The Cisco® 40GBASE QSFP (Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable) portfolio offers customers a wide variety of high-density and low-power 40 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity options for data center, high-performance computing 00networks, enterprise core and distribution layers, and service provider applications.

Features and Benefits of Cisco QSFP Modules
– Hot-swappable input/output device that plugs into a 40 Gigabit Ethernet Cisco QSFP port
– Interoperable with other IEEE-compliant 40GBASE interfaces where applicable
– Certified and tested on Cisco QSFP 40G ports for superior performance, quality, and reliability
– High-speed electrical interface compliant to the IEEE 802.3ba standard
– QSFP Form factor, 2-wire I2C communication interface and other low-speed electrical interface compliant to SFF 8436 and QSFP Multisource Agreement (MSA)

Cisco QSFP-40G-LR4
The Cisco 40GBASE-LR4 QSFP module supports link lengths of up to 10 kilometers over a standard pair of G.652 single-mode fiber with duplex LC connectors. The 40 Gigabit Ethernet signal is carried over four wavelengths. Multiplexing and demultiplexing of the four wavelengths are managed within the device.