Table 11: Cable Distances and Types (continued)
Standard Media Type MHz•km
Rating
Maximum
Distance (Meters)
1000BASE-LX
(1300nm optical window)
50/125 µm multimode ber 400 550
50/125 µm multimode ber 500 550
62.5/125 µm multimode ber 500 550
10/125 µm single-mode ber – 5,000
10/125 µm single-mode ber – 10,000
1000BASE-ZX
(1550nm optical window)
10/125 µm single-mode ber – 80,000
100BASE-LX100
(1550nm optical window)
10/125 µm single-mode ber – 100,000
1000BASE-BX10
(1490nm optical
window)
(1310nm optical window)
10/125 µm single-mode ber – 10,000
1000BASE-LX70
(1550nm optical window)
10/125 µm single-mode ber – 70,000
10/100/1000BASE-T SFP (1 Gbps link)
Category 5 and higher UTP
cable
– 100
(100 Mbps link)
Category 5 and higher UTP
cable
– 150
(10 Mbps link)
Category 5 and higher UTP
cable
– 250
10GBASE-T SFP+ (10 Gb links)
Category 6A and higher UTP
cable
– 30
10GBASE-SR SFP+
(850nm optical window)
62.5 µm multimode ber 160 26
62.5 µm multimode ber
(OM1)
200 33
50 µm multimode ber 400 66
50 µm multimode ber (OM2) 500 82
50 µm multimode ber (OM3) 2000 300
10GBASE-LR SFP+
(1310nm optical window)
10/125 µm single-mode ber – 10,000
10GBASE-ER SFP+
(1550nm optical window)
10/125 µm single-mode ber – 40,000
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Proprietary to Extreme Networks. Connections between two Extreme Networks 1000BASE-LX
interfaces that use 10/125 µm single-mode ber can use a maximum distance of 10,000 meters.
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