Product Guide
Active Optical CablesActive Optical Cables
Finisars family of active optical cables accelerate data connectivity for storage, networking and high-
performance computing (HPC) applications. This product line includes C.wire for 100GbE, and InfiniBand
QDR/FDR, and PCIe-Gen2/3/4; Quadwire for 40/100GbE, InfiniBand QDR/FDR/EDR/HDR, Omni-Path, and
PCIe-Gen2/3/4; and SFPwire for applications up to 25 Gb/s.
Each cable solution leverages Finisars fiber optic technology for the transmission of data while reducing the
weight, density and power consumption of traditional copper solutions. Key advantages of active optical
cables include low weight for high port count architectures; small bend radius for easy installations; and low
power consumption providing the lowest total cost solution for data centers.
C.wire Product Selection
Part No: FCBRD10CD1Cxx: 12x10 Gb/s CXP-CXP active optical cable, round,
riser-rated
12-Channel Parallel Active Optical Cables for 100GbE
Part No: FCBND10CD1Cxx: 12x10 Gb/s CXP-CXP active optical cable, round,
and InfiniBand QDR/FDR, and PCIe-Gen2/3/4
plenum-rated
Part No: FCBRD10CD3Cxx: 12x10 Gb/s CXP-CXP active optical cable, round,
C.wire is a family of 12-channel parallel active optical cables that
riser-rated, optical power monitoring
enables high-speed data connectivity for storage, networking, and high-
Part No: FCBND10CD3Cxx: 12x10 Gb/s CXP-CXP active optical cable, round,
performance computing (HPC) applications. It supports up to 12x16
plenum-rated, optical power monitoring
Gb/s bi-directionally over parallel multimode fiber (MMF) cable. Based
Part No: FCBRD12CD3Cxx: 12x12.5 Gb/s CXP-CXP active optical cable, round,
on Finisars vertically integrated VCSEL array technology and designed
riser-rated, optical power monitoring
with CXP-compliant high-density connectors, these cables are compact,
Part No: FCBND12CD3Cxx: 12x12.5 Gb/s CXP-CXP active optical cable, round,
plenum-rated, optical power monitoring
lightweight, and low power. C.wire is well suited for
Part No: FCBRD16CD3Cxx: 12x16 Gb/s CXP-CXP active optical cable, round,
data center reaches up to 100
riser-rated, optical power monitoring
meters for InfiniBand QDR/FDR,
Part No: FCBND16CD3Cxx: 12x16 Gb/s CXP-CXP active optical cable, round,
100G Ethernet, PCIe, and other
plenum-rated, optical power monitoring
proprietary datacom and HPC
01 1 meter cable 12 12 meter cable
xx
applications. C.wire is available
02 2 meter cable 15 15 meter cable
in a point-to-point configuration
03 3 meter cable 17 17 meter cable
using MSA compliant CXP
05 5 meter cable 20 20 meter cable
modules on each end.
06 6 meter cable 30 30 meter cable
08 8 meter cable 50 50 meter cable
10 10 meter cable 60 60 meter cable
SFP+ Active Optical Cables for 10G and 25G Ethernet
Finisars SFPwire is a family of Active Optical Cables (AOCs) for high-speed
SFPwire Product Selection
data links between SFP+ ports. SFPwire AOCs are ideally suited for inter-
Part No: FCBG110SD1Cxx (for 10Gb/s) and FCBG125SD1Cxx (for 25Gb/s)
rack and intra-rack connections within a data center environment. Based
on Finisars vertically integrated VCSEL array technology and designed with Z5 0.5 meter cable 05 5 meter cable
xx
01 1 meter cable 07 7 meter cable
SFP+ SFI-limiting module ends, SFPwire AOCs are lighter and more flexible
A5 1.5 meter cable 10 10 meter cable
than comparable copper SFP+ direct attach cables (DACs).
02 2 meter cable 15 15 meter cable
B5 2.5 meter cable 20 20 meter cable
03 3 meter cable 30 30 meter cable
C5 3.5 meter cable