Testing with Solarflare Communications confirms 10GBASE-T performance for three Siemon copper cabling systems

摘要

Three separate Siemon cabling systems were individually tested at Solarflare's test facility (Irvine, CA/USA). Utilizing Solar-flare's compliant IEEE 802.3an-2006 I0GBASE-T 10Xpress PHY products, all tests were performed on 100 meter channel lengths, based on a worst-case six around one (6AI) alien crosstalk configuration. The 10GBASE-T standard requires that all PHY products claiming compliance with the standard perform on this 100 meter worst-case channel. More specifically, the 6AI configuration simulates a worst-case alien crosstalk environment, with six disturber cables bundled tightly around a seventh victim cable. Full line rate 10Gb/s bi-directional Ethernet traffic was launched on each channel.