Optical Carrier Medium Variants
| Fiber modality | Speed (MByte/s) | Transmitter | Medium variant | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-mode fiber | 1600 | 1310 nm longwave light | 1600-SM-LC-L | 0.5 m – 10 km |
| 1490 nm longwave light | 1600-SM-LZ-I | 0.5 m – 2 km | ||
| 800 | 1310 nm longwave light | 800-SM-LC-L | 2 m – 10 km | |
| 800-SM-LC-I | 2 m – 1.4 km | |||
| 400 | 1310 nm longwave light | 400-SM-LC-L | 2 m – 10 km | |
| 400-SM-LC-M | 2 m – 4 km | |||
| 400-SM-LL-I | 2 m – 2 km | |||
| 200 | 1550 nm longwave light | 200-SM-LL-V | 2 m – 50 km | |
| 1310 nm longwave light | 200-SM-LC-L | 2 m – 10 km | ||
| 200-SM-LL-I | 2 m – 2 km | |||
| 100 | 1550 nm longwave light | 100-SM-LL-V | 2 m – 50 km | |
| 1310 nm longwave light | 100-SM-LL-L 100-SM-LC-L |
2 m – 10 km | ||
| 100-SM-LL-I | 2 m – 2 km | |||
| Multimode Fiber | 1600 | 850 nm shortwave light | 1600-M5F-SN-I | 0.5 m – 125 m |
| 1600-M5E-SN-I | 0.5–100 m | |||
| 1600-M5-SN-S | 0.5–35 m | |||
| 1600-M6-SN-S | 0.5–15 m | |||
| 800 | 800-M5F-SN-I | 0.5–190 m | ||
| 800-M5E-SN-I | 0.5–150 m | |||
| 800-M5-SN-S | 0.5–50 m | |||
| 800-M6-SN-S | 0.5–21 m | |||
| 400 | 400-M5F-SN-I | 0.5–400 m | ||
| 400-M5E-SN-I | 0.5–380 m | |||
| 400-M5-SN-I | 0.5–150 m | |||
| 400-M6-SN-I | 0.5–70 m | |||
| 200 | 200-M5E-SN-I | 0.5–500 m | ||
| 200-M5-SN-I | 0.5–300 m | |||
| 200-M6-SN-I | 0.5–150 m | |||
| 100 | 100-M5E-SN-I | 0.5–860 m | ||
| 100-M5-SN-I | 0.5–500 m | |||
| 100-M6-SN-I | 0.5–300 m | |||
| 100-M5-SL-I | 2–500 m | |||
| 100-M6-SL-I | 2–175 m |
| Multimode fiber | Fiber Diameter | FC media designation |
|---|---|---|
| OM1 | 62.5 µm | M6 |
| OM2 | 50 µm | M5 |
| OM3 | 50 µm | M5E |
| OM4 | 50 µm | M5F |
Modern Fibre Channel devices support SFP transceiver, mainly with LC fiber connector. Older 1GFC devices used GBIC transceiver, mainly with SC fiber connector.
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