This exclusive Industry-leading "Tier 1" technology Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) is approved for Federal, State, Local government and Fortune 500 corporate network applications. The DS-SFP-FCGE-SW-APM SFP Module is hot-swappable transceivers that plug into ports on the Cisco MDS 9000 Family director switching modules and fabric switches. These transceivers give users the flexibility to choose different cabling types and distances on a port-by-port basis. This mini-GBIC technology leverages the industry's flexible, standards-based 1000BASE-X SFP design, allowing for a simple and lower-cost Fibre Channel storage migration verse OEM branded modules. Includes an extended 1 year warranty.