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Join us for Episode 20 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we begin a new conversation with Tom Williams, Director of Technical Marketing in the Cisco group that came to us through the Acacia acquisition.

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Listen to Network World's interview with a Cisco Optics product manager.

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Join us for Episode 19 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we conclude a conversation with Ron Horan, who runs Product Management for the Cisco Client Optics Group.

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Join us for Episode 18 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we continue a conversation with Ron Horan, who runs Product Management for the Cisco Client Optics Group.

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Join us for Episode 17 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we continue a conversation with Ron Horan, who runs Product Management for the Cisco Client Optics Group.

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Join us for Episode 16 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we begin a new conversation with Ron Horan, who runs Product Management for the Cisco Client Optics Group.

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Join us for Episode 15 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we begin a new conversation with Ron Horan, who runs Product Management for the Cisco Client Optics Group.

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Join us for Episode 14 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we conclude a conversation with Brian Kelly of Panduit.

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Join us for Episode 13 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we continue a conversation with Brian Kelly of Panduit.

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Join us for Episode 12 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we continue a conversation with Brian Kelly of Panduit.

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Join us for Episode 11 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we continue a conversation with Brian Kelly of Panduit.

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Join us for Episode 10 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we continue a conversation with Brian Kelly of Panduit.

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We rounded out Cisco's Single-Lambda 100G series of QSFP28 optics with the 25km reach ER-Lite.

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Join us for Episode 9 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we begin a new conversation with Brian Kelly of Panduit.

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Join us for Episode 8 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we conclude a conversation with Dr. Mark Nowell, Cisco Fellow in Cisco’s Optics and Optical Systems Group.

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Join us for Episode 7 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we continue a conversation with Dr. Mark Nowell, Cisco Fellow in Cisco’s Optics and Optical Systems Group.

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Join us for Episode 6 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we continue a conversation with Dr. Mark Nowell, Cisco Fellow in in Cisco’s Optics and Optical Systems Group.

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Join us for Episode 5 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we start a new conversation with my esteemed colleague, Dr. Mark Nowell, Cisco Fellow.

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Learn why fiber optic breakouts are useful and how to use them in your network.

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The secret behind the 100G ER-Lite's superior optical performance.

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Join us for Episode 4 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we discuss the history of pluggable optics in a conversation with Ray Nering, an engineering product manager in the Cisco Optics product management group.

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Join us for Episode 3 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we discuss the history of pluggable optics in a conversation with Ray Nering, an engineering product manager in the Cisco Optics product management group.

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Join us for Episode 2 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we discuss the history of pluggable optics in a conversation with Ray Nering, an engineering product manager in the Cisco Optics product management group.

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Introducing the Cisco Optics Podcast, part of the Cisco Podcast Network and available on all major podcast platforms. Join us for episode one, where we discuss the history of pluggable optics in a conversation with Ray Nering, an engineering product manager in the Cisco Optics product management group.

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COPI is a new online tool for optics information that accompanies the popular Cisco Optics compatibility and interoperability matrices.

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Confused about which pluggable optic is right for your application? These user-friendly Cisco Optics online tools make it easy to choose.

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The QSFP+ 40G CSR pluggable optic offers an alternative to 40G BiDi, especially when longer reach is needed.

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Learn the difference between 100G LR and LR4 optics, and how pluggable form factors evolved between the introductions of the two.

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Optimized for data center applications, the QSFP28 100G DR is the second product in Cisco's Single-Lambda 100G portfolio of pluggable optics.

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Learn how fiber dispersion properties limit your link data rate and distance.

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There's a new addition to Cisco's Single-Lambda 100G series of QSFP28 optics that provides 10km reach. It's called 100G LR.

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The re-branded Ethernet Technology Consortium has released a specification for 800G signaling. This goes hand in hand with the new QSFP-DD800 form factor MSA.

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The new QSFP-DD800 form factor MSA lays the foundation for 800G Ethernet pluggable optics.

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Cisco Optics are now qualified on Cisco UCS servers even when using 3rd party NICs such as those from Intel, Mellanox, and QLogic. This is a significant development for data center operators who are more and more reliant on cables and pluggable optics as SFP and QSFP technology progress, and cloud applications dominate.

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Since the introduction of 100G pluggable optics several years ago, a great variety of reaches and form factors became available. Among the most confusing reaches are the Extended Reach variants. In this blog, we are going to explain what variants are available in the Cisco Optics portfolio, and the differences between them.

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Learn how the QSFP28 FR pluggable optic paves the way to 400G upgrades and how it impacts the network performance and deployment process in this next entry in the Single Lambda 100G blog series.