Choice of a fiber switch

I'm planning a deployment wide network and I need a switch of fiber 10 GB to connect the distribution switches in a metro network to the data center. I need an infrastructure of high speed of each building to the data center through this switch, but I have no chance of finding the right equipment.

Could you please suggest equipment Cisco that meets my needs, or recommend alternative methods/devices?

EDIT: the scenario is a campus configuration. 10 separate buildings, between 50 and 600 m, connection to the center of a Datacenter and NOC. At least 12 ports. The goal is to have high-speed connections to all buildings, preferably 10GbE, using optical fiber for the distance. So far, I hope for a central L3 with ports SFP switch +.

The type of transceiver LR requires single mode. SR requires multimode. Other than that, they work the same in your switches.

If you have the option of specifying the fiber, you can maybe get several pair of mode both multimode and single and thus have the possibility of using the less expensive radios where you can get away with it. In general, the cost for the new wiring is mainly in installation - not raw.

As a point of reference, the price list for the two transceivers I mentioned vs US $650 US $1 900 each for the long reach Singlemode short vs respectively reach multimode types. So with 10 buildings requiring at least 20 transceivers (one at each end - two at each end if you upgrade the redundancy), the cost can really add up.

Yes the 3850-12XS (and variations of port 24 or 48) or switch 4500 X are very good choices. They are both all-SFP switches.

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