Technologies

Ethernet

• Ethernet overview
• Ethernet generations, lane rates & electrical interfaces
• Optical Ethernet interfaces
• Optical PMD reference by rate
• FEC, auto-negotiation & link training
• Copper Ethernet & DAC in SFP/QSFP ports
• Breakout & MPO cabling: polarity, Base-8/12/16, pinning

PON

• PON overview
• PON standards
• How a PON works: TDM, ranging, DBA, activation, OMCI
• PON wavelength plans & coexistence
• PON transceivers: OLT & ONU
• ODN classes & the PON link budget

Fibre Channel

• Fibre Channel overview
• Fibre Channel speeds
• FC protocol basics: layers, ports, logins, zoning
• FC transceivers & optics
• SAN fabrics & distance
• FC port diagnostics: counters, slow drain, SFP checks

InfiniBand

• InfiniBand overview
• InfiniBand speeds
• IB protocol & transport: layers, QPs, RDMA, subnet manager
• InfiniBand optics & cables
• IB cabling by generation: DAC, AOC, transceivers, split cables
• InfiniBand fabric essentials

CWDM

• CWDM overview
• CWDM channel plan
• CWDM mux/demux & link budget
• CWDM transceivers: types, reach & coding
• CWDM deployment & troubleshooting
• Single-fibre CWDM, OADMs & band splitters
• CWDM in access & mobile fronthaul: CPRI/eCPRI, MWDM, LWDM

DWDM

• DWDM overview
• DWDM and the ITU grid
• DWDM system components
• Amplification, OSNR & the limits of a DWDM span
• Tunable DWDM transceivers
• Coherent optics & long-haul design
• DWDM network design: line systems, ROADMs, OTN, pluggables

Storage Systems

• Storage networking overview
• Storage protocols & optics
• NVMe over Fabrics: FC-NVMe, NVMe/TCP, NVMe/RoCE & their optics
• Lossless Ethernet for storage: DCB, PFC, ECN
• Transceivers in storage networks

Artificial Intelligence

• AI networking overview
• AI interconnects & optics
• Transceivers in AI clusters
• GPU fabric topologies
• Cabling an AI cluster: counts, distances, media, QA
• Link reliability & monitoring in AI fabrics