XFP
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XFP is a compact, hot-swappable 10 Gigabit optical transceiver module form factor commonly used in high-speed Ethernet and fiber-optic communication links.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| XFP canonical | 3 |
| XFP Multi Source Agreement | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T870460 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: XFP Context triple: [10GBASE-SR, transceiverFormFactor, XFP]
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A.
100BASE-FX
100BASE-FX is a Fast Ethernet standard that uses fiber-optic cabling to provide 100 Mbps full-duplex or half-duplex network connections over longer distances than copper-based variants.
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B.
1000BASE-SX
1000BASE-SX is a Gigabit Ethernet standard that uses short-wavelength laser over multimode fiber for high-speed network connections over relatively short distances.
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C.
SFF-8482
SFF-8482 is a standardized internal connector interface designed specifically for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) drives, allowing compatibility with both SAS and SATA devices in enterprise storage systems.
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D.
1000BASE-LX
1000BASE-LX is a Gigabit Ethernet standard that uses long-wavelength laser over fiber optic cabling to provide 1 Gbit/s network links over extended distances.
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E.
100BASE-X
100BASE-X is a family of Fast Ethernet standards that define 100 Mbit/s transmission over fiber optic or twisted-pair cabling using 4B/5B line coding.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: XFP Target entity description: XFP is a compact, hot-swappable 10 Gigabit optical transceiver module form factor commonly used in high-speed Ethernet and fiber-optic communication links.
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A.
100BASE-FX
100BASE-FX is a Fast Ethernet standard that uses fiber-optic cabling to provide 100 Mbps full-duplex or half-duplex network connections over longer distances than copper-based variants.
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B.
1000BASE-SX
1000BASE-SX is a Gigabit Ethernet standard that uses short-wavelength laser over multimode fiber for high-speed network connections over relatively short distances.
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C.
SFF-8482
SFF-8482 is a standardized internal connector interface designed specifically for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) drives, allowing compatibility with both SAS and SATA devices in enterprise storage systems.
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D.
1000BASE-LX
1000BASE-LX is a Gigabit Ethernet standard that uses long-wavelength laser over fiber optic cabling to provide 1 Gbit/s network links over extended distances.
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E.
100BASE-X
100BASE-X is a family of Fast Ethernet standards that define 100 Mbit/s transmission over fiber optic or twisted-pair cabling using 4B/5B line coding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
10 Gigabit transceiver standard
ⓘ
hot-swappable transceiver module ⓘ optical transceiver form factor ⓘ |
| compatibleWithStandard |
10G Fibre Channel standards
ⓘ
IEEE 802.3ae ⓘ |
| connectorType | LC duplex optical connector (typical) ⓘ |
| coolingMethod | passive chassis airflow ⓘ |
| electricalInterface | XFI ⓘ |
| formFactorSize | compact ⓘ |
| fullName | 10 Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
I2C management interface
ⓘ
digital optical monitoring ⓘ laser safety shutdown ⓘ |
| introducedApproxYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| isHotSwappable | true ⓘ |
| isPluggable | true ⓘ |
| isPredecessorOf |
10 Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable
ⓘ
surface form:
SFP+
|
| isSuccessorTo | larger 10G optical module form factors ⓘ |
| mechanicalInterface | metal cage and latch mechanism ⓘ |
| mountingType | board-mounted cage with pluggable module ⓘ |
| powerSupplyVoltage | 3.3 V (typical) ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
XFP
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
XFP Multi Source Agreement
|
| standardType | MSA ⓘ |
| supportsApplication |
10 Gigabit Ethernet
ⓘ
10G Fibre Channel ⓘ OC-192 ⓘ OTN ⓘ SONET/SDH ⓘ STM-64 ⓘ |
| supportsDataRate | 10 Gbit/s ⓘ |
| supportsDigitalDiagnostics | true ⓘ |
| supportsDuplexMode | full-duplex ⓘ |
| supportsReachClass |
intermediate reach
ⓘ
long reach ⓘ short reach ⓘ very long reach ⓘ |
| supportsWavelength |
1310 nm (various reaches)
ⓘ
1550 nm (various reaches) ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
10G uplink ports on switches and routers
ⓘ
metro and long-haul optical links ⓘ |
| usedIn |
data center networking equipment
ⓘ
enterprise network switches ⓘ fiber-optic communication links ⓘ high-speed Ethernet links ⓘ optical transport systems ⓘ telecommunications equipment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: XFP Description of subject: XFP is a compact, hot-swappable 10 Gigabit optical transceiver module form factor commonly used in high-speed Ethernet and fiber-optic communication links.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
XFP Multi Source Agreement