and other communications standards. At introduction, typical speeds were 1 Gbit/s for Ethernet SFPs and up to 4 Gbit/s for Fibre Channel SFP modules. I. Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP) transceivers are available with a variety of transmitter and receiver types, allowing users to select the appropriate transceiver for each link to provide the required optical reach over or. 4 Gbit/s The original QSFP document specified four channels carrying Gigabit Ethernet, 4GFC (FiberChannel), or DDR InfiniBand. 40 Gbit/s (QSFP+) QSFP+ is an evolution of QSFP to support four 10 Gbit/s channels carrying 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 10GFC FiberChannel, or QDR InfiniBand. The 4 channels can also be combined into a single 40 Gigabit Ethernet link. 50 Gbit/s (QSFP14) The QSFP14 standard is designed to carry FDR InfiniBand, SAS-3 or 16G Fibre Channel. 100 Gbit/s (QSFP28) The QSFP28 standard is designed to carry 100 Gigabit Ethernet, EDR InfiniBand, or 32G Fibre Channel. Sometimes this transceiver type is also referred to as QSFP100 or 100G QSFP for sake of simplicity. 200 Gbit/s (QSFP56) QSFP56 is designed to carry 200 Gigabit Ethernet, HDR InfiniBand, or 64G Fibre Channel. The biggest enhancement is that QSFP56 uses four-level pulse-amplitude modulati. SFP sockets are found in, routers, firewalls and. They are used in Fibre Channel and storage equipment. Because of their low cost, low profile, and ability to provide a connection to different types of optical fiber, SFP provides such equipment with enhanced flexibility. SFP sockets and transceivers are also used for long-distance (SDI) transmission. The SFP transceiver is not standardized by any official standards body, but rather is specified by a (MSA) among competing manufacturers. The SFP was designed after the interface, and allows greater port density (number of transceivers per given area) than the GBIC, which is why SFP is also known as mini-GBIC. However, as a practical matter, some networking equipment manufacturers engage in practices whereby they deliberately break compatibility with generic SFPs by adding a check in the device's that will enable only the vendor's own modules. Third-party SFP manufacturers have introduced SFPs with EEPROMs which may be programmed to match any vendor ID.