On 11/29/2010 6:03 PM, Jeff Wasilko wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 01:55:25PM -0500, Doug Hughes wrote: >> Hrm, the cat-6A specification calls for higher Mhz, up to 500Mhz (twice >> cat-6), but I don't know of a single vendor using cat6a for 10G. The >> current standard du-jour is twinax cabling in SFP+ which limits you to ~7m >> length. >> >> I'd be really surprised if anybody could get 100m with 10g on cat6A, even >> if the hardware were available. >> > Cisco claims to be able to: > > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps708/product_bulletin_c25-575203.pdf > > Cat6 UTP is good for 55m, and the others are good for 100m > Misc observations on that. $$$$$ 4:1 oversubscribed
but, good to know about this. I think much cheaper 10g options are available,though you'd need fiber to do the distance. (I like/recommend LC connectors for density and ease of connection with minimal fuss) _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
