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Data transmission ranges

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Specification
Modes of operation
Fabric initialization
FC-IP (IP-over-Fibre Channel)
Aggregate switch I/O bandwidth
Local port latency
Switch latency

Data transmission ranges

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types.
TABLE 12
Supported optics, speeds, cables, and distances
Transceiver Form factor
type
SWL SFP+
SFP+
SFP+
SFP+
SFP+
LWL SFP+
SFP+
SFP+
SFP+
ELWL SFP+
Up to 7500 km at 2Gbps is supported when using a long distance transport system such as
DWDM.
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General specifications (Continued)
provides the data transmission ranges for different transceivers, port speeds, and cable
Speed Multimode media
(62.5 microns)
(OM1)
2 Gbps 150 m (492 ft.)
4 Gbps 70 m (229 ft.)
8 Gbps 21 m (68 ft.)
10 Gbps 33 m (108 ft.)
16 Gbps 15 m (49 ft.)
4 Gbps N/A
8 Gbps N/A
10 Gbps N/A
16 Gbps N/A
16 Gbps N/A
Description
Fibre Channel Class 2 and Class 3
Complies with FC-SW-3 Rev. 6.6
Complies with FC-IP 2.3 of FCA profile
1,536 Gbps end-to-end full duplex
700 nanoseconds
μ
2100 nanoseconds (2.1
Multimode media Multimode media
(50 microns) (50 microns)
(OM2) (OM3)
300 m (984 ft.) 500 m (1640 ft.)
150 m (492 ft.) 380 m (1264 ft.)
50 m (164 ft.) 150 m (492 ft.)
82 m (269 ft.) 300 m (984 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
N/A N/A
s with no Forward Error Correction
Multimode media
(50 microns)
(OM4)
N/A
400 m (1312 ft.)
150 m (492 ft.)
550 m (1804 ft.)
125 m (410 ft.)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Single mode media
(9 microns)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
30 km (18.6 mi.)
10 km (6.2 mi.) or
40 km (24.8 mi.)
10 km (6.2 mi.)
10 km (6.2 mi.)
25 km (15.5 mi.)
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