Allied Telesis Rapier Series - Port, Connector, and Cable Combinations

50 Rapier Series Switch
C613-03020-00 REV K
Port, Connector, and Cable Combinations
This section provides cabling guidelines for each switch model.
1. Refer to the IEEE 802.3 standards for further cable information
2. Assumes a fibre optic cable rating of 500 Mhz/Km. (Maximum cable length is 500m at a cable rating of 400 Mhz/Km.)
3. Assumes a fibre optic cable rating of 200 Mhz/Km. (Maximum cable length is 220m at a cable rating of160 Mhz/Km.)
Table 30: Cable guidelines
Model Port Type(s) Connector Type(s) Cable Type
1
Maximum Cable
Length
Rapier 8/8SC
Rapier 8/8MT
Rapier 24
Rapier 24i
Rapier 48
Rapier 48i
10BASE-T/
100BASE-TX
RJ-45 10BASE-T Category 3 or
better
100BASE-TX Category 5
or better
100m (328ft)
100m (328ft)
Rapier 16F
-FX/SC
Rapier 16Fi-FX/SC
Rapier 8/8/SC
100BASE-FX SC 50/125 or 62.5/125
micron multimode fibre
Full-duplex 2km
(6,600ft)
Half-duplex 412m
(1360ft)
Rapier 16F-FX/MT-RJ
Rapier 16Fi-FX/MT-RJ
Rapier 8/8MT
100BASE-FX MT-RJ 50/125 or 62.5/125
micron multimode fibre
Full-duplex 2km
(6,600ft)
Half-duplex 412m
(1360ft)
Rapier G6 1000BASE-T RJ-45 CAT5 100 (328ft)
Rapier G6F-LX/SC 1000BASE-LX SC 9/125 micron
singlemode fibre
50/125 or 62.5/125
micron multimode fibre
3km (1.8mi)
Increasing to 10km
(6mi) if linking two
1000BASE-LX models
550m (1804ft)
2
Rapier G6F-SX/SC 1000BASE-SX SC 50/125 micron
multimode fibre
62.5/125 micron
multimode fibre
550m (1,804ft)
2
275m (902ft)
3
Rapier G6F-SX/MT-RJ 1000BASE-SX MT-RJ 50/125 micron
multimode fibre
62.5/125 micron
multimode fibre
550m (1,804ft)
2
275m (902ft)
3
Rapier 48w 1000BASEX Varies with SFP Refer to documentation
with SFP
Refer to
documentation with
SFP