Installation Guide

Table 73: Cable Distances and Types (continued)
Standard Media Type MHz•km
Rating
Maximum Distance
(Meters)
100BASE-LX100
(1550nm optical window)
10/125 µm single-mode fiber – 100,000
1000BASE-BX10
(1490nm optical window)
(1310nm optical window)
10/125 µm single-mode fiber – 10,000
1000BASE-LX70
(1550nm optical window)
10/125 µm single-mode fiber – 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 mm multimode fiber 160 26
62.5 mm multimode fiber (OM1) 200 33
50 mm multimode fiber 400 66
50 mm multimode fiber (OM2) 500 82
50 mm multimode fiber (OM3) 2000 300
10GBASE-LR SFP+
(1310nm optical window)
10/125 µm single-mode fiber – 10,000
10GBASE-ER SFP+
(1550nm optical window)
10/125 µm single-mode fiber – 40,000
40GBASE-SR4 QSFP+
(850nm optical window)
50 mm multimode fiber (OM3) – 100
50 mm multimode fiber (OM4) 150
1000BASE-T Category 5 and higher UTP cable – 100
100BASE-TX Category 5 and higher UTP cable – 100
10BASE-T Category 3 and higher UTP cable – 100
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