Recommended Fiber Optic Transceivers for Ethernet NICs
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Ethernet Network Adapters
Designed for today‘s enterprise and cloud-scale environments, Broadcom‘s NetXtreme® E-Series Ethernet network adapters are the ideal solution for high-performance virtualization, intelligent flow processing, secure data center connectivity, and machine learning.
Available in PCIe NIC and OCP mezzanine 2.0 and 3.0 form factors, Broadcom’s Ethernet network adapters support configurations ranging from 1G to 200G, and utilizing both optical and copper connectivity.
Optical Transceivers
Broadcom’s Optical Transceivers are products that support insertion and removal of fiber optic connectors - for applications requiring flexibility in user handling, cable types and link distances. Available in host soldered and edge pluggable variants, these electrical-to-optical converters (transceivers) provide generations of optical connectivity at data rates up to 100Gb/s and link distances up to 10km (and beyond). Target applications include LAN Ethernet, SAN
Fibre Channel, CPRI Mobile Fronthaul, SONET/OTN Telecommunications, InfiniBand and Proprietary Interconnect networks.
Recommended Fiber Optic Transceivers for Ethernet NICs
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Recommended Fiber Optic Transceivers for PCIe NIC
Form Factor Marketing Name Part Number
PCIe NIC
PCIe NIC
P210TP
P210P
BCM957416A4160C
BCM957412A4120AC
Ports I/O
2x 10GBASE-T RJ45
2x 10GbE SFP+
PCIe NIC
PCIe NIC
PCIe NIC
PCIe NIC
PCIe NIC
PCIe NIC
PCIe NIC
P225P
P425G
P150P
P1100p
P2100G
P2200G
P2200G
BCM957414A4142CC 2x 25/10G
BCM957504-P425G 4x 25G
BCM957414A4140C
BCM957454A4540C
1x 50GbE
1x 100GbE
BCM957508-P2100G 2x 100G
BCM957508-P2200G 2x 200GbE
BCM957508-P2200G 2x 200GbE
SFP28
SFP28
Wh+
Thor
QSFP28 Wh+
QSFP28 Stratus
QSFP56
QSFP56
QSFP56
Wh+
Wh+
Thor
Thor
Thor
N/A
AFBR-710SMZ
AFBR-8CERxxZ
AFBR-735SMZ
AFBR-8CERxxZ
AFBR-735SMZ
AFBR-89CDHZ
AFBR-89CDHZ
AFBR-89CDHZ
AFBR-93CDDZ
AFBR-93CDDZ
AFBR-93CDDZ
Fiber Optic Transceivers Description
N/A
10G-SR
25G AOC, xx=length in meters, supports 25G rate only
Dual rate 10G/25G-SR, 10G rate is power up default,
Rate select pins or registers must be used to change rate
25G AOC, xx=length in meters, supports 25G rate only
Dual rate 10G/25G-SR, 10G rate is power up default,
Rate select pins or registers must be used to change rate
100G-SR4 (4x25G NRZ)(2x25G NRZ mode supported)
100G-SR4 (4x25G NRZ)
100G-SR4 (4x25G NRZ)
200G-SR4 (4x50G PAM4 ) in development
200G-SR4 (4x50G PAM4 ) in development
200G-SR4 (4x50G PAM4 ) in development
Recommended Fiber Optic Transceivers for PCIe SmartNIC
Form Factor Marketing Name Part Number Ports I/O
PCIe SmartNIC
PCIe SmartNIC
PS225-H08
PS225-H16
BCM958802A8048C
BCM958802A8046C
2x 25GbE
2x 25GbE
SFP28
SFP28
Stingray
Stingray
AFBR-8CERxxZ
AFBR-735SMZ
AFBR-8CERxxZ
AFBR-735SMZ
2
PCIe SmartNIC PS1100R Active HS BCM958804A8040C 1x 100GbE QSFP28 Stingray AFBR-89CDHZ
PCIe SmartNIC PS1100R Passive HS BCM958804A8041C 1x 100GbE QSFP28 Stingray AFBR-89CDHZ
Fiber Optic Transceivers Description
25G AOC , xx=length in meters, supports 25G rate only
Dual rate 10G/25G-SR, 10G rate is power up default,
Rate select pins or registers must be used to change rate
25G AOC , xx=length in meters, supports 25G rate only
Dual rate 10G/25G-SR, 10G rate is power up default,
Rate select pins or registers must be used to change rate
100G-SR4 (4x25G NRZ)
100G-SR4 (4x25G NRZ)
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Recommended Fiber Optic Transceivers for Ethernet NICs
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Recommended Fiber Optic Transceivers for OCP 2.0 Form Factor
Form Factor Marketing Name Part Number
OCP 2.0
OCP 2.0
M210TP
M210P
BCM957416M4163C
BCM957412M4123C
OCP 2.0
OCP 2.0
OCP 2.0
OCP 2.0
OCP 2.0
OCP 2.0
M125P
M225P
BCM957412M4122C
BCM957414M4142C
M150P
M150PM
BCM957414M4143C
BCM957452M4520C
M150G BCM957502-M150G
M1100G16 (1x16) BCM957504-M1100G16
Ports I/O
2 x 10GBASE-T RJ45
2 x 10GbE SFP+
1 x 25/10GbE
2 x 25/10GbE
1 x 50GbE
1 x 50GbE
1x 50G
1x 100G
SFP28
SFP28
Wh+
Wh+
Wh+
Wh+
QSFP28 Wh+
QSFP28 Stratus
QSFP28 Thor
QSFP28 Thor
N/A
AFBR-710SMZ
AFBR-8CERxxZ
AFBR-735SMZ
AFBR-8CERxxZ
AFBR-735SMZ
AFBR-89CDHZ
AFBR-89CDHZ
AFBR-89CDHZ
AFBR-89CDHZ
Fiber Optic Transceivers Description
N/A
10G-SR
25G AOC , xx=length in meters, supports 25G rate only
Dual rate 10G/25G-SR, 10G rate is power up default,
Rate select pins or registers must be used to change rate
25G AOC , xx=length in meters, supports 25G rate only
Dual rate 10G/25G-SR, 10G rate is power up default,
Rate select pins or registers must be used to change rate
100G-SR4 (4x25G NRZ)(2x25G NRZ supported)
100G-SR4 (4x25G NRZ)
(2x25G NRZ supported)
100G-SR4 (4x25G NRZ)
(2x25G NRZ supported)
100G-SR4 (4x25G NRZ)
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Recommended Fiber Optic Transceivers for for OCP 3.0 Form Factor
Form Factor Marketing Name Part Number
OCP 3.0
OCP 3.0
OCP 3.0
OCP 3.0
OCP 3.0
OCP 3.0
OCP 3.0
OCP 3.0
N210tp
N210p
N225p
N425G
N1100G
N2100G
N2200G
N210tp
BCM957416N4160C
BCM957412N4120C
BCM957414N4140C
BCM957504-N425G
BCM957504-N1100G
Ports
2x 10GBT
2x 10G
2x 25G
4x 25G
1x 100G
BCM957508-N2100G 2x 100G
BCM957508-N2200G 2 x 200GbE
BCM957416N4160C 2x 10GBT
I/O
RJ45
SFP+
SFP28
SFP28
QSFP56
QSFP56
QSFP56
RJ45
IC Family
Wh+
Wh+
Wh+
Thor
Thor
Thor
Thor
Wh+
Fiber Optic Transceivers
Part Number
N/A
N/A
AFBR-8CERxxZ
AFBR-735SMZ
AFBR-8CERxxZ
AFBR-735SMZ
AFBR-89CDHZ
AFBR-93CDDZ
Fiber Optic Transceivers Description
N/A
10G-SR
25G AOC , xx=length in meters, supports 25G rate only
Dual rate 10G/25G-SR, 10G rate is power up default,
Rate select pins or registers must be used to change rate
25G AOC , xx=length in meters, supports 25G rate only
Dual rate 10G/25G-SR, 10G rate is power up default,
Rate select pins or registers must be used to change rate
100G-SR4 (4x25G NRZ)
200G-SR4 (4x50G PAM4 ) in development
AFBR-89CDHZ
AFBR-93CDDZ
AFBR-93CDDZ
N/A
100G-SR4 (4x25G NRZ)
200G-SR4 (4x50G PAM4 ) in development
200G-SR4 (4x50G PAM4 ) in development
N/A
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