Product Overview
Arista offers a broad portfolio of high performance optical transceivers and copper cables for datacenter and campus networks, with speeds ranging from 1G to 800G, and reach from 1m to 80km+. Arista’s Optical Modules and Cable portfolio offer a wide variety of high-density and low-power 800G (dual 400G), 400G, 200G, 100G, 50G, 40G, 25G, 10G, 1G, and 100M Ethernet connectivity options over fiber or copper.
To accommodate an increasing spectrum of applications, Arista offers a wide choice of OSFP, QSFP-DD, QSFP, SFP, SFP-DD and DSFP transceivers and cables that comply with industry standards, offering a broad range of connectivity options. Each module is optimized for different media and reach (ranging from 0.5 meters to 80 kilometers). All interface speeds, from 1G to 400GE have connectivity options that include Direct Attach copper Cables (DACs), Active Optical Cables (AOCs), multi-mode fiber and single-mode fiber transceivers.
Arista Optics Advantages
Supported 200G Ethernet QSFP Cables & Optics
Link lengths of 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30m Active Optical Cable
Dual rate 100G/200G, up to 70m / 100m over OM3 / OM4 parallel multimode fiber
Dual rate 100G/200G, up to 2km over duplex single mode fiber
Link lengths of 1, 2, and 3m over twinax copper cable
Table 1. Arista 200 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP Cable Specifications
PHY Type | Connector Type | Wavelength (nm) | Cable Type | Max Reach |
200GBASE-CR4 | QSFP to QSFP | – | Twinax Copper | 1, 2, 3m |
100GBASE-CR2 | QSFP to2 x QSFP | – | Twinax Copper | 1, 2, 3m |
50GBASE-CR | QSFP to 4x SFP | – | Twinax Copper | 1, 2, 3m |
Table 2. Arista 200 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP Optical Specifications
PHY Type | Connector Type | Wave-length (nm) | Cable Type | Core Size (um) | Modal Bandwidth (MHz*Km) | Tx power (dBm) | Rx power (dBm) | Max Reach |
200GBASE-SR4 | MPO-12 UPC | 850 | OM3 OM4 | 50.0 50.0 | 2000 (OM3) 4700 (OM4) | -6.5 to +4.0/lane | -8.4 to +4.0/lane | 70m 100m |
200GBASE-FR4 | LC | 1271, 1291, 1311, 1331 | SMF | G.652 | – | -4.2 to 4.7/lane | -8.2 to 4.7/lane | 2km |
Table 1. Arista 200G Optics Modules and Cables
Part number | Description |
200 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP Twinax Copper cables | |
C-Q200-Q200-1M | 200GBASE-CR4 QSFP to QSFP Twinax Copper Cable 1 meter |
C-Q200-Q200-2M | 200GBASE-CR4 QSFP to QSFP Twinax Copper Cable 2 meter |
C-Q200-Q200-3M | 200GBASE-CR4 QSFP to QSFP Twinax Copper Cable 3 meter |
C-Q200-2Q100-1M | 200GBASE-CR4 QSFP to 2 x 100GBASE-CR2 QSFP Twinax Copper Cable, 1M |
C-Q200-2Q100-2M | 200GBASE-CR4 QSFP to 2 x 100GBASE-CR2 QSFP Twinax Copper Cable, 2M |
C-Q200-2Q100-3M | 200GBASE-CR4 QSFP to 2 x 100GBASE-CR2 QSFP Twinax Copper Cable, 3M |
C-Q200-4S50-1M | 200GBASE-CR4 QSFP to 4 x 50GBASE-CR SFP Twinax Copper Cable, 1 meter |
C-Q200-4S50-2M | 200GBASE-CR4 QSFP to 4 x 50GBASE-CR SFP Twinax Copper Cable, 2 meter |
C-Q200-4S50-3M | 200GBASE-CR4 QSFP to 4 x 50GBASE-CR SFP Twinax Copper Cable, 3 meter |
200 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP Active Optical Cables | |
AOC-Q-Q-200G-1M | 200GbE QSFP to QSFP Active Optical Cable, 1m |
AOC-Q-Q-200G-3M | 200GbE QSFP to QSFP Active Optical Cable, 3m |
AOC-Q-Q-200G-5M | 200GbE QSFP to QSFP Active Optical Cable, 5m |
AOC-Q-Q-200G-7M | 200GbE QSFP to QSFP Active Optical Cable, 7m |
AOC-Q-Q-200G-10M | 200GbE QSFP to QSFP Active Optical Cable, 10m |
AOC-Q-Q-200G-15M | 200GbE QSFP to QSFP Active Optical Cable, 15m |
AOC-Q-Q-200G-20M | 200GbE QSFP to QSFP Active Optical Cable, 20m |
AOC-Q-Q-200G-25M | 200GbE QSFP to QSFP Active Optical Cable, 25m |
AOC-Q-Q-200G-30M | 200GbE QSFP to QSFP Active Optical Cable, 30m |
200 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP Optics | |
QSFP-200G-SR4 | 200GBASE-SR4 QSFP Transceiver, MPO12 UPC connector, up to 70m/100m over OM3/OM4 parallel MMF, 200G/100G dual rate |
QSFP-200G-FR4 | 200GBASE-FR4 QSFP Transceiver, up to 2km over duplex single-mode fiber, 200G/100G dual rate |