The AOCQP28100 is an active optical cable designed for use in 100Gigabit Ethernet links. They are electrically compliant and mechanically compliant with the QSFP28 MSA. The AOCQP28100 allows for greater link length than direct attach cables, with a lower total power consumption than transceiver solutions.
 
Features
Electrical interface compliant to SFF-8636
Electrically hot-pluggable
Power dissipation < 2.5W per cable end
Up to 100Gbps (4 x 25Gbps lanes)
Application
Data Centers/Enterprise Networking
Inter-Rack links
Intra-Rack links
100G Ethernet