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86 Brocade VDX 8770-4 Hardware Reference Manual
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Ethernet port supported optics
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Ethernet port supported optics
The Ethernet ports in the Brocade VDX 8770-4 support full duplex link speeds at 1, 10, 40, or 100
Gbps inbound and outbound. Table 24 shows the optics supported in the line cards for the Brocade
VDX 8770-4.
TABLE 24 Supported optics
Speed Wavelength Fiber type Cable core diameter
(microns)
Maximum cable distance
1 GbE 850 MMF 62.5 220 m (721.8 ft)
62.5 275 m (902.2 ft)
50 500 m (1640.4 ft)
50 550 m (1804.5 ft)
1310 MMF 62.5 550 m (1804.5 ft)
50 550 m (1804.5 ft)
50 550 m (1804.5 ft)
SMF 9 10 km (6.2 mi)
1 GbE Copper SFP Copper Cat5 Copper 100 m (328.1 ft)
10 GbE - USR 850 MMF 50 100 m (328.1 ft)
10 GbE - SR 850 MMF 50 300 m (984.3 ft)
10 GbE - LR 1310 SMF 9 or 10 10 km (6.2 mi)
10 GbE twinax Copper 1 m (3.3 ft)
3 m (9.8 ft)
5 m (16.4 ft)
10 GbE Base-T
Copper
CAT-6a Copper 100 m (328.1 ft) at 10
Gbps
CAT-7 Copper 100 m (328.1 ft) at 10
Gbps
CAT-6 Copper 55m (180.4 ft) at 10
Gbps
CAT-5e Copper Shorter but
indeterminate distance
than 55m (180.4 ft) at
10 Gbps
130 m (426.5 ft) at 1
Gbps and 100 Mbps
40 GbE 850 MMF 50 100 m (328.1 ft)