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Introduction of Media Converter

If you want to realize the farther distance connectivity than the actual length the copper cabling you already have can offer, what should you do? Much worse is that no switch is available. Don’t be nervous. The easy solution offered by media converter will be illustrated in this article. Are you poised to have a close understanding of the small device which have blown every people’s minds?

Media Converter

Media converter is a cost-effective and flexible networking device that can connect various fibre optic cable such as multimode, single mode or single strand fibre cable and translates signals between fibre optic cabling and another type of cabling media such as cat6 Ethernet cable. If the distance between two network devices is greater than the copper cabling’s transmission distance, the fibre optic connectivity is required, and can be achieved by a media converter. Fibre connections can greatly extend the reach and reduce electromagnetic interference. Media converters were introduced to the industry in the 1990s, and played an important part of fibre types of cabling system in connection with existing copper-based wiring system. They are also used in metropolitan area network (MAN) access and data transport services to enterprise customers.

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There are a wide variety of copper-to-fibre and fibre-to-fibre media converters available that support different network protocols, data rates, cabling and connector types.

Fibre to Fibre Media Converters

One of the key applications for fibre to fibre media converters is to connect between the two network types at the physical network layer. Fibre-to-fibre media converters provide connectivity between dual fibre and single-fibre optic cables. In addition, fibre-to-fibre media converters support conversion from one wavelength to another, including standard wavelengths (1310, 1550) and CWDM wavelengths. It can also extend a MM network across SM fibre with distances up to 140km in a cost-effective way. Fibre-to-fibre media converters are typically protocol independent and available for Ethernet, and TDM applications.

Copper-to-Fibre Media Converters

Supporting the IEEE 802.3 standard, Ethernet copper-to-fibre media converters provide connectivity for Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet devices. Some converters support 10/100 or 10/100/1000 rate switching, enabling the integration of equipment of different data rates and interface types into one seamless network. The copper-to-fibre conversion carried out by a media converter allows two network devices having copper ports to be connected across long distances by means of fibre optic cabling.

For twisted pair ports( RJ-45 ports), they can transfer signal of SFP port into signal of RJ-45 port for transmission. SFP port is mainly connected with upstream equipment while RJ45 port is connected to the downstream device.

Conclusion

In the data centre, fibre media converters pose as an alternative solution for switches. Next time you are in this condition, don’t hurry to throw the copper cable away, just an easy click on FS.COM, then all mess will be eliminated. Choose a suitable media converter and it will be delivered quickly to your address. The media converter provided by FS.COM is very small so won’t occupy too much space and can be deployed in a variety of networks and applications.

How to Convert SFP+ to 10GBASE-T/RJ45?

When migrating to 10G data centre, you may have two choices: SFP+ or 10GBASE-T technology. 10GBASE SFP+ interface has always been widely deployed for 10 Gigabit ToR (top of rack) witches due to low power consumption. Due to advanced technology, switch manufacturers significantly reduce the power consumption and cost of 10GBASE-T server and switch. According to some researches, the cost of 10GBASE-T (RJ45 interface) switches is much lower than that of SFP+ switches. So many users prefer to add 10GBASE-T/RJ45 switches. But the problem is how to convert SFP+ to RJ45 port. This article will to introduce a necessary optical equipment–SFP+ to RJ45 media converter.

Introduction to SFP+ to RJ45 Media Converter

The secret to realize SFP+ to RJ45 conversion is 10 Gigabit SFP+ to RJ45 media converter. This converter has one 10G pluggable SFP+ port and one RJ45 port. SFP+ port is compatible with any SFP+ transceiver such as 10G SR SFP, 10G LR SFP and so on, which is the best suitable for your network and link lengths. 10 Gigabit SFP+ to RJ45 media converter is a cost-effective way to convert copper to fibre, or fibre to copper. Since it can deliver fast and reliable network access at longer distances than copper-based networks, it’s ideal for the applications in server rooms, workstations in remote areas or in other buildings.

sfp+ to-rj45 card

How to Convert SFP+ to RJ45?

As the following figure shows, existing ToR switch only has some SFP+ interfaces. This switch is connected to an aggregation switch in the data centre with multimode fibre patch leads. And the servers below are connected to the ToR switch with twinax DAC cables. Now considering that 10GBASE-T servers are less expensive, we decide to add new 10GBASE-T servers to the rack. Then we face a problem: how to integrate 10GBASE-T RJ45 ports servers into the the rack? To deal with this problem, we need to add 10 Gigabit Ethernet media converters to this rack system. First, connect the media converter with existing ToR switch by inserting one end of twinax DAC cables into the SFP+ port of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet media converter. Second, connecting media converter with the new 10GBASE-T servers by plugging Ethernet patch cords (better Cat6a) into RJ45 port of this media converter and 10GBASE-T servers.

sfp+ to rj45

As the 10GBASE-T servers are connected to 10 Gigabit SFP+ to RJ45 media converters over short Ethernet patch cords, so we can enjoy the advantage of 10GBASE-T short reach mode, which means all devices can operate at lower transmit power. Short reach mode, specified in the IEEE 10GBASE-T standard, conserves energy and produces less heat.

FS.COM SFP+ to RJ45 Media Converter Solutions
Part number Description
21024 1x 10GBase-T to 1x 10GBase-X SFP+, Unmanaged
35610 1x 10GBase-T to 1x 10GBase-X XFP Managed
35432 1x 10GBase-T to 1x 10GBase-X SFP+, Card Type
35433 1x 10GBase-T to 1x 10GBase-X XFP, Card Type
35610 1x 10GBase-T to 1x 10GBase-X SFP+ Managed
35431 1x 10GBase-T to 1x 10GBase-X XFP Managed
Conclusion

SFP+ to RJ45 conversion may be a very common issue in 10G data centre. To solve this problem, the most cost-effective way is SFP+ to RJ45 media converter. It can bridge the interface disparities between equipment with 10GBASE-T RJ45 ports and existing rack servers or switches with fibre optic ports. FS.COM offers various high-performance 10G SFP+ to RJ45 media converters. For more product details, please contact us via email sales@fs.com.

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