Cisco is using its high-powered Silicon One chip technology to turn up the power and efficiency of its Nexus family of data center, hyperscaler and cloud switches. The company rolled out a new ...

Is there a way to interrogate a SFP in a Cisco switch (2950, 3750, etc) in order to glean info about fiber quality? Noise, signal loss.. my company is too cheap to buy a real fiber tester.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Cisco Systems Inc., the world’s biggest maker of Internet equipment, said yesterday that it has agreed to buy Pirelli SpA’s optical systems unit for $2.15 billion in stock, filling ...

The completed third generation (3G) Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)system (in New Zealand, is the largest DWDM system by Cisco Systems in the Asia Pacific. NEW ZEALAND - DWDM is a fiber optic ...

Fiber optic cables are commonly used for core network lines and connections that must span long distances, such as those used by Internet service providers. This is due to the fact that fiber optic ...

With the QuickSwitch 4185 fiber-optic switch/converter, the user can access two separate fiber-optic100-Base FX ports (ports A and B) from a 100-Base TX Fast Ethernet port (Common port). The fiber ...