| MRV Products 
 16-channel, protocol independent media 
converter
 
 
  
 The Fiber DriverT SFP Media Connect chassis 
(NC316-2SFP16) from MRV Communications combines protocol transparent 
connectivity with support for Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) optical 
transceivers. With its high-density form factor, a single unit can manage up to 
16 separate data channels (32 data ports) in just 1 U of rack space.
 
 The 
design of the NC316-2SFP16 enables the implementation of a wide range of optical 
infrastructure solutions from media conversion and signal boosting to lambda 
conversion and Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM), all within a fully managed 
platform.
 
 Creating a data connection with the SFP Media Connect is 
plug-n-play easy. Two SFP transceivers are simply inserted into a set of paired 
slots in the chassis and then connected to the network. There is no additional 
setup required. Changing the connection type later on only requires changing the 
SFP transceivers. And with the hot swappable functionality SFP transceivers 
there is virtually no down time involved.
 
 The Fiber Driver SFP Media 
Connect automatically and transparently handles data connections with rates from 
100 Mbps to 2.7 Gbps (100 MHz to 2.7 GHz) while performing 2R (reshape and 
retransmit) signal conditioning. It is compatible with Fast and Gigabit 
Ethernet, FDDI, ESCON, SONET (OC-3, OC-12, OC-48 and OC-48 with FEC), Fibre 
Channel (1 Gbps & 2 Gbps), Serial Digital Video Interface (SDI) SMPTPE-269 
and SMTPE-292, DVB, HDTV (1.5 Gbps), and any other protocol within the 
range.
 
 Used in conjunction with an external Mux/Demux unit - such as the 
4- or 8-channel Fiber Driver CWDM Passive Mux/Demux (EM316PA4N / EM316PA8N) - 
and configured with corresponding wavelength-specific SFPs, the NC316-2SFP16 can 
be used to build a highly flexible and scalable WDM solution for any combination 
of supported protocols.
 
 The SFP Media Connect fully supports the SFP 
standard including digital diagnostics as per SFF-8472. Together with the Fiber 
Driver Pluggable Media Connect management module (EM316NM-PMC), it is able to 
provide real-time access to information such as transceiver type (protocol, 
range, vendor, etc.), transceiver temperature, TX/RX optical power, and 
transceiver supply voltage. It also provides a means for generating management 
alerts and warnings when system parameters fall outside of the normal operating 
range.
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