Your Quick Guide to SFP Transceivers

Your Quick Guide to SFP Transceivers

In today’s blog post we will talk about SFP Transceivers. Even though they are currently a crucial component in our everyday used network components, it may be a little tricky to completely understand them.

What are SFP Transceivers?

Let’s start by talking about what are SFP : SFP transceivers are network components that are used as interface modules between network equipment and cabling, which can be copper or fiber optics. SFP in the name stands for small form-factor pluggable, and the transceiver is the portmanteau of transmitter and receiver. SFP Transceivers have replaced the gigabit interface converters and they can sometimes be referred to as Mini Gigabit Interface Converter. 

Figure 1: QSFPTEK 1000BASE-SX SFP transceiver

There are many qualities that make SFP Transceivers attractive in the industry, such as their smaller sizes. Furthermore, due to their hot-pluggable nature, which means that you can adjust or upgrade your network without making major changes in the infrastructure, these components are majorly preferred by users. There are several