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Brocade VDX 6740 Hardware Reference Manual
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Environmental requirements
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Environmental requirements
Table 15
lists the acceptable environmental ranges for both operating and nonoperating (such as
during transportation or storage) conditions.
Data transmission ranges
Table 16
provides the data transmission ranges for different cable types and port speeds for all
ports.
TABLE 16
Data transmission ranges
TABLE 15
Environmental requirements
Condition
Acceptable during operation
Acceptable during non-operation
Ambient
Temperature
0º to 40ºC (32º to 104ºF)
-25º to 70ºC (-13º to 158ºF)
Humidity
10% to 85% RH non-condensing, at
40ºC (104ºF)
10% to 90% RH non-condensing, at 70ºC
(158ºF)
Altitude
0 to 3 km (9,842 feet) above sea level
0 to 12 km (39,370 feet) above sea level
Shock
20 G, 6 ms, half-sine wave
33 G, 11 ms, half-sine wave, 3/eg Axis
Vibration
0.5 G sine, 0.4 gms random, 5-500 Hz
2.0 G sine, 1.1 gms random, 5-500 Hz
Airflow
Brocade VDX 6740 (port side intake)
Maximum - 43.7 cmh (25.7 cfm)
Nominal - 19.5 cmh (11.5 cfm)
Brocade VDX 6740T
Maximum - 83.8 cmh (49.3 cfm)
Nominal - 44.7 cmh (26.3 cfm)
N/A
Cable and connector type
Connector
Cable
Distance
Active copper
direct-attach
SFP+ copper
Twinaxial
Up to 20 m (65.62 ft)
[1 m (3.28 ft), 3 m (9.84 ft), and
5 m (16.40 ft) supported]
Active optical cable
direct-attach (Laserwire)
SFP+ copper
Plastic optical fiber
Up to 30 m (98.43 ft)
10GE-SR SFP+
SFP+ MMF,
SR
MM OM2
MM OM3
82 m (269.03 ft)
300 m (984.25 ft)
10GE-LR SFP+
SFP+ SMF, LR SM
10 km (6.2 miles)