Transit/storage environment
Operating environment temperature
Acclimation time
Nominal
68-72°F (20-22°C)
Nominal
40-55% RH
Nominal 68-72°F (20-22°C)
40-55% RH
0-1 hour
Cold
<68°F (20°C)
Dry
<30% RH
<86°F (30°C)
4 hours
Cold
<68°F (20°C)
Damp
≥30% RH
<86°F (30°C)
4 hours
Hot
>72°F (22°C)
Dry
<30% RH
<86°F (30°C)
4 hours
Hot
>72°F (22°C)
Humid 30-45%
RH
<86°F (30°C)
4 hours
Humid 45-60%
RH
<86°F (30°C)
8 hours
Humid ≥60% RH
<86°F (30°C)
16 hours
Unknown
<86°F (30°C)
16 hours
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If there are signs of condensation after the recommended acclimation time has passed, allow an additional 8 hours to stabilize.
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Systems and components must not experience changes in temperature and humidity that are likely to cause condensation to form on
or in that system or component. Do not exceed the shipping and storage temperature gradient of 45°F/hr (25°C/hr).
Optical multimode cables
Optical multimode 3 (OM3) and optical multimode 4 (OM4) cables are available for open systems host and SRDF connectivity. To obtain
OM3 or OM4 cables, contact your local sales representative.
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OM3 cables are used for SRDF connectivity over: 4, 8, and 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel I/O modules, 10 GbE and 1 GbE I/O modules.
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OM4 cables are used for SRDF connectivity over 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel I/O modules.
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OM4 cables are used with 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel I/O modules to provide Fibre Channel connection to switches. Distances of up to 190
m over 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel and 125 m over 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel modules are supported.
OM2 or OM3 cables can be used, but distance is reduced.
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OM3 cables support 8 and 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel distances up to 150 m or 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel distances up to 100 m.
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OM2 cables support 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel distances up to 50 m or 10 Gb/s Ethernet up to 82 m.
NOTE:
OM2 cables can be used, but they will not support 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel (SRDF) distances greater then 50 m.
For longer distances, use OM3 cables.
Open systems host and SRDF connectivity
The following table provides the OM3 and OM4 cables.
Table 14. OM3 and OM4 Fibre cables — 50/125 micron optical cable
Model number
Description
SYM-OM3-1M
LC-LC, 1 meter
SYM-OM3-3M
LC-LC, 3 meter
SYM-OM3-5M
LC-LC, 5 meter
SYM-OM3-10M
LC-LC, 10 meter
SYM-OM3-30M
LC-LC, 30 meter
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System Specifications
