Documentation for network engineers deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting NetAPI optical transceivers, and for the architects and procurement teams evaluating them. Real CLI examples, real DDM thresholds, real platform-coding details.
Connectivity Planner
The Connectivity Planner picks the right transceivers, patch cable, and power budget for your link in 30 seconds. Three ways to start: from scratch, paste an OEM SKU from a vendor quote, or upload a photo of the hardware.
New to optical transceivers? Start with SFP fundamentals and walk forward.
Specifying a link? Jump to Choosing the right optic for the decision framework, then the compatibility matrix for the SKU.
A link won't come up? Open Troubleshooting in one tab and a switch CLI in another.
What an SFP is, how multi-mode vs. single-mode fiber works, link budgets, DDM, and MSAs. Start here if optical transceivers are new to you.
A decision guide: speed, fiber type, distance, and switch platform. Worked examples for typical campus and data-center links.
Which NetAPI SKUs are coded for which switch, Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Dell, HPE, NVIDIA/Mellanox, Extreme, and 25+ more.
How to read optical health from your switches, Tx/Rx power, laser bias, temperature. CLI examples for IOS-XE, NX-OS, Junos, EOS, Cumulus.
Every acronym in optical networking, defined in plain English. From AOC and BER to ZR+ and CMIS.
ESD precautions, fiber cleaning, insertion procedure for SFP and QSFP, MPO polarity, and how to bring up the link cleanly.
When the link won't come up. A decision tree ordered by frequency, what fixes most tickets, what to check next, when to open an RMA.
Can't find what you need? Email connect@netapi.io , real network engineers, replying within one business hour.
