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Appendix D Technical Specifications
SFP and SFP+ Transceiver Specifications
General Specifications for Cisco Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet SFP Transceivers
Table D-39
provides general specification for Cisco Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet SFP transceiver.
Note
The minimum cable distance for both the transceivers listed above (multimode fiber (MMF)) and
single-mode fiber (SMF) is 2 meters (6.5 feet).
Environmental and Power Requirement Specifications for Cisco Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet
SFP Transceivers
Table D-40
provides the power requirement specification for Cisco Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet
SFP transceivers.
Table D-39
General Specifications for Cisco Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet SFP Transceivers
SFP
Wavelength
(nanometer)
Fiber Type
Core Size
(micon)
Baud Rate
(GBd)
Cable Distance
(meter)
DS-SFP-FCGE-SW
850
MMF
62.5
1.0625
300 m (984 ft)
62.5
2.125
150 m (492 ft)
50.0 (OM2)
1.0625
500 m (1640 ft)
50.0 (OM2)
2.125
300 m (984 ft)
DS-SFP-FCGE-LW
1310
SMF
9.0
1.0625
6.2 miles (10 km)
9.0
2.125
6.2 miles (10 km)
Table D-40
Power Requirement Specification for Cisco Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet SFP
Transceivers
SFP
Average Transmit
Power (dBm)
Average Receive
Power (dBm)
Fiber Loss Budget (dBm)
Maximum
Minimum
Maximum
Minimum
DS-SFP-FCGE-SW
-1.2
-10.0 (FC)
-9.5 (GE)
0
-17 (GE)
2.1 (FC - 62.5 micron), 2.62
(FC - 50.0 micron)
2.38 (GE - 62.5 micron),
3.37 (FC - 50.0 micron)
DS-SFP-FCGE-LW
-3
-11.0
-3
-19 (GE)
7.8 (FC)
4.57 (GE)