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Top 6 Things to Know About the New Category 8 Cabling Standard

Data Center, EnterpriseBy Frank StrakaAugust 9, 20162 Comments

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) has published ANSI/TIA-568-C.2-1, which supports 25, 40 and possibly even 50GBASE-T over Category 8 copper cabling. As you consider high-bandwidth applications, here are some key things to keep in mind. 1) How far can you go? Category 8 channel reach is 30 meters, much shorter than the 100-meter channel of…

Category 8: Delivering 25 and 40GBASE-T

EnterpriseBy Frank StrakaNovember 20, 20152 Comments

Category 8 is the new copper twisted-pair structured cabling standard being developed within both the TIA and ISO groups to support the new 25 and 40GBASE-T standards being developed by the IEEE. Category 8 is going to have a few differences over prior Category 5e, 6, or 6A cabling, but will still retain the familiarity…

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