Data Transmission Ranges; Fibre Channel Data Transmission Ranges By Cable Type And Port Speed; Gigabit Ethernet Data Transmission Ranges; Copper Cabling And Rj-45 Data Transmission - IBM SAN06B-R Installation, Service And User Manual

Data transmission ranges

Table 17 provides the data transmission ranges for different cable types and port
speeds for Fibre Channel. Up to 500km at 1G is supported when using a long
distance transport system such as DWDM.
Table 17. Fibre channel data transmission ranges by cable type and port speed
Cable size
Port speed (microns)
1 Gbps 50
62.5
9
2 Gbps 50
62.5
9
4 Gbps 50
62.5
9
8 Gbps 50
62.5
9
Table 18 provides the data transmission ranges for different cable types for Gigabit
Ethernet (GbE).
Table 19 provides the data transmission ranges for different cable types for
copper-cabled Ethernet and GbE RJ-45 ports.
Short wavelength (SWL) Long wavelength (LWL)
500 m (1,640 ft) (OM2)
860 m (2,821 ft) (OM3)
300 m (984 ft)
NA
300 m (984 ft) (OM2)
500 m (1,640 ft) (OM3)
150 m (492 ft)
NA
150 m (492 ft) (OM2)
380 m (1,246 ft) (OM3)
70 m (230 ft)
NA
50 m (164 ft) (OM2)
150 m (492 ft) (OM3)
21 m (69 ft)
NA
Table 18. Gigabit Ethernet data transmission ranges
Cable
size
Port speed (microns) Short wavelength (SWL)
1 Gbps 50 500 m (1,640 ft) (OM2)
860 m (2,821 ft) (OM3)
62.5 300 m (984 ft)
9 NA
Table 19. Copper cabling and RJ-45 data transmission ranges
Port speed
1 Gbps
NA
NA
10 km (6.2 mi)
NA
NA
10 km (6.2 mi)
NA
NA
10 km (6.2 mi)
NA
NA
10 km (6.2 miles)
Cable type
Cat-5
Appendix A. Product specifications
Extended long
wavelength (ELWL)
NA
NA
80 km (50 mi)
NA
NA
80 km (50 mi)
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Long wavelength
(LWL)
NA
NA
4 km (2.48 miles)
Range
100m
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