On Mar 18, 2013, at 9:47 AM, Lloyd Brown wrote: > When working with fiber lengths, you *always* want to consult the > specifications of your optics modules. > > For example, we use a lot of hardware from Force10 Neworks here (They've > been bought out by Dell, which is advantageous for us, for other > reasons). My spec sheet for their 10GbE SFP+ optics modules says 300 > meters on multi-mode using 850nm wavelength (10GBASE-SR), as long as > it's OM3 or OM4 spec, but I don't have lengths for OM1 or OM2 MMF (I > vaguely recall it was 150m, but I don't know for sure).
It's actually 33 meters and 82 meters, respectively. Even worse is FDDI grade (26 meters). It has a massive center defect, so you probably have to have a mode conditioning patch cable (shift the light slightly off-center) to even get that 26 meters. You can tell if is it OM1 or FDDI from the size (62.5 microns) where OM2 and later is all 50 microns. > For the > 10GBASE-LR (1310nm), you use single-mode for up to 10km. For the > 10GBASE-ER (1550nm) you use single-mode for up to 40km. > > In general, you can use 850nm on multi-mode, and 1310nm and 1550nm on > single-mode. There are a few applications (eg. 10GBASE-ESR), which pair > 1310nm with multi-mode, but they're rare and will probably be more > expensive than you want to pay. > > And of course everything changes when you're talking about faster > speeds, eg. 40GBASE or 100GBASE. Actually, the general spec for these use 4 and 10 distinct fibers. Basically, 10GBASE across multiple strands to get 40 and 100 GBASE. To go long distances, you have to put all 4 or 10 channels across a DWDM on 4 or 10 colors. There *is* a 40GBASE spec that uses a single pair of fiber, but it is limited to 2 km. > > TLDR: At the lengths you're talking about, it's going to depend on what > the optics vendor will support. > He is totally right. Figure out what you need, then research what will do it. one gig is relatively easy. 10 gig gets a little more complicated and pricey, but not bad. And forget 40G and 100G for now.
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