FIBRE SFP CONNECTIVITY
Optical SFP modules for fibre
connectivity can be used for console
to processing core, router to router,
and router to I/O connections.
Fibreconnectivityisrequiredwhenthe
cablerunbetweenunitsexceedsthe90m
maximumpermissiblelengthforCat5e/
Cat6coppercabling.Fibrecanalsobe
usedforshorterrunsifitissimplythe
preferredmedium.
Note,thissectiononlyconcernsfibre
connectionsmadeviaSFPs.LikeallI/O
boxes,MADIunitshavepluggableSFPs
fortheirHydra2connectionstorouters,
buttheymayalsohavefibreconnectors
thatpasstheactualMADIaudioformat
inandoutofthesystem.TheMADII/O
formatfibreconnectorsareofafixedtype
suchasFDDI.VariousMADII/Oboxes
areavailabletoprovidedifferenttypes
ofMADIfibreinterface.Pleasereferto
theHydra2installationmanualformore
detailsonMADII/Ooptions.
SinglemodevsMultimode
ThecorewithinMultimodefibreis
relativelythickwhencomparedto
Singlemode.Lighttravelsthrough
Multimodefibreatmultipleangles,
‘bouncing’offthesidesofthecoreasit
travels,takingmultiplepathsor‘modes’of
varyinglengthfromoneendtotheother,
resultinginpulsesbeinglengthenedas
theytravel.Singlemodefibrehasavery
finecoreandlighttravelsinasingle,direct
pathfromoneendtotheotherwithout
affectingpulselength.Theresultisthat
Singlemodefibrehasahigherbandwidth
capacityand,importantly,lowsignal
lossallowingmuchgreaterdistancesto
beachieved.Lightcanbetransmitted
intoMultimodefibreusingLEDsor
lowpoweredlaserswhilstSinglemode
requiresahigherpoweredlaser.
CalrecrecommendtheuseofSinglemode
fibrewheneverpossibleinorderto
maximisetheflexibilityinthelocationof
hardwareandmaintainuniformityacross
thesystembyusingasingletype.Ifa
Multimodeinfrastructureisinplace,fibre
length,thenumberofinter-connects
andequipmentlocationbecomemore
important.
SFPmodulesareavailableforboth
SinglemodeandMultimodefibretypes.
Itisimportanttoselectthecorrect
SFPforthetypeoffibrebeingusedin
theinstallation.Ifusingamixtureof
SinglemodeandMultimodefibre,itis
importanttoensurethecorrectSFPsare
matchedtothecorrectfibretype.
Identification
Thereleasebutton/handlesoffibreSFPs
arecolourcoded-blueforSinglemode,
blackforMultimode.BlueLCconnectors,
asshownhere,shouldbeusedto
terminateSinglemodefibreandbeige
colouredconnectorsforMultimode.
DuplexConnectors/Terminations
StandardCalrecfibreSFPs,both
MultimodeandSinglemode,useduplex
LCconnectors.
Theduplexterminationrequirestwofibres
perconnection,oneisasendpath,the
otherisareceivepath.Whenterminating
thefibre,thesendfromoneendshould
connecttothereceiveoftheotherand
thereforethey‘cross-over’,terminatedAto
BandBtoA.
SingleStrand,Bi-DirectionalSFPs
Toreducetheamountoffibre,Calrec
cansupplySinglemodeSFPsthatsend
andreceiveoverasingle,orsimplexLC
connector.Inordertobeabletopass
datainbothdirectionsoverasingle
strand,thelighttravellinginonedirection
needstobeofadifferentwavelengthto
thelighttravellingintheotherdirection.
Therefore,bi-directionalSFPscomeas
eithertypeAortypeB(asindicated
byanAorBattheendofthemodel
number)andtheyneedtobepairedup;
afibreshouldconnectbetweenatype
AandatypeB,andnotbetweentwo
Bi-DirectionalSFPsofthesametype/
wavelength.Theunitsarecolourcoded
toaididentificationbetweenAtypes&B
types.
SFPFibreSpecifications
Specificationsareshowninthetable
totheright.Themaximumdistances
shownhereassumeasinglepoint-to-
pointconnectionwithnointermediary
interconnections.Lossesshouldbe
measuredacrossthetotalsignalpath
includinginterconnectsbetweenpointsof
SFPtransceiverconnection.Lossesneed
tobelessthantheopticalpowerbudget
oftheSFPtransceiversbeingused.
DUPLEX LC FIBRES CORRECTLY TERMINATED A TO B & B TO A
BI-DIRECTIONAL LC FIBRE CORRECTLY CONNECTED, TYPE A TO TYPE B
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A
B
B
A
B
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