Cabling - Dell Brocade Adapters Installation And Reference Manual

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Fabric Adapters

Cabling

This section describes cabling specifications for Fabric Adapters.
Table 20
TABLE 14
Transceiver
Ethernet 10 Gbps
SR (short range)
SFP+ 1490 nm
Ethernet 10 Gbps
LR (long reach)
SFP+, 10 km, 1310
nm
1m direct-attached
SFP+ copper cable
3m direct-attached
SFP+ copper cable
5m direct-attached
SFP+ copper cable
Table 15
transceivers. This table assumes a 1.5 dB connection loss and an 850 nm laser source.
TABLE 15
Transceiver
type
SWL
SWL
SWL
SWL
LWL
LWL
LWL
LWL
NOTE
Cables are not shipped with the stand-up Fabric Adapter.
176
lists the supported cabling for Ethernet transceivers for stand-up adapters.
GbE transceiver cable specifications
Cable
OM1 - 6.25/125 multimode
OM2 - 50/125 multimode
OM3 - 50/125 multimode
OM4 - 50/125 multimode
Single mode media (9 microns)
Copper twinaxial cable
Copper twinaxial cable
Copper twinaxial cable
summarizes maximum distances supported on fiber optic cable types for Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel transceiver cable specifications
Speed OM1 (M6)
62.5/125 micron
2 Gbps 150 m (492 ft.)
4 Gbps 70 m (229 ft.)
8 Gbps 21 m (68 ft.)
16 Gbps 15 m (49 ft.)
2 Gbps N/A
4 Gbps N/A
8 Gbps N/A
16 Gbps N/A
Minimum
Length
NA
NA
1m (3.2 ft.)
3m (9.8 ft.)
5m (16.4 ft.)
OM2 (M5) OM3 (M5E)
50/125 micron 50/125 micron
300 m (984 ft.) 500 m (1640 ft.)
150 m (492 ft.) 380 m (1,264 ft.) 400 m (1,312
50 m (164 ft.) 150 m (492 ft.)
35 m (115 ft.) 100 m (328 ft.)
N/A N/A
N/A N/A
N/A N/A
N/A N/A
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Maximum Length
33m (104.98 ft.)
82m (269 ft.)
300m (984.25 ft.)
550 m (1804 ft.)
10 km (6.2 mi.)
1m (3.2 ft.)
3m (9.8 ft.)
5m (16.4 ft.)
OM4 (M5F) Single Mode
50/125 micron Media
(9 microns)
N/A N/A
N/A
ft.)
190 m (623 ft.) N/A
125 m (410 ft.) NA
N/A 10 km (6.2
mi.)
N/A 10 km (6.2
mi.)
N/A 10 km (6.2
mi.)
N/A 10 km (6.2
mi.)
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