Finisar AN-2030 User Manual
Digital diagnostic monitoring interface, For sfp optical transceivers, Scope and overview

AN-2030: Digital Diagnostic Monitoring Interface for Optical Transceivers
F i n i s a r
9/26/02 Revision D
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Application Note AN-2030
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Digital Diagnostic Monitoring Interface
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for SFP Optical Transceivers
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1. Scope and Overview
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This document defines an enhanced digital diagnostic monitoring interface available in
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Finisar SFP and GBIC optical transceivers. The i nterface allows real time access to
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device operating parameters, and it includes a sophisticated system of alarm and
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warning flags which alerts end-users when particular operating parameters are outside
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of a factory set normal range. The interface is fully compliant with SFF-8472, “Digital
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Diagnostic Monitoring Interface for Optical Transceivers", revision 9.3.
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These digital diagnostic features are implemented in all Finisar SFP transceivers that
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contain a “D” in the part number suffix (for example, FTRJ -1319-7D-2.5), as well as
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DWDM and CWDM GBICs. All next generation Finisar SFPs utilizing the new part
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numbering scheme (e.g. FTRJ1621P1BCL) also have the same diagnostic capability.
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The interface is an extension of the serial ID interface defined in the GBIC specification
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as well as the SFP MSA. Both specifications define a 256-byte memory map in
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EEPROM, which is accessible over a 2-wire serial interface at the 8 bit address
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1010000X (A0h). The digital diagnostic monitoring interface makes use of the 8 bit
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address 1010001X (A2h), so the originally defined serial ID memory map remains
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unchanged. The interface is identical to, and is thus fully backward compatible with both
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the GBIC Specification and the SFP Multi Source Agreement. The complete interface is
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described in Section 3 below.
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The operating and diagnostics information is monitored and reported by a Digital
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Diagnostics Transceiver Controller (DDTC), which is accessed via a 2-wire serial bus.
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Its physical characteristics are defined in Section 4.
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2. Applicable Documents
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Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC). SFF document number: SFF-0053, rev. 5.5,
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September 27, 2000.
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Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) Transceiver MultiSource Agreement (MSA),
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September 14, 2000.
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Digital Diagnostic Monitoring Interface for Optical Transceivers: SFF-8472, Draft
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Revision 9.3, August 1, 2002.
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