Ethernet - Fiber Optics Tech Consortium

Can the same fiber optic transceivers that are used with OM3 fiber, like SFP + 10Gbps pluggable modules, be used with OM4 fiber or are there new transceiver types that need to be used?

by tiac | Jul 31, 2018

Yes, you can use the same fiber-optic transceivers for both OM3 and OM4 fibers because the two fiber types are basically the same except that OM4 fiber has higher bandwidth. The IEEE 10Gbps Ethernet standard states that 300m OM3 and 400m OM4 link lengths are supported...