–
MCP
cable,
connected
to
a
–
Target
device
with
an
LX
transceiver
MCP
Cables
and
Gigabit
Links
IBM
supports
the
use
of
Mode
Conditioning
Patch
(MCP)
cables
with
the
following
coupling
links:
v
ISC-3
(in
1
gigabit
compatibility
mode)
v
HiPerLinks
(ISC-2)
v
OSA-Express
Gigabit
Ethernet
LX
v
FICON
LX
v
FICON
Express
LX
These
links
all
have
a
long
wavelength
optical
transceiver
designed
to
be
used
with
9
micron
single
mode
fiber
optic
cables.
MCP
cables
accommodate
the
reuse
of
existing
50
and
62.5
micron
multimode
links
with
the
features
listed
above.
MCP
cables
are
only
used
on
1
Gbps
links.
Under
this
condition,
ISC-3
features
can
only
use
MCP
cabling
to
operate
in
compatibility
mode
with
ISC-2
features
on
Parallel
Enterprise
Servers
Generations
3
through
6.
As
technology
evolves,
speeds
will
increase
to
two
and
four
Gbps.
MCP
cables
will
not
be
supported
beyond
the
one
Gbps
rate.
Level
04a,
June
21,
2004
6-16
zSeries
800:
Installation
Manual
for
Physical
Planning
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