Cisco SFP+ modules offer the following features and benefits.



- Industry’s smallest 10G form factor for greatest density per chassis

- Hot-swappable input/output device that plugs into an Ethernet SFP+ port of a Cisco switch (no need to power down if installing or replacing)

- Supports “pay-as-you-populate” model for investment protection and ease of technology migration

- Digital optical monitoring capability for strong diagnostic capabilities

- Optical interoperability with 10GBASE XENPAK, 10GBASE X2, and 10GBASE XFP interfaces on the same link

- Cisco quality identification (ID) feature enables a Cisco platform to identify whether the module is certified and tested by Cisco