Extended long
wavelength
Long wavelengthShort wavelength
Cable size (mi-
crons)
Port speed
40 km (24.8 miles)
10 km (6.2 miles)
without an HP Extended
Fabrics license
50 to 100 km with an
HP Extended Fabrics
license
N/A9
N/AN/A150 m (492 ft)50
4 Gb/s N/AN/A70 m (230 ft)62.5
N/AN/AN/A9
N/AN/A150 m50
8 Gb/s N/AN/A21 m62.5
N/A10 kmN/A9
NOTE:
For the 8/80 SAN Switch, up to 500 km at 1 Gb is supported when using a long distance transport
system such as DWDM.
Table 27 Laser data transmission ranges for the 8/80 SAN Switch
Extended long
wavelength
Long wavelengthShort wavelength
Cable size (mi-
crons)
Port speed
N/A10 km (6.2 miles)500 m (1,640 ft)50
1 Gb/s N/A10 km (6.2 miles)300 m (984 ft)62.5
80 km (50 miles)10 km (6.2 miles)N/A9
N/AN/A300 m (984 ft)50
2 Gb/s
N/A10 km (6.2 miles)150 m (492 ft)62.5
80 km (50 miles)
10 km (6.2 miles)
without an HP Extended
Fabrics license
50 to 100 km with an
HP Extended Fabrics
license
N/A9
N/AN/A150 m (492 ft)50
4 Gb/s N/AN/A70 m (230 ft)62.5
N/A10 kmN/A9
N/AN/A150 m (492 ft)508 Gb/s
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