Chapter 1: Overview
Table 3. Twisted Pair Cable Requirements for the 10/100Base-TX Ports at 10 or 100Mbps
Cable Type
Standard TIA/EIA 568-B-
compliant Category 6 or 6a
shielded cabling.
30
Non-
PoE
Yes
The cable requirements for ports operating at 1000Mbps are given in
Table 4.
Table 4. Twisted Pair Cable Requirements for the 10/100/
Cable Type
Standard TIA/EIA 568-B-
compliant Category 3 shielded
or unshielded cabling with 100
ohm impedance and a
frequency of 16 MHz.
Standard TIA/EIA 568-A-
compliant Category 5 shielded
or unshielded cabling with 100
ohm impedance and a
frequency of 100 MHz.
Standard TIA/EIA 568-B-
compliant Enhanced Category
5 (Cat 5e) shielded or
unshielded cabling with 100
ohm impedance and a
frequency of 100 MHz.
Standard TIA/EIA 568-B-
compliant Category 6 or 6a
shielded cabling.
10Mbps
PoE
PoE+
Yes
Yes
Yes
1000Base-T Ports at 1000Mbps
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
100Mbps
Non-
PoE
PoE+
PoE
Yes
Yes
1000Mbps
Non-
PoE
PoE+
PoE
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes