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Information for 62.5 micron fiber optic cable is provided to facilitate use of installed cable. HP recommends 50 micron

fiber optic cable for new installations that require multi-mode fiber.

Table 68 (page 158) describes the distance rules for 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel connections when using

4 Gb/s Fibre Channel switch models.

Table 68 Fibre Channel distance rules for 4 Gb/s switch models (B-series and C-series switches)

Supported storage productsSupported distancesInterface/transport

Heterogeneous SAN servers,

Fibre Channel switches, and

storage systems

OM4 fiber

400 m at 4 G/s

OM3, OM3+ fiber

380 m at 4 Gb/s

500 m at 2 Gb/s

OM2 fiber

150 m at 4 Gb/s

300 m at 2 Gb/s

50 micron multi-mode

fiber optic cable and

short-wave SFPs

HP P6000 Continuous Access

and HP P9000 (XP) Continuous

Access

500 m at 1 Gb/s

OM1 fiber

62.5 micron

multi-mode

fiber optic cable and

short-wave SFPs

EBS

70 m ISL at 4 Gb/s

4 km ISL at 4 Gb/s (C-series only)

9 micron single-mode

fiber optic cable and

long-wave SFPs

10 km ISL at 4 Gb/s

30 km ISL at 4 Gb/s (B-series 8 Gb/s switches only)

9 micron single-mode

fiber optic cable and

extended-reach SFPs

35 km ISL at 2 Gb/s with 2 Gb/s SFP (B-series only)

100 km at 4 Gb/s

Fibre Channel using

WDM

250 km at 2 Gb/s

500 km at 1 Gb/s

Information for 62.5 micron fiber optic cable is provided to facilitate use of installed cable. HP recommends 50 micron fiber optic

cable for new installations that require multi-mode fiber.

WDM distance is the maximum distance for the WDM link. For B-series switches, these distances are supported with firmware 5.x

(or later). Distances listed are based on use of SFPs supported by the WDM device used. For more information about B-series and

C-series supported WDM devices, see “Certified third-party WDM, iFCP, and SONET products” (page 317).

Table 69 (page 159) describes the distance rules for 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel connections when using

2 Gb/s Fibre Channel switch models.

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