Network Cabling Next-Gen Cabling
Copper Ethernet Standards 10/100 Mbit/s – Fast Ethernet 10Base-T 2 Twisted Pairs on Cat 3/5 Cable 100Base-TX 2 Twisted Pairs on Cat5 Cable 100m Distance 1 Gbit/s – Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-T 4 Twisted Pairs on Cat5(e)/6 Cable 100m Distance 10 Gbit/s – 10 Gigabit Ethernet 10GBase-T 4 Twisted Pairs on Cat6(a)/7 Cable 100m Distance 10GBase-CX1 SFP+ Direct Attached to Twinax Cable 10m Distance
Fiber Ethernet Standards 1 Gbit/s – Gigabit Ethernet Multimode 1000Base-SX (550m) Singlemode 1000Base-LX (5km) 1000Base-EX (40km) 1000Base-ZX (70km) 10 Gbit/s – 10 Gigabit Ethernet Multimode 10GBase-SR (400m) Single Mode 10GBase-LR (25km) 10GBase-ER (40km) 10GBase-ZR (80km)
Next-Gen Speeds 40 Gbit/s – 40 Gigabit Ethernet Copper 40GBase-CR4 Multimode 40GBase-SR4 (125m) Singlemode 40GBase-LR4 (10km) 100 Gbit/s – 100 Gigabit Ethernet Copper 100GBase-CR10 Multimode 100GBase-SR10 (125m) Single Mode 100GBase-LR4 (10km) 100GBase-ER4 (40km) *CFP for 100+ meters, QSFP for shorter
Cabling Copper Twisted Pair (UTP/STP) Cat5 Cat6 Cat7 Fiber Optic Single Mode Multi Mode 10GE Rated Twinax
Fiber Cables
Connectors Copper RJ45 (8P8C) GG45 (8P8C Backwards Compatible) TERA Fiber SC LC ST MPO (Multi-Fiber Push-On/Pull-Off) Fiber Array (12/24 Core)
Interface Modules XFP (1GE, 10GE) SFP+ (1GE, 10GE) QSFP (40GE, 100GE) CFP (40GE, 100GE)