Optics Guides

BiDi and BX optics: more bandwidth on the fibre you already have

Two different technologies share the BiDi label. One halves your fibre count, the other gets 40G or 100G onto duplex fibre that was only ever meant for 10G.

MPO-12, MPO-16 and MPO-24: matching the trunk to the optic

Parallel optics need a ribbon trunk, and the fibre count, polarity and connector gender all have to line up. Most MPO problems are one of those three.