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Chapter 1 Shelf Assembly Hardware
1.12.1 Fiber Management
Figure 1-40 Fiber Capacity
Table 1-9 provides the maximum capacity of the fiber channel for one side of an ANSI shelf, depending
on fiber size and number of Ethernet cables running through that fiber channel.
Table 1-10 provides the maximum capacity of the fiber channel for one side of an ETSI shelf, depending
on fiber size and number of Ethernet cables running through that fiber channel.
Table 1-9 ANSI Fiber Channel Capacity (One Side of the Shelf)
Fiber Diameter
Maximum Number of Fibers Exiting Each Side
No Ethernet Cables One Ethernet Cable Two Ethernet Cables
0.6 inch (1.6 mm) 144 127 110
0.7 inch (2 mm) 90 80 70
0.11 inch (3 mm) 40 36 32
Table 1-10 ETSI Fiber Channel Capacity (One Side of the Shelf)
Fiber Diameter
Maximum Number of Fibers Exiting Each Side
No Ethernet Cables One Ethernet Cable Two Ethernet Cables
0.6 inch (1.6 mm) 126 110 94
0.7 inch (2 mm) 80 70 60
0.11 inch (3 mm) 36 31 26