Nortel 8600 Series Installing page 97

Module
Connector
8616GTE RJ-45
1000BASE-T
8616SXE 100 MT-RJ
0BASE-SX
8624FXE MT-RJ
100BASE-FX
8630GBR SFP
1000 Mb/s
Ethernet
8632TXE or Duplex SC
8632TXM 1000 Mb/s
Ethernet
RJ-45 wired
as MDI-X
10/100 Mb/s
Ethernet
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Connecting communications cables to the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 97
Recommended
cable type
EIA Category 5 or better
UTP/STP straight-through
cable. Cables must use
all four pairs
62.5 µm multimode fiber
optic cable
50 µm multimode fiber
optic cable
62.5 µm multimode fiber
optic cable
Depends on installed SFP
model; for specifications,
see Installing SFP and
XFP Transceivers and
GBICs
Depends on installed
Gigabit Ethernet
transceiver model;
for specifications, see
"GBICs" (page 122)
EIA Category 3, 4, or 5
UTP for 10 Mb/s operation;
EIA Category 5 UTP
required for 100 Mb/s
operation
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
Installing Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Modules
NN46205-304 01.03 Standard
4.1 2 January 2007
Minimum Maximum cable
cable length length
7 ft (2.1 m) 328 ft (100 m)
— 722 ft (220 m)
@ 160 MHz-km
bandwidth
902 ft (275 m)
@ 200 MHz-km
bandwidth
— 1640 ft (500 m)
@ 400 MHz-km
bandwidth
1804 ft (550 m)
@ 400 MHz-km
bandwidth
—
6562 ft (2 km)
for 62.5 µm MMF
full-duplex links
or 4264 ft (1.3km)
for 50 µm MMF
full-duplex links.
—
Depends on
installed SFP
model; for
specifications,
see Installing
SFP and XFP
Transceivers and
GBICs
— Depends on
installed Gigabit
Ethernet transc
eiver model; for
specifications,
see "GBICs"
(page 122)
—
328 ft (100 m)
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