IBM 8677 - BladeCenter Rack-mountable - Power..., Planning And Installation Manual

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Table 18. Cable media and length
Standard
Data transmission
rate Media type Maximum distance Connector
Ethernet
1000BASE-T
1000 Mbps Category 5e UTP
Category 5 UTP
EIA/TIA-568B 100-Ohm STP
100 meters (328.1 ft) RJ45
Ethernet
100BASE-TX
100 Mbps Category 5 UTP
EIA/TIA-568 100-Ohm STP
100 meters (328.1 ft) RJ45
Ethernet 10BASE-T 10 Mbps Category 3, 4, or 5 UTP
100-Ohm STP
100 meters (328.1 ft) RJ45
Fibre Channel 1.062 or 2.124
Gigabits
50 micron multimode Fibre
Channel
500 meters (1640.42 ft) Duplex LC
1.062 or 2.124
Gigabits
62.5 micron multimode Fibre
Channel
300 meters (984.25 ft) Duplex LC
1.062 or 2.124
Gigabits
9 micron single mode Fibre
Channel
2000 meters (6561.68 ft) Duplex LC
Appendix A. Planning worksheets
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