Optics Guides

Active optical cables: reach without a transceiver budget

An AOC is a fibre link with the optics already attached and already matched. It covers the distances copper cannot, without the cost of two transceivers.

Direct attach cables: when copper beats optics

Inside a rack, a twinax cable is cheaper than two transceivers and a patch cord, draws no power and fails less. Here is where that stops being true.