1. Technical Update - Ken Hodge

3. 5 year

4. 10 year

6. PoE & PoE+

7. 10GbE

8. 40GbE &100GbE

9. 1, 2, 4G & 10G FC

10. Infiniband

11. FCoE

13. Backbone

14. General office

15. Data Centre

16. Industrial Premises

18. Data

19. Broadcast technologies

20. Ethernet & IP technologies

22. ‘the #1 High Performance Computer (HPC) performs at 1PetaFlop

23. 1 PetaFlop = 1015FLoating Point Operations Per Second

25. 25 x 40Gbps externally modulated lasers

26. 40GBps transceivers

27. 40Gbps serial laser technology (1300nm)

28. 2x20G VCSELS (840 & 860nm) with CWDM

29. Higher bandwidth MMF 4700MHz.km

30. Low bend loss SMFIBM roadrunner Source: Vertically Integrated Systems

31. Higher Speed Applications Current Developments in IEEE

33. expected to be approved in Sept 2010

34. 802.3ba High Speed Ethernet (HSE) 40GbE & 100GbE

35. expected to be approved in June 2010

36. 802.3av 10G EPON

37. approved in Sept 2009

38. 802.3at PoE-plus

39. approved in Sept 2009

40. 802.3aq 10GbE LRM

41. 802.3an 10GBASE-T

43. for at least 100m on OM3*

44. for at least 7mon copper cabling

46. for at least 10km on SMF

47. for at least 100m on OM3*

48. for at least7m on copper cablingprovide appropriate support for OTN * and 125m on OM4 cabling

49. IEEE 802.3ba 100m MMF Basics Multi-lane transmission MPO connector (IEC 61754-7) Cable Skew 80ns (50/125 ≈ 16.2m) 40G 40GBASE-SR4 4x10G transmission 8f OM3 cable 100G 100GBASE-SR10 10x10G 20f OM3 cable QSFP Rx Tx MPO Rx Tx

50. 100GBASE-L & E DWDM 1294-1310nm 40GBASE-LR4 1264 – 1277 1284 – 1297 1304 – 1317 1324 – 1337 CWDM 1264-1337nm IEEE 802.3ba SMF SSMF IEC 60793-2-50 type B1.1 ITU-T G.652B Dispersion (㎰/㎚-㎞) Attenuation (dB/㎞) ESMF (enhanced) IEC 60793-2-50 type B1.3 ITU-T G.652D Original 1260 – 1360 Extended 1360 - 1460 Water Peak Band Short 1460 -1530 Conv 1530 – 1565 Long 1565 – 1625 UL 1625 - 1675 ITU-T definition of optical wavelength bands

51. IEEE 802.3ba HSE roadmap - CISCO Source: IEEE 802.3ba barbieri_01_0908 (Cisco)

52. Market forecast – Data Centre servers 10G server speeds grow strongly from 2009

53. Market forecast – LAN switches Sources: Del Oro 2006 & Cisco 2008 10G switches grow share from 2009

54. 40Gbps on Structured cabling?

56. 40GBASE-T = 2GHz Cu cabling? System characteristics Shannon S/N @ 2GHz > 18dB IL/NEXT IL/RL PSD/Background noise NB: There is no current work in IEEE on twisted pair cabling for 40G IEC 61076-3-105 connector

57. 40Gbps 40Gbps capable cabling 10Gbps Cat7A Cat7 Cat6A 1Gbps Cat5e Cat6 100 250 600 1000 2000 500 MHz 40GBASE-T = 2GHz Cu cabling?

58. Standardisation & Regulation IEEE ISO/IEC BS EC CENELEC ANSI/TIA/EIA

61. EN 50173-2: Office Premises

62. EN 50173-3: Industrial Premises

63. EN 50173-4: Homes

65. EA & FA channel

66. EN 50173-1 Amm2

67. EA & FA, OM4, OS1a&b, 40 & 100G

68. EN 50173-2 Amm1

69. EN 50173-3 Amm1

70. EN 50173-4 Amm1

71. EN 50173-5 Amm1

72. OM3 & ClassEA recommended

73. EN 50288-10 & 13: 500MHz Cables

74. IEC 60603-7-41 & 51: 500MHz ConnectorsCabling Standardisation The Class EA standard set is not completed

76. Allows 10GBASE-SX devices to reach up to 550m

77. Potential for extended 40G/100G links if IEEE approveBrand-Rex optical cables with the fibre code Z50 contain optical fibre to the highest 50/125 bandwidth specification – this performance level is now being standardised by ISO/IEC and IEC as OM4 cabled optical fibre

78. OM4 cabled optical fibre as defined by ISO/IEC 11801 (draft)

79. 10GbE Optical Loss Budgets 9/3/2009 Brand-Rex Copyright 2009

80. New methods to measure optical links New Methods ISO/IEC 11801 & AM1: Generic Cabling ISO/IEC 14763-3 & AM1 Testing Optical Fibre cabling IEC 61280-4-1 Multi-mode attenuation measurement Offset connector LED VCSEL Laser EF encircled flux - fraction of cumulative near field power to total output power as a function of radial distance from the optical centre of the core 9/3/2009 Brand-Rex Copyright 2009 23

81. Optical Link Margin Errosion - - 1.9 dB 2.3 dB - - 1.9 dB 2.3 dB

82. Upgrading links to 40GbE 10GbE to 40GbE link example: MPO to LC MPO to LC 12f cable 6 duplex LC Cords 6 x 10GbE connections 1 off 8 fibre MPO Cord 1 x 40GbE connections 12f cable MPO to MPO MPO to MPO 10GbE -> 40GbE

85. Fire Prevention & Safety European Regulation 18th May 2009- Mandate 443 issued to CENELEC Reaction to fire – 1994/611/EC Resistance to Fire – 2000/367/EEC Dangerous substances – 76/769/EEC

86. CENELEC ‘Reaction to Fire’ Test Methods Integrated fire test: Flame Spread Smoke Heat prEN 50399-2-1 FIPEC 20 scenario1 20kW burner prEN 50399-2-2 FIPEC 20 scenario2 30kW burner & backboard

87. Pre 2009 2009 2010 ………….. 2018 Event map IS 24764 IS 11801 IS 14763-2 IS 24750 IS 15018 IS 11801 Amm 1 Class EA & FA IS 11801 Amm 2 Class EA & FA IS 24750 IS 11801 Ed 3 IS 24702 EN 50173-5 ammendment EN 50173-5 EN50173-1 ed2 EN50173-1 ed3 EN50174-1 ed2 EN50174-2 ed2 TIA 942 ammendment? TIA 568C TSB155 TIA 942 TIA 568B.2-10 BS 6701 BS 8492 BS 7671 IEC 61156 ammendments IEC 61156-5 ed2 IEC 61156-1 ed3 IEC 61156-1 ed2 EN 50288-11 EN 50441-1,2,3 EN 50288-10 IEC61076-4-103 & 104 IEC 61076-4-### IEC 60603-7-41 & 51 & 71 Hybrid SMF/MMF? eMMF eSMF SFP+ OM4 VCSEL QSFP SFF connectors Level IIIe 2GHz 4 pair? 10GBps twinax 10GBps 4 pair 500MHz 4 pair 40GBps twinax 1GHz 4 pair 40GBps 4 pair? Data Centre switching 100G+ & FCoE? 10GbE 10GBASE-T 40GbE 100GbE 40GBASE-T? 16GFC 8GFC 4GFC 32GFC 10GFC 64GFC 20GFC 20G EDR 10G DDR 10G QDR 240G 12xEDR 60G 12xDDR 120G 12xQDR Office switching 10G & PoE++? 802.3af 802.3at Cabling ISO/IEC Cabling CENELEC Cabling EIA/TIA Cabling UK Cable ISO/IEC Cable CENELEC Connectors ISO/IEC Technology optical Technology Cu Ethernet Fibre Channel Infiniband PoE

88. Forecasts Copper and Optical LAN cabling

89. Cu Cable – Data Centres (source: BSRIA) History - Installed Cu Cabling 1000BASE-T 10GBASE-T Outlets (millions) Source: BSRIA 2007

90. Forecasts for Cu cabling BR forecast Source: BSRIA 2009 10G cabling grows significant share from 2009

91. Forecasts for Optical cabling (LAN) BR forecast Source: BSRIA 2009 Enhanced MMF continues to grows strongly

92. Review Trends Faster speeds & higher data rates Switches will quickly adopt the new higher speeds 40GbE speeds will be in Data Centre servers by 2011 100GbE in Data Centre servers by 2018 Technology 10Gbps technology is established 40G & 100G devices will appear in 2010 FCoE, Data Centre Ethernet 40GbE on Cu, if developed, ≈2GHz cabling Implications to Cabling Class EA Cu cabling will grow OM3 & OM4 fibre will grow Providing cabling for 40GbE should be considered now