LX sfp minimum range

Thu Jan 26 22:32:56 UTC 2012

2012/1/26 Pierre-Yves Maunier <pierre-yves at maunier.fr>

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> 2012/1/26 Holmes,David A <dholmes at mwdh2o.com>
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> I have found that -5dB or -10dB attenuators must be used on the send or
>> receive strands between Cisco LX connected switches at relatively short
>> distances of < 1 km over standard singlemode fiber.
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>> Other Vendors' SFPs rated up to 25 km do not need attenuators at
>> distances <1 km.
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> Cisco standard LX TX between -3dBm and -9dBm
> RX sensitivity is from -9dBm to -19dBm
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Oups typo, RX from -3 dBm to -19 dBm

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Pierre-Yves Maunier