• Support 10GBASE Ethernet.
• Hot-swappable input/output device plugs into an Ethernet X2 port of a Cisco switch or router to link the port with the network.
• Provides flexibility of interface choice.
• Supports "pay-as-you-populate" model.
• Supports the Cisco quality identification (ID) feature that enables a Cisco switch or router to identify whether the module is certified and tested by Cisco.
• Has optical interoperability with respective 10GBASE Xenpak, 10GBASE XFP and 10GBASE SFP+ modules on the same link.