This article sorts out full compatible optical transceivers, DAC/AOC cables, fiber patch cords and matching scenarios for OS6860E-48, providing complete procurement and wiring reference for network engineers.

The Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6860 Virtual Chassis Full Layer 3 Ethernet Switch is a compact, high-density Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) and 10 Gigabit Ethernet platform designed for converged networks. There are four models of this series: OS6860-P24, OS6860E-48, OS6860E-P24Z8, and OS6860E-U28. The following ETU-LINK will introduce the OS6860E-48 switch and optical module solutions separately.

The OS6860-48 switch is equipped with 48 10/100/1000 Base-T ports and 4 1G/10G SFP+ ports. The configurable optical modules are shown in the table below.

All ETU-LINK transceivers above fully comply with SFP / SFP+ MSA and SFF-8472 standards, can normally read Tx/Rx power, temperature and bias current via switch CLI without compatibility alarms.

Matching fiber cable rules:
850nm multimode modules: OM3 / OM4 duplex LC fiber patch cord
1310/1550nm single-mode modules: OS2 single-mode duplex LC/UPC fiber patch cord
All patch cords adopt low-loss ceramic ferrules to guarantee stable link BER.

If the transmission distance between devices is short, you can also use 10G SFP+ direct attach cables. The above is ETU-Link's recommended Alcatel-Lucent OS6860E-48 switch optical module matching solution. For more optical module matching solutions, please refer to previous blogs.

Tips:
1). Within 300m same machine room: 10G SFP+ SR + OM4 multimode patch cord / 10G DAC cable
2). 10km cross-building campus uplink: 10G SFP+ LR + OS2 single-mode fiber
3). 40–80km long-distance MAN backbone: 10G ER / ZR single-mode optical module
4). Gigabit access uplink to core: 1G LX 10km SFP module

ETU-LINK provides one-stop matching supply of optical modules, DAC/AOC cables and fiber jumpers for Switch series.

Last updated: July 10, 2026