Storage Product Interface And Transport Distance Rules; Gb/S Fiber Optic Cable Loss Budgets (Higher Bandwidth); Gb/S Fiber Optic Cable Loss Budgets (Nominal Bandwidth) - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

Table 77 2 Gb/s fiber optic cable loss budgets (higher bandwidth)
Cable
50/125 micron (OM3
2000 MHz-km at 850
nm)
Table 78 lists the 1 Gb/s fiber optic cable loss budgets when using nominal bandwidth OM1 or
OM2 multi-mode fiber optic cable, and single-mode fiber optic cable.
Table 78 1 Gb/s fiber optic cable loss budgets (nominal bandwidth)
Cable
50/125 micron (OM2
500 MHz-km at 850 nm)
62.5/125 micron (OM1
200 MHz-km at 850 nm)
9/125 micron (single-
mode)

Storage product interface and transport distance rules

Table 79 through
for each cable segment type (switch-to-switch or device-to-switch) for each interface and transport
type. Unless otherwise specified, the distances specified apply to both switch-to-switch (ISL) connectivity
and device-to-switch connectivity.
See the HP Continuous Access EVA documentation for interconnect and distance rules for those
products.
Maximum distance per
cable segment
500 m
Maximum distance per
cable segment
500 m
200 m
10 km
35 km
100 km
Table 82 and Table 85
Total channel insertion
loss
3.31 dB
Total channel insertion
loss
3.85 dB
3.0 dB
7.8 dB
21.5 dB
19 dB
and Table 86 describe the maximum distances supported
SAN Design Reference Guide
Maximum loss per
mated connector pair
0.75 db
Maximum loss per
mated connector pair
0.75 dB
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