Hello Guru's,

So I am brand new to the 10g world, so please excuse my ignorance or mis-speak with my questioning. But I've searched many a forum and cannot find a straight forward, high level answer for how a 10g (fxg) optical device ultimately communicates with a host 1g NIC.

I've read up on how 10g works, w/ cat6a, jumbo packets, cisco nexus, etc, etc and it's all beginning to jumble together. I cannot find any end-to-end descriptions on how the i/o translates from optical to copper. Perhaps i am approaching this the wrong way..? Can someone please help shed some light on how this technology works, as it would be tremendously appreciated.

Warm Regards,

Chris