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Data transmission ranges

Table 12 provides the data transmission ranges for different transceivers, port speeds, and cable

types.

Up to 7500 km at 2Gbps is supported when using a long distance transport system such as

DWDM.

Modes of operation Fibre Channel Class 2 and Class 3

Fabric initialization Complies with FC-SW-3 Rev. 6.6

FC-IP (IP-over-Fibre Channel) Complies with FC-IP 2.3 of FCA profile

Aggregate switch I/O bandwidth 1,536 Gbps end-to-end full duplex

Local port latency 700 nanoseconds

Switch latency 2100 nanoseconds (2.1

μs with no Forward Error Correction

TABLE 11 General specifications (Continued)

Specification Description

TABLE 12 Supported optics, speeds, cables, and distances

Transceiver

type

Form factor Speed Multimode media

(62.5 microns)

(OM1)

Multimode media

(50 microns)

(OM2)

Multimode media

(50 microns)

(OM3)

Multimode media

(50 microns)

(OM4)

Single mode media

(9 microns)

SWL SFP+ 2 Gbps 150 m (492 ft.) 300 m (984 ft.) 500 m (1640 ft.) N/A N/A

SFP+ 4 Gbps 70 m (229 ft.) 150 m (492 ft.) 380 m (1264 ft.) 400 m (1312 ft.) N/A

SFP+ 8 Gbps 21 m (68 ft.) 50 m (164 ft.) 150 m (492 ft.) 150 m (492 ft.) N/A

SFP+ 10 Gbps 33 m (108 ft.) 82 m (269 ft.) 300 m (984 ft.) 550 m (1804 ft.) N/A

SFP+ 16 Gbps 15 m (49 ft.) 35 m (115 ft.) 100 m (328 ft.) 125 m (410 ft.) N/A

LWL SFP+ 4 Gbps N/A N/A N/A N/A 30 km (18.6 mi.)

SFP+ 8 Gbps N/A N/A N/A N/A 10 km (6.2 mi.) or

40 km (24.8 mi.)

SFP+ 10 Gbps N/A N/A N/A N/A 10 km (6.2 mi.)

SFP+ 16 Gbps N/A N/A N/A N/A 10 km (6.2 mi.)

ELWL SFP+ 16 Gbps N/A N/A N/A N/A 25 km (15.5 mi.)