Fiber Optics cable types

Figure 110: LC/LC
Figure 111: MPO/MPO
Figure 112: MPO/4xLC
Description OM3 OM4

Mode type

Multi-Mode

Multi-Mode

Connectors

LC/LC, MPO/MPO, MPO/4xLC

LC/LC, MPO/MPO, MPO/4xLC

Cable jacket color

Aqua

Aqua

Core/cladding (µm)

50/125

50/125

Optical source

VCSEL

VCSEL

Operating wavelengths

850 nm

850 nm

Effective modal bandwidth (850 nm)

2000 MHz-km

4700 MHz-km

Table 2: Minimum Reach
Cable type OM3 OM4

8Gb FC (SW)

150 m

190 m

10GbE (10Gbase-SR)

300 m

400 m

16Gb FC (SW)

100 m

125 m

40GbE (10Gbase-SR4/eSR4)

100 m/330 m

150 m/550 m

100GbE (100Gbase-SR10)

100 m

150 m

NOTE:

Other cable types, such as MPO/6xLC and MPO/12xLC, are not used with HPE Synergy.