Chapter 2: New In This Release; Features; 7002Qq Mda; Qsfp+ Transceivers - Avaya VSP 7000 Series Installing

Chapter 2: New in this release

The following sections indicate what is new in this document for VSP 7000 Release 10.3, Feature
Pack Release 10.3.1, and Feature Pack Release 10.3.2.

Features

See the following sections for information about feature changes.

7002QQ MDA

Feature Pack Release 10.3.2 introduces the 7002QQ MDA. This MDA adds two 40GBase, Quad (4-
channel) Small Form Factor Pluggable Plus (QSFP+) ports to VSP 7000 Series switches as primary
client interfaces.
Note:
When a 40 Gigabyte MDA is inserted for the first time, a reset is required.
For more information about the 7002QQ MDA, see

QSFP+ transceivers

Feature Pack Release 10.3.2 introduces Avaya Quad (4-channel) Small Form Factor Pluggable
Plus (QSFP+) transceivers. QSFP+ transceivers and the 7002QQ-MDA provide VSP 7000 Series
switches with 40 Gbps connection speeds. VSP 7000 support for QSFP+ includes the following:
• 40GBase-SR4 transceivers for distances up to 328 feet (100m) over OM3 Fiber or up to 492
feet (150m) over OM4 Fiber.
• 40GBase-LR4 QSFP+ transceivers for link lengths of up to 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) on
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) recommendation G.652 single-mode fiber (SMF)
cable.
• 40 Gigabit Direct Attach Cables, ranging from 3.3 feet (1 meter) to 16 feet (5 meters) in length,
for passive QSFP+ to QSFP+ connections.
For more information about QSFP+, see
page 58.
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Media Dependent Adapter
Quad small form factor pluggable plus transceivers
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