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
1
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.
Site Preparation Install Cable
ExtremeSwitching 5420 Series Hardware Installation Guide 49