- Support for 100 Gigabit Ethernet
- Hot-swappable input/output device that plugs into a Cisco CPAK-module-based switch, router, or optical platform port
- Flexibility of interface choice
- Support for a "pay-as-you-grow" model
- Support for digital optical monitoring (DOM)
- Support for the Cisco quality identification (ID) feature, which enables a Cisco platform to identify whether the module is certified and tested by Cisco
- Size that is 70 percent smaller than C Form-Factor Pluggable (CFP) modules, providing higher-density 100-gigabit interfaces
- Green design, with up to 70 percent less power consumption than CFP modules
- Easy-to-use pull-release handle that is color coded for reach identification
The Cisco CPAK 100GBASE modules offer customers a wide variety of high-density 100 Gbps connectivity solutions for data center networking, high-performance computing networks, enterprise core aggregation, and service provider transport applications.
The Cisco CPAK 100GBASE-LR4 module is IEEE 802.3ba compliant and supports link lengths of up to 10 km over standard single-mode fiber (SMF, G.652). It delivers an aggregate data signal of 100 gigabits per second, carried over four LAN wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) wavelengths operating at a nominal 25 Gbps per lane. Optical multiplexing and demultiplexing of the four wavelengths are managed within the module. Its primary application is to support high-bandwidth 100 Gbps optical links over standard single-mode fiber terminated with SC connectors. Nominal power consumption is less than 5.5 W.