Quick Reference Guide

176 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual
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Fabric Adapters
5
Cabling
This section describes cabling specifications for Fabric Adapters.
Table 20 lists the supported cabling for Ethernet transceivers for stand-up adapters.
Table 15 summarizes maximum distances supported on fiber optic cable types for Fibre Channel
transceivers. This table assumes a 1.5 dB connection loss and an 850 nm laser source.
NOTE
Cables are not shipped with the stand-up Fabric Adapter.
TABLE 14 GbE transceiver cable specifications
Transceiver Cable Minimum
Length
Maximum Length
Ethernet 10 Gbps
SR (short range)
SFP+ 1490 nm
OM1 - 6.25/125 multimode
OM2 - 50/125 multimode
OM3 - 50/125 multimode
OM4 - 50/125 multimode
NA 33m (104.98 ft.)
82m (269 ft.)
300m (984.25 ft.)
550 m (1804 ft.)
Ethernet 10 Gbps
LR (long reach)
SFP+, 10 km, 1310
nm
Single mode media (9 microns) NA 10 km (6.2 mi.)
1m direct-attached
SFP+ copper cable
Copper twinaxial cable 1m (3.2 ft.) 1m (3.2 ft.)
3m direct-attached
SFP+ copper cable
Copper twinaxial cable 3m (9.8 ft.) 3m (9.8 ft.)
5m direct-attached
SFP+ copper cable
Copper twinaxial cable 5m (16.4 ft.) 5m (16.4 ft.)
TABLE 15 Fibre Channel transceiver cable specifications
Transceiver
type
Speed OM1 (M6)
62.5/125 micron
OM2 (M5)
50/125 micron
OM3 (M5E)
50/125 micron
OM4 (M5F)
50/125 micron
Single Mode
Media
(9 microns)
SWL 2 Gbps 150 m (492 ft.) 300 m (984 ft.) 500 m (1640 ft.) N/A N/A
SWL 4 Gbps 70 m (229 ft.) 150 m (492 ft.) 380 m (1,264 ft.) 400 m (1,312
ft.)
N/A
SWL 8 Gbps 21 m (68 ft.) 50 m (164 ft.) 150 m (492 ft.) 190 m (623 ft.) N/A
SWL 16 Gbps 15 m (49 ft.) 35 m (115 ft.) 100 m (328 ft.) 125 m (410 ft.) NA
LWL 2 Gbps N/A N/A N/A N/A 10 km (6.2
mi.)
LWL 4 Gbps N/A N/A N/A N/A 10 km (6.2
mi.)
LWL 8 Gbps N/A N/A N/A N/A 10 km (6.2
mi.)
LWL 16 Gbps N/A N/A N/A N/A 10 km (6.2
mi.)