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Physical Planning Considerations

5-7

Physical Planning Considerations

Fibre Channel

Cables and

Connectors

This section provides Fibre Channel cable and connector planning

information as follows:

• Cables for directors, fabric switches, and SAN routers.

• Intrepid-series director, Sphereon-series fabric switch, and

Eclipse-series SAN router optical connectors.

Cables Fiber-optic jumper cables are required to connect directors, fabric

switches, and SAN routers ports to servers, devices, distribution

panels, or other elements in a multiswitch fabric or routed SAN.

Depending on the attached device and fabric element port, use one of

the following types of cable:

• Graded-index 62.5/125 micron multimode cable provides a

transmission distance of up to 300 meters (1.0625 Gbps), 150

meters (2.1250 Gbps), 75 meters (4.2500 Gbps), or 33 meters

(10.2000 Gbps) and connects to shortwave ports that transmit

light at an 850 nanometer (nm) wavelength. The cable typically

has an orange jacket.

• Graded-index 50/125 micron multimode cable provides a

transmission distance of up to 500 meters (1.0625 Gbps), 300

meters (2.1250 Gbps), 150 meters (4.2500 Gbps), or 82 meters

(10.2000 Gbps) and connects to shortwave ports that transmit

light at an 850 nm wavelength. The cable typically has an orange

jacket.

• Depending on transceiver type, dispersion-unshifted (step-index)

9/125 micron singlemode cable provides a transmission distance

of up to 10, 20, or 35 kilometers and connects to longwave ports

that transmit light at a 1300 nm wavelength. The cable typically

has a yellow jacket.

LC Connectors Multimode or singlemode cables attach to Intrepid-series director,

Sphereon-series fabric switch, and Eclipse-series SAN router ports

with SFP optical transceivers and LC duplex connectors. Figure 5-1

illustrates an SFP transceiver and LC duplex connector.

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