Like 10gbase cx4 da is low power low cost and low latency with the added advantages of using less bulky cables and of having the small form factor of sfp.
10gbase sr minimum cable length.
Category 6 cable cat 6 is a standardized twisted pair cable for ethernet and other network physical layers that is backward compatible with the category 5 5e and category 3 cable standards.
Standard media distance wavelength notes.
Mmf 10gbase sr 4 m mmf om1 fiber 4 381 25 7473 4 381 m mmf fiber mmf 10gbase sr 5m mmf om1 fiber 5 477 31 2473 5 477 m mmf fiber mmf 10gbase sr 6 m mmf om1 fiber 6 572 36 7727 6 572 m mmf fiber mmf 10gbase sr 7 m mmf om1 fiber 7 667 42 2407 7 667 m mmf fiber smf 10gbase lr 2m smf fiber 2 100 14 4991 2 1 m smf fiber.
The minimum grade of cabling to be deployed in 10gbase t network should be cat6a cable.
The cisco sfp 10g sr x is a multirate 10gbase sr 10gbase sw and otu2 otu2e module for extended operating temperature range.
It then says using 2000 mhz km mmf om3 up to 300 meter link lengths are possible.
As for which kind of cat6a 10gbase t cable to use you can read how to choose the right category 6a cable for your 10g networks for more detailed information.
10gbase sr is defined in the ieee 802 3 clause 49 standard specially designed for multi mode fiber optic medium that uses 850 nm lasers.
It supports a link length of 26m on standard fiber distributed data interface fddi grade multimode fiber mmf.
It has a data transmission rate of up to 10 3125 gbps and can be used over multiple cabling options.
I ve used 1m mmf before now between two 10g base sr s without issue.
Cat 6 has to meet more stringent specifications for crosstalk and system noise than cat 5 and cat 5e.
Below is a list of cable specs and maximum distance with sr optics.
Sfp direct attach has a fixed length cable typically 1 to 7 m passive cables up to 15 m active cables or up to 100 m in length active optical cables.
10gbase sr is the original multimode optics specification and is still by far the most commonly used.