MRV Products
GBIC Multimode Extender
The Fiber Driver?
GBIC Multimode Extenders increase the reach of Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre
Channel data links to distances that far exceed the defined standard. Pioneered
by MRV Communications, this award-winning technology allows Multimode fiber
previously used for FDDI, Fast Ethernet and other legacy protocols to now be
used for creating high-speed communication backbones. Since first appearing in
the Fiber Driver Gigabit Multimode Extender module, the performance and
reliability of the Multimode Extender technology has been proven in
installations throughout the world.
Typically, Gigabit Ethernet and
Fibre Channel transmissions over MM fiber are limited to a distance of 550
meters or less, far shorter than the 2-kilometer standard when Multimode fiber
is used for transmitting FDDI and Fast Ethernet. This fact has left IT managers
needing to implement gigabit-speed protocols with little choice but to abandon
their existing Multimode fiber plant and install new Singlemode fiber. However,
the Multimode Extender (MX) technology, available exclusively in the Fiber
Driver product line, gives network administrators another option.
Used
in pairs or in combination with other MX-enabled Fiber Driver products, the
Fiber Driver GBIC Multimode Extenders carry gigabit-speed protocols on existing
62.5?m or 50?m Multimode fiber plant to a guaranteed distance of 2 km, and as
far as 4 km. The modules are interoperable with all standard GBIC interfaces,
support plug-and-play functionality, and are hot swappable. |
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