Continuing to push the boundaries of media connectivity, the Fiber Driver^® GBIC-to-SFP Media Module (EM316-GBICSFP) from MRV Communications is a data rate independent, single channel solution for linking GBIC and SFP interfaces. It defines a new level of deployment flexibility and inventory management, enabling the implementation of an extremely wide range of network infrastructure solutions from media conversion and signal boosting to lambda conversion, Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) and Optical Add/Drop Multiplexing (OADM).

The GBIC-to-SFP Media Module offers plug-n-play ease of installation. Simply place the module into the Fiber Driver chassis, insert the GBIC and SFP transceivers required for the protocol and distance of the application, and connect to the network.

Because GBIC and SFP transceivers are portable they can be easily used again at a different location for a different application, maximizing the investment in equipment and reducing the need for on-hand inventory. MRV Communications provides a complete range of optical and copper plug-in interfaces for the EM316GBIC-SFP.

The GBIC-to-SFP Media Module is data rate independent and performs 2R - reshape and retransmit - conditioning of the data signal. Any protocol is supported, including Fast and Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI, ESCON, SONET (OC-3, OC-12, OC-48 and above), Fibre Channel (1 Gbps & 2 Gbps), Serial Digital Video Interface (SDI) SMPTPE-269 and SMTPE-292, DVB, HDTV (1.5 Gbps), and many others.

With an externally connected Mux/Demux unit such as the 4- or 8-channel Fiber Driver CWDM Passive Mux/Demux (EM316PA4N / EM316PA8N), the GBIC-to-SFP Media Module can be used as a WDM solution building block configured to the desired protocol/data rate and provided with GBICs or SFPs of the required wavelengths. Deployed along a WDM trunk at customer service points using MRV Communications' passive OADM technology, the GBIC-to-SFP Media Module can be used to create a sophisticated Add/Drop topology.

The GBIC-to-SFP Media Module is a hot swappable, single-slot module that can be placed in any powered Fiber Driver chassis. It fully supports the GBIC and SFP standards, including SFP digital diagnostics as per SFF-8472. Through the Fiber Driver Network Management Module, the EM316-GBICSFP is SNMP manageable and fully supported through the GUI of MegaVision Web^®, MRV Communications' comprehensive Network Management System (NMS).