Ports and Network

Cables

Switch

 

 

 

Switch Ports and Network Cables

Port Type

Cable Specifications

Connector Type

Maximum Length

 

 

 

 

10-GbE ER

9/125 μm (core/cladding) diameter, 1550 nm,

SC

single-mode cable: 2-30 kilometers

 

low metal content, single mode fiber-optic

 

(40 kilometers, on an engineered

 

cables, complying with the ITU-T G.652 and

 

fiber optic link that meets standards

 

ISO/IEC 793-2 Type B1 standards.

 

in the specification).

 

 

 

 

10-GbE

Multimode fiber-optic cable designed for

SC

62.5 μm cable:

LRM

Gigabit Ethernet: 62.5/125 μm or 50/125 μm

 

 

160/500 MHz/km = 0.5-220

 

(core/cladding) diameter, graded-index, low

 

 

 

 

 

 

meters

 

metal content, multimode fiber optic,

 

 

 

 

 

 

200/500 MHz/km = 0.5-220

 

complying with the ITU-T G.651 and ISO/IEC

 

 

 

 

 

 

meters

 

793-2 Type A1b or A1a, respectively. (A mode

 

 

 

 

conditioning patch cord may be needed in

 

50

μ

 

some multimode fiber installations.)

 

 

m cable:

 

 

 

400/400 MHz/km = 0.5-100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

meters

 

 

 

 

500/500 MHz/km = 0.5-220

 

 

 

 

 

meters

 

 

 

 

1500/500 MHz/km = 0.5-

 

 

 

 

 

220 meters

 

 

 

 

OMC CX4

12 fiber 50/125 μm (core/cladding) diameter,

Optical Media

1-300 meters

Fiber

multimode Fiber ribbon cable. 12 fiber 62.5/

Converter

 

 

 

 

125 μm (core/cladding) diameter, multimode

 

 

 

 

Fiber ribbon cable is also supported.

Copper Cables

Port Type

Cable Specifications

Connector

Supported Length

 

 

Type

 

 

 

 

 

CX4

Speed 3.125Gbx4

CX4

0.5-15 meters

 

(Cables compliant with the 802.3ak standard)

 

 

B-4