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Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone Hardware Reference Manual 125

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Qualified cables for the FC8-64 port blade

The following table lists the third party cables that have been qualified for use with the mSFP

transceivers in the FC8-64 high density port blade.

TABLE 26 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 mSFP/SFP+ 2 Gbps 150 m (492 ft.) 300 m (984 ft.) 500 m (1640 ft.) N/A N/A

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

mSFP/SFP+ 8 Gbps 21 m (68 ft.) 50 m (164 ft.) 150 m (492 ft.) 190 m (623 ft.) N/A

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

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

QSFP 4 x

16Gbps

N/A 50 m (164 ft.) N/A N/A N/A

LWL SFP+ 2 Gbps N/A N/A N/A N/A 30 km (18.6 mi.)

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.)

TABLE 27 Qualified cables for mSFP connections for the FC8-64 high density port blade

Description Length Corning part number Molex part number Amphenol part number

Patch cables - mSFP to LC S50502S5120XXXM

(XXX = length)

943-99865-1XXXX

(XXXX = length)