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benjojo posted 12 May 2023 18:02 +0000

Meet hot optics in your switch/NIC

Turns out that 2W over a long period of time can turn into quite some heat, it's a little spicy to unplug this thing.

Dread to think what the new 400G ZR+ optics do heat wise if left uncooled... other than presumably combust.

A FLIR image showing a glowing orange outline of a SFP optic, with a hotspot of 86.2C