Description, continued
Installation
Compliance Prediction
The AFBR-703SNZ transceiver package is compliant with
the SFF 8432 Improved Pluggable Formfactor housing
specification for the SFP+. It can be installed in any INF-
8074 or SFF-8431/2 compliant Small Form Pluggable
(SFP) port regardless of host equipment operating status
The AFBR-703SNZ is hot-pluggable, allowing the mod-
ule to be installed while the host system is operating and
on-line. Upon insertion, the transceiver housing makes
initial contact with the host board SFP cage, mitigating
potential damage due to Electro-Static Discharge (ESD).
Compliance prediction is the ability to determine if an
optical transceiver is operating within its operating and
environmental requirements. AFBR-703SNZ devices
provide real-time access to transceiver internal supply
voltage and temperature, allowing a host to identify po-
tential component compliance issues. Received optical
power is also available to assess compliance of a cable
plant and remote transmitter. When operating out of re-
quirements, the link cannot guarantee error free trans-
mission.
Digital Diagnostic Interface and Serial Identification
Fault Isolation
The two-wire interface protocol and signaling detail
are based on SFF-8431. Conventional EEPROM memo-
ry, bytes 0-255 at memory address 0xA0, is organized
in compliance with SFF-8431. New digital diagnostic
information, bytes 0-255 at memory address 0xA2, is
compliant to SFF-8472. The new diagnostic information
provides the opportunity for Predictive Failure Identifi-
cation, Compliance Prediction, Fault Isolation and Com-
ponent Monitoring.
The fault isolation feature allows a host to quickly pin-
point the location of a link failure, minimizing downtime.
For optical links, the ability to identify a fault at a local
device, remote device or cable plant is crucial to speed-
ing service of an installation. AFBR-703SNZ real-time
monitors of Tx_Bias, Tx_Power, Vcc, Temperature and
Rx_Power can be used to assess local transceiver current
operating conditions. In addition, status flags TX_DIS-
ABLE and Rx Loss of Signal (LOS) are mirrored in memory
and available via the two-wire serial interface.
Predictive Failure Identification
Component Monitoring
The AFBR-703SNZ predictive failure feature allows a host
to identify potential link problems before system perfor-
mance is impacted. Prior identification of link problems
enables a host to service an application via “fail over”
to a redundant link or replace a suspect device, main-
taining system uptime in the process. For applications
where ultra-high system uptime is required, a digital SFP
provides a means to monitor two real-time laser metrics
associated with observing laser degradation and pre-
dicting failure: average laser bias current (Tx_Bias) and
average laser optical power (Tx_Power).
Component evaluation is a more casual use of the AF-
BR-703SNZ real-time monitors of Tx_Bias, Tx_Power,
Vcc, Temperature and Rx_Power. Potential uses are as
debugging aids for system installation and design, and
transceiver parametric evaluation for factory or field
qualification. For example, temperature per module can
be observed in high density applications to facilitate
thermal evaluation of blades, PCI cards and systems.
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