Installation guide

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Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 About the ASA 5500-X
SFP Modules
Table 1-2 Cabling Requirements for Fiber-optic SFP Modules
SFP Module Wavelength Fiber Type Core Size
Modal Bandwidth
(MHz-km)
1
1. Specified at transmission wavelength.
Operating
Distance
1000BASE-EX
(GLC-EX-SMD=)
1310 nm SMF —
2
2. ITU-T G.652 SMF as specified by the IEEE 802.3z standard.
— 40 km (131,234 ft)
1000BASE-ZX
(GLC-ZX-SMD=)
1550 nm SMF — — ~70 km, depending
on link loss
1000BASE-SX
(GLC-MM=)
850 nm MMF 62.5 µm 160 (FDDI grade) 220 m (722 ft)
62.5 µm 200 (OM1) 275 m (902 ft)
50 µm 400 (400/400) 500 m (1640 ft)
50 µm 500 (OM2) 550 m (1804 ft)
50 µm 2000 (OM3) 1000 m (3281 ft)
1000BASE-LX/LH
(GLC-SM=)
1310 nm MMF
3
3. An IEEE-standard, mode-conditioning patch cord is required regardless of span length. Note that the mode-conditioning
patch cord for 62.5-µm fiber has a different specification than the patch cord for 50-µm fiber.
62.5 µm 500 550 m (1804 ft)
50 µm 400 550 m (1804 ft)
50 µm 500 550 m (1804 ft)
SMF — — 10 km (32,821 ft)