HP Mainframe Connectivity Design Guide

Maximum unrepeated distance
Table 47 (page 94) lists the FICON channel cable specifications and maximum unrepeated distances
from the channel port on the mainframe to the CU or director port.
Table 47 zSeries and z9 FICON supported channel cable types and distances
Link data rate
Maximum
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Cable typeConnector type
Channel card
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unrepeated
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feature name
distance
1
1 Gb/s
10 kmSM 9 µm
SC duplex
FICON LX
550 m
With MCP
2
, MM 50 or
MM 62.5 µm
1 Gb/s
280 mMM 62.5 µm
FICON SX
550 mMM 50 µm
1 or 2 Gb/s10 kmSM 9 µm
LC duplex
FICON Express LX
1 Gb/s550 m
With MCP
2
, MM 50 or
MM 62.5 µm
1 or 2 Gb/s
120 mMM 62.5 µm
FICON Express SX
300 mMM 50 µm
1 or 2 Gb/s10 kmSM 9 µm
FICON Express 2 LX
1 Gb/s550 m
With MCP
2
, MM 50 or
MM 62.5 µm
1 or 2 Gb/s
120 mMM 62.5 µm
FICON Express 2 SX
300 mMM 50 µm
1, 2, or 4 Gb/s10 kmSM 9 μmFICON Express 4 10KM LX
4 Gb/s4 kmSM 9 µmFICON Express 4 4KM LX
4 Gb/s4 kmSM 9 µmFICON Express 4-2C 4KM LX
4 Gb/s70 m (200 MHz-km)MM 62.5 µmFICON Express 4 SX
150 m (500 MHz-km)
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MM 50 µm
380 m (2,000
MHz-km)
2 Gb/s150 m (200 MHz-km)MM 62.5 µm
300 m (500 MHz-km)
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MM 50 µm
500 m (2,000
MHz-km)
1 Gb/s300 m (200 MHz-km)MM 62.5 µm
500 m (500 MHz-km)
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MM 50 µm
860 m (2,000
MHz-km)
4 Gb/s70 m (200 MHz-km)MM 62.5 µm
LC duplex
FICON Express4-2C SX
150 m (500 MHz-km)
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MM 50 µm
380 m (2,000
MHz-km)
2 Gb/s150 m (200 MHz-km)MM 62.5 µm
300 m (500 MHz-km)
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MM 50 µm
94 Mainframe rules