XFP

XFP is a 30 position 0.8 mm pitch SMT receptacle designed to support 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet with the ability to extend performance to 14 Gbps. It is constructed from a metal frame and the cage assembly is to be bezel-mounted to an I/O panel with compliant pins for pressing onto the host PCB. Its single row cage configuration requires less space and is a cost optimized alternative to parallel-optics VSR. XFP also requires less than one-third the power and physical space of an MSA interconnect with parallel interface. It has a single footprint for all links and is hot-pluggable.The cage assembly has several EMI shielding options such as an elastomeric gasket, which blocks EMI emissions coming from the transceiver when installed.