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Multi-Source Agreement

The MSA is a multi-vendors specification defining the transceiver form-factors (dimensions, electrical-connector, pinout, etc.) as well as the management interface, also called 2 wire interface.The MSA enables the interoperability between transceivers vendors and switches/routers vendors. By being 100% MSA compliant, Wire Technologies transceivers are interoperable with all vendors switches and routers.

SFP & SFP+
MSA REFERENCE REVISION TYPE TITLE DOWNLOAD
INF-8074i 1.0 Form factor SFP (Small Formfactor Pluggable) Transceiver  download
SFF-8431 4.1 Form factor SFP+ 10Gb/s and Low Speed Electrical Interface  download
SFF-8432 5.1 Form factor SFP+ Module and Cage  download
SFF-8472 12.2 Management Diagnostic Monitoring Interface for Optical Transceivers  download 
SFF-8079 1.7 Management SFP Rate and Application Select  download
SFF-8089 1.3 Management SFP Rate and Application Select  download 
SFF-8690 1.4 Management Tunable SFP+ Memory Map for ITU Frequencies  download
SFF-8024 4.2 Management SFF Cross Reference to Industry Products  download
CFP, CFP2, CFP4 and CFP8
MSA REFERENCE REVISION TYPE TITLE DOWNLOAD
CFP MSA 1.4 Form Factor CFP MSA Hardware Description  download
CFP MSA 1.0 Form Factor CFP2 Hardware Specification  download
CFP MSA 1.1 Form Factor CFP4 Hardware Specification  download
CFP MSA 1.0 Form Factor CFP8 Hardware Specification  download
CFP MSA 2.6 Management Management Interface Specification  download
QSFP+, QSFP28 and QSFP-DD
MSA REFERENCE REVISION TYPE TITLE DOWNLOAD
SFF-8436 4.8 Form Factor & Management QSFP+ 10 Gbs 4x Pluggable Transceiver  download
SFF-8665 1.9 Form Factor QSFP+ 28 Gb/s 4x Pluggabler Transceiver Solution  download
QSFP-DD MSA 3.0 Form Factor QSFP Double Density 8x Pluggable Transceiver  download
SFF-8636 2.9 Management Management Interface for Cables Environments  download