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Cabling System Cable Types
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IBM 8265: Planning and Site Preparation Guide
Type 1 specification number 4716748
Type 1 Plenum specification number 4716749
Type 1 Riser specification number 6339585
Braided cable shield around two twisted pairs of #22 AWG
conductor for data communication.
Type 1 Outdoor specification number 4716734
Corrugated metallic cable shield around two twisted pairs of
#22 AWG conductors for data communication.
Type 1 outdoor cable is suitable for aerial installation or
placement in underground conduit.
Type 2 specification number 4716739
Type 2 Plenum specification number 4716738
Same as Type 1 cable with the addition of four twisted pairs
of #22 AWG telephone conductors.
Type 5 (non-plenum only) specification number 4716744
Two optical fiber conductors.
Type 5 cable is suitable for installation indoors or for aerial
installation or placement in underground conduit.
Type 5 Riser
Multiple fiber cable suitable for horizontal and riser runs
within a building.
For more information refer to the IBM Cabling System
Technical Interface Specification .
Type 5 Outdoor
Multiple fiber outdoor cable suitable for inter-building
applications.
For more information refer to the IBM Cabling System
Technical Interface Specification.
Type 6 specification number 4716743
Two twisted pairs of #26 AWG stranded conductors for data
communication.
Type 6 cable is for use only as patch cable or jumper cable.
Type 8 specification number 4716750
Two parallel pairs of #26 AWG solid conductors for data
communication.
Type 8 cable is for use only under carpeting.
Contact your IBM representative or the IBM branch office
serving your locality for a list of authorized distributors of
undercarpet cable.
Type 9 specification number 6339583
Two twisted pairs of #26 AWG stranded or solid conductors
for data communication.
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