Network Components / Cables Category 8 Cabling The demand of bandwidth continues to increase, and most of the existing network cable infrastructures in data centers, which were designed earlier for an intended lifespan of more than 15 years, must face today‘s challenges and future requirements, which are often unpredictable. Under these circumstances, the new standard Category 8 cabling has been developed and approved by TIA to provide numerous benefits for data centers looking to seamlessly add bandwidth for Ethernet Category 8, the standard for next-generation twisted-pair cabling specifications, allows the transport data up to four times faster on the same type of cabling already being used, supporting 25GBASE-T and 40GBASE-T applications for short distances (up to 30 meters) for switch-to-server connections (primarily in top-of-rack or end-of-row topologies) The advantages of Category 8 cabling: - Category 8 offers four times the bandwidth of Category 6A cabling, with internal impairments specified up to 2 GHz - Category 8 cables are shielded, though shielded cabling systems must be grounded, this is also not an issue in most data centers, since the connections are closer together Shielding problems like ground loops can typically be avoided when both ends of the channel are in the same room and nearby - Category 8 connectors use the familiar RJ45 interface. The jacks require proper grounding to the cable and to the device they are installed into (patch panel or outlet), therefore they are designed for field termination - Category 8 number of connectors is limited to two connectors in the copper channel (excluding connections on end equipment), this is typically adequate in a data center environment and many common enterprise links - Maximum reach: 30 meter of channel (maximum 24m link cable + 2x 3m patch cable) Category ISO Channel Class Maximum Bandwidth Maximum Etherent Data Rate Cabling System Connector Type 6 E 250 MHz 1000 Mbit/s Unshielded or shielded RJ45 6A EA 500 MHz 10 Gbit/s Unshielded or shielded RJ45 7* F 600 MHz 10 Gbit/s Shielded only Non-RJ45 (IEC 60603-7-71 and IEC 61076-3-104) 7A* FA 1000 MHz 10 Gbit/s Shielded only Non-RJ45 (IEC 60603-7-71 and IEC 61076-3-104) 8 8.I and 8.II 2000 MHz 25 Gbit/s / 40 Gbit/s Shielded only Cat.8.1 RJ45 / Cat.8.2 Non-RJ45 * Category 7 and 7A are not recognized by ANSI/TIA-568-C.2 Order-No. – P.U. ROLINE S/FTP Cable Cat.8, Solid Wire, LSOH, 100 m 21.15.0005 – 2 Order-No. – P.U. ROLINE S/FTP Patch Cord Cat.8, solid, LSOH, yellow, 1.0 m 21.15.1851 – 100 ROLINE S/FTP Patch Cord Cat.8, solid, LSOH, yellow, 2.0 m 21.15.1852 – 100 ROLINE S/FTP Patch Cord Cat.8, solid, LSOH, yellow, 3.0 m 21.15.1853 – 50 Order-No. – P.U. ROLINE S/FTP Patch Cord Cat.8, stranded, LSOH, yellow, 1.0 m 21.15.1861 – 100 ROLINE S/FTP Patch Cord Cat.8, stranded, LSOH, yellow, 2.0 m 21.15.1862 – 100 ROLINE S/FTP Patch Cord Cat.8, stranded, LSOH, yellow, 3.0 m 21.15.1863 – 50 Order-No. – P.U. ROLINE Cat.8 Field Connector Plug RJ45 21.17.3086 – 50 Order-No. – P.U. ROLINE Keystone Jack, Cat.8, RJ-45, STP, tool-free, silver 26.11.0381 – 50 For a Cat 8 channel link S/FTP Cabling we recommend to use the following components: 21.15.0005 ROLINE S/FTP Cable, Cat.8, Solid Wire, AWG22 (24m) 26.11.0381 ROLINE Cat.8 RJ45 Keystone, Jack, toolless 21.17.3086 ROLINE Cat.8 Shielded Field Connector RJ45 plug 21.15.1851 to 21.15.1853 ROLINE S/FTP Patch Cable Solid Cat.8, Yellow (1m to 3m) 21.15.1861 to 21.15.1863 ROLINE S/FTP Patch Cable Stranded Cat.8, Yellow (1m to 3m) The accredited German laboratory GHMT has tested and certified this product combination, in a 2 connector Channel of 30 meters, certificate no. z5236c-18-E. 21.15.0005 21.15.1851 21.15.1861 21.17.3086 26.11.0381 DATA CENTER Product 1.36 1
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