The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Serial 1550nm 10 Gigabit Ethernet Module is Cisco's first extended reach (40Km) 10 Gigabit Ethernet solutions that is compliant to the IEEE 802.3ae standard. It is ideal for building economical, simple, and manageable inter-campus connections andMAN. By supporting high-bandwidth connections over extended distances, the Cisco Catalyst 6500 10GBASE-ER Serial 1550nm 10 Gigabit Ethernet solution enables new applications such as server-less buildings, data center remote mirroring, and disaster recovery, which are key storage networking applications.
The Cisco Catalyst 10GBASE-LR Serial 1310nm 10 Gigabit Ethernet module is compliant to the IEEE 802.3ae standard. It provides customers with scalable bandwidth and support of Layer 2, Layer 3 and Layer 4-7 Intelligent Services. Supporting up to 10Km over single-mode fiber, this module is ideal for building simple high-bandwidth inter-building connections inside a campouts or between POPs or aggregating Gigabit Ethernet in the core.