A quick and dirty reference chart to output power and receiver sensitivity on a plethora of different optics.
Please comment if you're missing something!
| Wavelength | Tx power (dBm) | Rx power (dBm) | Typical power budget | Typical reach | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | Min | Max | ||||
| Gigabit Ethernet | |||||||
| GE SX | 850 | -9.5 | -3 | -17 | 0 | 7.5 | ~250m (OM1 - MM 62.5µm) ~500m (OM2 - MM 50µm) |
| GE LX/LH | 1310 | -9.5 | -3 | -20 | -3 | 8.5 | 10km (SMF µm) |
| GE ZX | 1550 | 0 | 5.2 | -24 | -3 | 24 | 80km (SMF 10 µm) |
| 10 Gigabit Ethernet | |||||||
| 10GE LR | 1310 | -8.2 | +0.5 | -14 | +0.5 | 10km (SMF 10µm) | |
| 10GE ER | 1550 | -4.7 | +4.0 | -15.8 | -1 | 40km (SMF 10µm) | |
| 10GE ZR | 1550 | 0 | +4.0 | -24 | -7 | 80km (SMF 10µm) | |
| Packet Over SONET / SDH (POS) OC-3 / STM-1 | |||||||
| OC-3 / STM-1 Multimode SR | 850 | -20 | -14 | -23 | -8 | 7 | 2km (MMF) |
| OC-3 / STM-1 SR | 1310 | -15 | -8 | -23 | -8 | 2km (SMF 10µm) | |
| OC-3 / STM-1 IR-1 | 1310 | -15 | -8 | -28 | -8 | 15km (SMF 10µm) | |
| OC-3 / STM-1 LR-1 | 1310 | -5 | 0 | -34 | -10 | 40km (SMF 10µm) | |
| OC-3 / STM-1 LR-2 | 1550 | -5 | 0 | -34 | -10 | 80km (SMF 10µm) | |
| Packet Over SONET / SDH (POS) OC-12 / STM-4 | |||||||
| OC-12 / STM-4 SR-1 | 1310 | -15 | -8 | -23 | -8 | 2km (SMF 10µm) | |
| OC-12 / STM-4 IR-1 | 1310 | -15 | -8 | -28 | -8 | 15km (SMF 10µm) | |
| OC-12 / STM-4 LR-1 | 1310 | -3 | +2 | -28 | -8 | 40km (SMF 10µm) | |
| OC-12 / STM-4 LR-2 | 1550 | -3 | +2 | -28 | -8 | 80km (SMF 10µm) | |
| Packet Over SONET / SDH (POS) OC-48 / STM-16 | |||||||
| OC-48 / STM-16 SR | 1310 | -10 | -3 | -18 | -3 | 2km (SMF 10µm) | |
| OC-48 / STM-16 IR | -5 | 0 | -18 | 0 | 15km (SMF 10µm) | ||
| OC-48 / STM-16 LR | 1550 | -2 | +3 | -28 | -9 | 80km (SMF 10µm) | |
| Packet Over SONET / SDH (POS) OC-192 / STM-64 | |||||||
| OC-192 / STM-64 SR-1 | -8 | +0 | -11 | +0 | 2km (SMF 10µm) | ||
| OC-192 / STM-64 IR-2 | 1550 | -4 | +4 | -15 | -1 | 15 | 40km (SMF 10µm) |
| OC-192 / STM-64 LR-2 | 1550 | 0 | +4.0 | -24 | -7 | 26 | 80km (SMF 10µm) |
| Equipment type | ||
|---|---|---|
| Equipment subtype | Command | |
| Example output | ||
| Cisco 7600 | ||
| All linecards | show interface X/Y transceiver | |
|
7600#sh inte tenGigabitEthernet 1/1 transceiver
Transceiver monitoring is disabled for all interfaces. ITU Channel not available (Wavelength not available), Optical Optical 7600# |
||
| Cisco 12000 | ||
| Engine5 SIP-600 | show hw-module subslot X/Y transceiver Z (idprom|status) | |
|
GSR#show hw-module subslot 10/0 transceiver 0 idprom
IDPROM for transceiver POS10/0/0: Description = XFP optics (type 6) Transceiver Type: = OC192 + 10GBASE-L (65) Product Indentifier (PID) = QFCT-7081 Vendor Revision = B2 Serial Number (SN) = XXXXXXXXX Vendor Name = CISCO-AGILENT Vendor OUI (IEEE company ID) = 00.30.D3 (12499) CLEI code = WMOTBEVAAB Cisco part number = 10-1989-02 Device State = Enabled. Date code (yy/mm/dd) = 06/06/30 Connector type = LC. Encoding = 64B/66B SONET Scrambled NRZ Minimum bit rate = 9900 Mbits/s Maximum bit rate = 10500 Mbits/s GSR#sh hw-module subslot 10/0 transceiver 0 status The Transceiver in slot 10 subslot 0 port 0 is enabled. Module temperature = 18.148 C Transceiver Tx bias current = 29416 uAmps Transceiver Tx power = -1 dBm Transceiver Rx optical power = 0 dBm GSR# |
||
| Juniper JUNOS devices | ||
| All linecards | show interfaces diagnostics optics X/Y | |
|
kll@JUNIPER> show interfaces diagnostics optics ge-0/0/0
Physical interface: ge-0/0/0 Laser bias current : 8.800 mA Laser output power : 0.3870 mW / -4.12 dBm Module temperature : 28 degrees C / 82 degrees F Module voltage : 3.3110 V Receiver signal average optical power : 0.2179 mW / -6.62 dBm Laser bias current high alarm : Off Laser bias current low alarm : Off Laser bias current high warning : Off Laser bias current low warning : Off Laser output power high alarm : Off Laser output power low alarm : Off Laser output power high warning : Off Laser output power low warning : Off Module temperature high alarm : Off Module temperature low alarm : Off Module temperature high warning : Off Module temperature low warning : Off Module voltage high alarm : Off Module voltage low alarm : Off Module voltage high warning : Off Module voltage low warning : Off Laser rx power high alarm : Off Laser rx power low alarm : Off Laser rx power high warning : Off Laser rx power low warning : Off Laser bias current high alarm threshold : 36.544 mA Laser bias current low alarm threshold : 0.000 mA Laser bias current high warning threshold : 26.544 mA Laser bias current low warning threshold : 0.000 mA Laser output power high alarm threshold : 0.5960 mW / -2.25 dBm Laser output power low alarm threshold : 0.1490 mW / -8.27 dBm Laser output power high warning threshold : 0.4740 mW / -3.24 dBm Laser output power low warning threshold : 0.1880 mW / -7.26 dBm Module temperature high alarm threshold : 85 degrees C / 185 degrees F Module temperature low alarm threshold : -5 degrees C / 23 degrees F Module temperature high warning threshold : 75 degrees C / 167 degrees F Module temperature low warning threshold : 0 degrees C / 32 degrees F Module voltage high alarm threshold : 3.600 V Module voltage low alarm threshold : 3.000 V Module voltage high warning threshold : 3.500 V Module voltage low warning threshold : 3.100 V Laser rx power high alarm threshold : 0.5011 mW / -3.00 dBm Laser rx power low alarm threshold : 0.0125 mW / -19.03 dBm Laser rx power high warning threshold : 0.5011 mW / -3.00 dBm Laser rx power low warning threshold : 0.0125 mW / -19.03 dBm {master:0} |
||