Optic.ca NGQ100G-AO1M-OC

The Optic.ca NGQ100G-AO1M-OC is a 100GBASE-QSFP28 Active Optical Cable (AOC) designed for high-density data center and enterprise network environments where 100 Gbps connectivity is required over short distances. At 1 meter in length, it is ideal for within-rack connections between NETGEAR switches and servers or storage. Coded entirely in-house by Optic.ca, the cable is 100% certified for NETGEAR hardware and provides OEM-level reliability at a lower cost than original manufacturer cables. Built-in Digital Diagnostic Monitoring (DDM) enables real-time visibility into link health, simplifying commissioning and troubleshooting. Backed by Optic.ca's lifetime warranty on the transceiver portion and a manufacturing defect warranty on the cable assembly.

100% NETGEAR Certified Compatibility

The NGQ100G-AO1M-OC is coded specifically for NETGEAR networking equipment and has been rigorously tested to ensure full interoperability. Unlike generic third-party cables that can trigger unsupported-module warnings and require CLI workarounds, this cable is recognized natively by NETGEAR switches — no hidden flags, no management alerts, no support calls. For data center operators running NETGEAR M4500, M4300, or similar high-density 100G platforms, this means a completely transparent installation experience and confidence that the link will behave identically to an OEM cable.

Active Optical Design at 100G

At 100 Gbps, passive copper twinax cables become bulky and power-hungry beyond very short reach, with significant signal integrity challenges already at 1 meter in dense configurations. An Active Optical Cable (AOC) converts the electrical signal to light at the transceiver end, allowing it to remain thin, lightweight and highly flexible throughout the run — a practical advantage when routing in congested cable management trays. The optical medium is entirely immune to EMI, making it the right choice in high-density switch rooms where copper cables can pick up interference from adjacent power cables or high-current switching equipment.

100 Gbps. QSFP28. Native NETGEAR recognition. No workarounds.

Lifetime transceiver warranty · In-house coded · Proudly Canadian

Built-In DDM for Real-Time Link Monitoring

Digital Diagnostic Monitoring (DDM) is embedded in both transceiver ends of this AOC, exposing live parameters — optical transmit and receive power, temperature, supply voltage and bias current — directly through standard management interfaces. This gives network administrators an immediate, non-intrusive way to verify link health during installation and to detect degradation before it causes downtime. In a data center with hundreds of links, being able to pull DDM readings remotely from the switch management plane removes the need for physical inspection with test equipment and drastically shortens root-cause analysis when an alarm fires.

In-House Coding and Lifetime Warranty

Every Optic.ca cable is coded in-house at the company's Canadian facility, allowing the team to issue firmware updates and custom coding for edge-case configurations that generic off-the-shelf transceivers cannot accommodate. Quality control is applied at the coding and testing stages rather than relying solely on factory QA from an ODM. The product is backed by a lifetime warranty on the transceiver side and a manufacturing defect warranty on the cable assembly — a significantly stronger coverage than the typical 1- or 3-year terms offered by many third-party suppliers. This reduces total cost of ownership and the administrative overhead of managing replacement cycles.