Brand Compatible Transceivers and Cables
- Technology
- Fibre optic transceivers
- Partner
- Acal BFi
Acal BFi is able to supply optical and electrical transceivers, Direct Attach Cables (DAC), Active Optical Cables (AOC), break-out cables, and form-factor adapters that have been fully qualified using original network equipment manufacturers delivering full compatibility to most major brands on the market today.
Acal BFi has a broad range of compatible products available in standard MSA footprints such as SFP, SFP+, CSFP/CSFP+, SFP28, XFP, QSFP+/QSFP28/QSFP-DD, and CFP/CFP2/CFP4.
Support is additionally provided for manufacturer’s equipment where certain types of modules are not available as standard. In this case we use our fibre optic lab in Berlin, Germany to provide programming and test validation services at no extra cost.
Range features
A high level overview of what this range offers
- Network manufacturer’s equipment maintains full product warranty using compatible pluggable transceivers and cables
- Proven compatibility with most major equipment vendors
- Several further equipment vendor compatible modules available on request – only the most typical ones shown
- Fibre optic lab for compatibility testing, programming, and qualification according to customer requirements
- No minimum order quantity with very short lead-times
- Samples are available for testing and verification of full compatibility, re-coding is possible in case of missing features or functionality
What’s in this range?
All the variants in the range and a comparison of what they offer
| Transceiver type | Cisco | Brocade | Alcatel / Lucent / Nokia | HP / H3C | Extreme | Juniper | Mellanox | D-Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SFP | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
SFP+ | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
SFP28 | X | X | X | X | X | |||
CSFP / CSFP+ | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
XFP | X | X | X | X | X | |||
QSFP+ / QSFP28 / QSFP-DD | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
CFP / CFP2 / CFP4 | X | X | X | X | X | |||
DAC / AOC / Break-out | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
