Supported Distances

Table 11 summarizes the supported distances between a host and devices connected to short-wave ports with 50-micron and 62.5-micron cables and long-wave ports with 9-micron cables. The table does not include combinations of mixed cable lengths.

Table 11 Supported Cable Distances

 

 

 

Short-Wave1

Short-Wave1

Long-Wave2

 

50 micron

62.5 micron

9 micron

Connection

(multimode)

(multimode)

(single-mode)

 

 

 

 

Host to Hub

500 m

175 m

Not supported

 

 

 

 

Hub to Hub

500 m

175 m

3 km 3

Hub to Device

500 m

175 m

Not supported

 

 

 

 

Total

1500 m

525 m

Varies

 

 

 

 

1Ports 1-10 on short-wave hub; ports 1-9 on long-wave hub

2Long-wave port on long-wave hub

3Under certain conditions, single-mode 9-micron cables are supported at distances up to 10 km (see page 105 for more information). The 10-km capability is supported only for long-wave hubs connected to HP-UX servers.

Model S10 Short-Wave Hub

Note

Stated distances assume 50-micron multimode cable.

The short-wave hub supports distances up to 500 meters between a server host and the hub, between a hub port and a connected FC-AL device, and between two short-wave hubs. The maximum distance between a host server and FC-AL devices connected to cascaded short-wave hubs is 1500 meters.

104Operating Requirements