Specifications

DATA CENTER BEST PRACTICES
SAN Design and Best Practices 72 of 84
APPENDIX A: IMPORTANT TABLES
The following table shows the support distance based on cable type and data rates.
Speed
Name
OM1 Link
Distance
62.5-µm core and
200 MHZ*km
OM2 Link
Distance
50-µm core and
500 MHz*km
OM3 Link
Distance
50-µm core and
2000 MHz*km
OM4 Link
Distance
50-µm core and
4700 MHz*km
OS1 Link
Distance
9-µm core and
~innite MHz*km
1GFC 300 500 860 * 10,000
2GFC 150 300 500 * 10,000
4GFC 50 150 380 400 10,000
8GFC 21 50 150 190 10,000
10GFC 33 82 300 * 10,000
16GFC 15 35 100 125 10,000
LWL Optics Support
Transceiver Data Rate
(Gbps)
Distance
(KM)
4 4, 10, & 30
8 10, 25
10 10
16 10