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zSeries 800: Installation Manual for Physical Planning
– MCP cable, connected to a
– Target device with an LX transceiver
IBM supports the use of Mode Conditioning Patch (MCP) cables with the following
coupling links:
v ISC-3 (in 1 gigabit compatibility mode)
v HiPerLinks (ISC-2)
v OSA-Express Gigabit Ethernet LX
v FICON LX
v FICON Express LX
These links all have a long wavelength optical transceiver designed to be used with
9 micron single mode fiber optic cables. MCP cables accommodate the reuse of
existing 50 and 62.5 micron multimode links with the features listed above.
MCP cables are only used on 1 Gbps links. Under this condition, ISC-3 features
can only use MCP cabling to operate in compatibility mode with ISC-2 features on
Parallel Enterprise Servers Generations 3 through 6.
As technology evolves, speeds will increase to two and four Gbps. MCP cables will
not be supported beyond the one Gbps rate.
Level 04a, June 21, 2004
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