For hooking up SFP and SFP+ ports on Mikrotik devices you basically have two options:
- Direct Access Cable (passive and affordable for 1 and 2 meters; active and more expensive for more than 3 meters)
- SFP/SFP+ modules with LC-LC optic fiber cable in between them (pairs of modules are more expensive than passive DAC, but the fiber is a lot cheaper)
Choosing the SFP/SFP+ modules is a bit intimidating as the MikroTik SFP module compatibility table – MikroTik Wiki has very few details.
Then I found sfp_all-150601132341.pdf (archived) which lists many of the SFP and SFP+ modules including their specifications.
Since neither the matrix nor the PDF contains links to the products, here is a small list of what I could source last year and is compatible with both the CCR1009 routeres and CRS226 switches:
- DAC allowing for two-way traffic compatible with both SFP and SFP+:
- 10G SFP+ modules (I think they are compatible with SFP as well):
- S+2332LC10D: bidirectional kit of 2 modules (a pair of S+23LC10D and S+32LC10D)
- S+85DLC03D: compatible with LC optical fiber cable
- S+31DLC10D: compatible with LC optical fiber cable
- 1G SFP modules:
- S-85DLC05D: compatible with LC optical fiber cable
- S-31DLC20D: compatible with LC optical fiber cable
- S-3553LC20D bidirectional kit of 2 modules (a pair of S-35LC20D and S35DLC20D)
- S-RJ01: compatible with RJ45 copper
–jeroen
via: Connect CCR1009 with CSR226 over a longer distance than 3 meter – MikroTik RouterOS
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