OSFP is a new pluggable form factor with eight high-speed electrical lanes that support 400 Gbps via 8×50G (using PAM4 modulation). It is slightly broader and deeper than the QSFP-DD but still supports 36 OSFP ports per 1U front panel and 14. 4 Tbps per 1U front-panel slot. As data centers transition from 400G to 800G interconnects, bandwidth demand, power efficiency, and thermal constraints have forced the industry to look beyond traditional form factors. Enter OSFP (Octal Small Form Factor Pluggable) — an open standard designed to deliver scalable, thermally. QSFPTEK offers an extensive range of 400G OSFP optical transceiver modules. These products complies with the IEEE 802. 3bs and OSFP MSA standards, catering primarily to 400G Ethernet, data center, and cloud network applications. This article will give an introduction to OSFP optical transceiver. Sorry, this document cannot be previewed. Copyright © 2026 Huawei Technologies Co.
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