MRV Products
16-channel, protocol independent media
converter
The Fiber Driver™ SFP Media Connect chassis
(NC316-2SFP16) from MRV Communications combines protocol transparent
connectivity with support for Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) optical
transceivers. With its high-density form factor, a single unit can manage up to
16 separate data channels (32 data ports) in just 1 U of rack space.
The
design of the NC316-2SFP16 enables the implementation of a wide range of optical
infrastructure solutions from media conversion and signal boosting to lambda
conversion and Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM), all within a fully managed
platform.
Creating a data connection with the SFP Media Connect is
plug-n-play easy. Two SFP transceivers are simply inserted into a set of paired
slots in the chassis and then connected to the network. There is no additional
setup required. Changing the connection type later on only requires changing the
SFP transceivers. And with the hot swappable functionality SFP transceivers
there is virtually no down time involved.
The Fiber Driver SFP Media
Connect automatically and transparently handles data connections with rates from
100 Mbps to 2.7 Gbps (100 MHz to 2.7 GHz) while performing 2R (reshape and
retransmit) signal conditioning. It is compatible with Fast and Gigabit
Ethernet, FDDI, ESCON, SONET (OC-3, OC-12, OC-48 and OC-48 with FEC), Fibre
Channel (1 Gbps & 2 Gbps), Serial Digital Video Interface (SDI) SMPTPE-269
and SMTPE-292, DVB, HDTV (1.5 Gbps), and any other protocol within the
range.
Used in conjunction with an external Mux/Demux unit - such as the
4- or 8-channel Fiber Driver CWDM Passive Mux/Demux (EM316PA4N / EM316PA8N) -
and configured with corresponding wavelength-specific SFPs, the NC316-2SFP16 can
be used to build a highly flexible and scalable WDM solution for any combination
of supported protocols.
The SFP Media Connect fully supports the SFP
standard including digital diagnostics as per SFF-8472. Together with the Fiber
Driver Pluggable Media Connect management module (EM316NM-PMC), it is able to
provide real-time access to information such as transceiver type (protocol,
range, vendor, etc.), transceiver temperature, TX/RX optical power, and
transceiver supply voltage. It also provides a means for generating management
alerts and warnings when system parameters fall outside of the normal operating
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