Tendencias de cableado de

cobre para Centros de Datos

Marco Antonio Damian

TSE Mexico

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Agenda

10GBASE-T Update
40GBASE-T Overview
Cat 8

Newest trends from this year!!!

Products Review

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10GBASE-T Update
(Cat. 6a)

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10GBASE-T Poised for Growth

10GBASE-T
dominant by 2015
Factors driving
growth:
Lowest Cost
Lower power
Switch ecosystem

Gigabit server
sales declining

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New Developments Driving 10GBASE-T Growth

Lowest cost
Intel introduced LAN on Motherboard (LOM)1
Cost of adapter now included in server price
No expensive transceivers or SFP+ cables need

Lower power
Aquantia demonstrated a 28nm 1.5W 10GBASE-T PHY2
Energy Efficient Ethernet reduces power even further

Switch ecosystem
Large switch ecosystem available for all data center
topologies3
1

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/network-adapters/10-gigabit-network-adapters/10-gigabit-ethernet-10gbase-t-paper.html
http://www.aquantia.com/workspace/uploads/aquantia-28nm-november-201-5278048a31843.pdf
3 http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/zcan02_10gbase_tecosystem.pdf
2

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Data Center Twisted-Pair Migration Roadmap

Category 6 to 6A to 8 will provide your 1G to 10G to 40G upgrade path
This upgrade path will provide backwards compatibility mechanically and
electrically

Depends on your organizations future network growth

Category

Class

Maximum
Bandwidth
250MHz

Maximum
Application
Data Rate

Cable
Construction

1000BASE-T

Unshielded or
shielded

RJ45

Connector
Type

1G to 10G

6A

EA

500MHz

10GBASE-T

Unshielded or
shielded

RJ45

600MHz

10GBASE-T

Shielded only

GG45 or Tera

7A

FA

1000MHz

10GBASE-T

Shielded only

GG45 or Tera

8*

8.I and 8.II

2000MHz
(TBD)

40GBASE-T

Shielded only

TBD

*Category 8 is being worked on and so elements are still TBD

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Upgrade Path

10G to 40G

40GBASE-T Overview
(Future Cat. 8)

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40GBASE-T ( Why a new Cat. 8 category?)

40 and 100GbE standards for FIBER
Were ratified by the IEEE 802.3ba (40Gb/s) & IEEE 802.3bj
(100Gb/s) committees in 2010.
Transition media today for these applications is optical
fiber.

Advantages of developing a copper solution

Optical fiber transceivers are more expensive than copper.
Twinax cabling is restricted to 7 meters and is also a
proprietary design that can impact flexibility.
Category 7A, only supports 1GHz transmissions and
Physical Layer (PHY) manufacturers are indicating that a
more realistic range for 40Gb/s will be 1.5 to 2GHz; also,
category 7A does not use the RJ45 connector natively.
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Twinax Direct Attach Copper (DAC) Cables

Red and Green colors now available for passive SFP+

SFP+
(10Gig)

Cross-section
2 pair twinax
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40GBASE-T (new Cat. 8 category)

Background
October, 2012, Philadelphia, PA; TR42.7 approved the name
Category 8 for the next generation of cabling.
March, 2013, Victoria, BC, Canada; IEEE 802.3 approved a PAR
for an Amendment to an existing IEEE Standard: Physical Layer
and Management Parameters for 40Gb/s Operation, Type
40GBASE-T (IEEE 802.3bq)

TIA focused on a Category 8 RJ45 design.

TIA looking into a Category 8.II option (non RJ-45), but
little progress has been made and is not incorporated
into the draft.

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Non RJ 45

RJ 45

40GBASE-T (new Cat. 8 category)

Objectives
The primary application area for the 40GBASE-T application is in
server-to-access switch links in data centers.
IEEE 802.3bq accepted a maximum channel reach of 30 m with a
maximum of two connections.
This configuration can be used to serve an EoR access switch
configuration, as well as a ToR access switch configuration.
ToR: Top of
Rack Switch

EoR: End of
Row Switch

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40GBASE-T Timeline
Official IEEE / TIA / ISO
standards published

2013

2014

Cable / connector specs

unofficially complete

Mass adoption

2015

2016

2017

2018

First equipment products

available
*** First Panduit cable and
connector products available ***

The TIA will likely have standards completed by the end of 2015, while the
IEEE standards are predicted to be completely shortly after, perhaps by the
beginning of 2016.
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40GBASE-T Standards Progress

IEEE
Now the P802.3bq Task Force
802.3bq Channel Ad Hoc group will decide final channel
specification
Final channel specification will drive connector and cable type

ISO/IEC proposed standards

Category 8 Class I (enhanced RJ45)
Category 8 Class II (enhanced Category 7A) connectors

TIA proposed standards

Category 8 Class l (enhanced RJ45)
Potential for Category 8 Class II

Category 7A cannot meet expected 1.5-2GHz bandwidth

Must use a new improved connector and cable
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10GBASE-T Lessons Learned

10GBASE-T market adoption was slowed due to the high complexity &
power requirements of the PHY
40GBASE-T avoids this by limiting length and focusing on data center
Max
Length

#
Connectors

Bandwidth

PHY Power

Cable Type

Connector
Type

10GBASE-T

100m

500MHz

1.5W
(current)

Unshielded

RJ45

40GBASE-T
Goal

30m

1500-2000
MHz

3W
(initial)

Shielded

???

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10GBASE-T Lessons Learned

Category 6a Channel

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40GBASE-T / RJ-45 importance

There is much interest in that the connector type will
either be a RJ-45 or backwards compatible with a RJ-45
by using a switch:
Having the same connector type, networks could support
multiple speeds simultaneously (auto negotiation).
Ethernet protocol was modified, in part, to take
advantage of the existing installed base.
Its crucial for network administrators to be able of use
multiples speeds with their existing cabling without have
to manage different kinds of patch cords and connectors
for different speeds.
RJ-45 connectors enables up to 48 ports in a 1U space.

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Future Proofing Risks with Cat 7A / Class FA

Some vendors are promoting Category 7A / Class FA as being future
proof for 40GBASE-T
This is misleading
Highly unlikely Category 7A will ever support 40GBASE-T

Category 8 has a bandwidth of 2000MHz

Category 7A is insufficient at only 1000MHz
Impossible to field test past 1000MHz to validate any installation

Category 8 channel has a maximum length of 30 meters with 2

connectors
Category 7A is 100 meters with 4 connectors
A valid Category 7A installation could be too long

Category 8 connector is still TBD

Could be an RJ45 or a Category 7A style (GG45 or Tera)
The cabling infrastructure may not be compatible with the equipment

Category 8 specifications are still in flux

Even if you meet any preliminary specs today, they may change tomorrow
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Conclusion
10GBASE-T set for growth

Cost and power advantages are here today

Large equipment ecosystem
Poised for large growth
New FCoE products from Cisco
4-pair PoE for 10GBASE-T standard under development

40GBASE-T is coming

Standard expected late 2015 to early 2016

Uses Category 8 cabling
Limited reach of 30 meters makes it data center focused
No existing cabling standard is sufficient
Specs still changing so it is too early for installing Cat 8 cabling

Recommend installing Category 6A today to run 10GBASE-T

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Summary of Panduit 40GBASE-T 802.3bq IEEE

Public Contributions
Panduit has been actively participating in 40GBASE-T
standards development
Contributions done in the IEEE are publically available
through the IEEE website
Can be downloaded and viewed by anyone

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Panduits Work with Category 8 and 40GBASE-T

Cabling challenges and opportunities September 2012

Data Center Copper Channel Length Usage November 2012

Shows different parts of a 40GBASE-T link

http://www.ieee802.org/3/bq/public/sep13/diminico_3bq_01_0913.pdf

40GBASE-T Channel Models November 2013

Showing total system loss for equipment vendors

http://www.ieee802.org/3/bq/public/jul13/diminico_3bq_01_0713.pdf

40GBASE-T Link Segment Specifications September 2013

Supporters: BelFuse, Berk-Tek, Broadcom, Dell, Nexans

Demonstrated alien crosstalk (coupling between channels) up to 2GHz showing enhanced margin.
http://www.ieee802.org/3/bq/public/may13/nordin_01a_0516_40GBT.pdf

40GBASE-T PHY Channel Insertion Loss July 2013

Supporters: APM, BelFuse, Broadcom, Dell, Molex

Demonstrated enhanced Category 7A connector that has improved channel performance to 2 GHZ and is fully
backwards compatible to Category 6A. Goal is to minimize equipment power.
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/NGBASET/public/mar13/nordin_01a_0313_ngbt.pdf

Alien Crosstalk Test Results for a Potential 40GBASE-T Channel May 2013

Looking at real world deployment and statistical analysis to see if channels less than 100 meters would be accepted
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/NGBASET/public/nov12/wagner_01_1112_ngbt.pdf

Method for improving Return Loss in order to reduce PHY power March 2013

Looking at available cabling options and their advantages and disadvantages

http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/NGBASET/public/sep12/nordin_01a_0912.pdf

Providing cabling channel model for use by equipment and PHY vendors to design equipment around
http://www.ieee802.org/3/bq/public/nov13/diminico_3bq_02a_1113.pdf

Link Segment Limit Line Scaling November 2013

Provides method of scaling cabling parameters for different channel lengths to optimize equipment design
http://www.ieee802.org/3/bq/public/nov13/diminico_3bq_01_1113.pdf
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BUT could be an intermediate step

25GBASE-T

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Speed Upgrade Path

Until recently was clearly defined as:

10 G

40 G

100 G

New developments indicate the latest path for server

connections will be:

10 G

25 G

100 G

With potential for:

10 G
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25 G

50 G

100 G

25GBASE-T background
Driven by:
In the process of becoming a standard
Accepted by IEEE in a Call for Interest (CFI) in July, 2014.
Hardware will be available early 2015
Standard finalized by 2016.

25 G is considered for ToR server to switch

connections
While 40G is still considered for switch to switch
connections
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25GBASE-T background

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Summary
25G is coming for servers
25G/50G might replace 40G for servers
25G SFP28 DAC uses SFP+ form factor
up to 5 meter reach
Focus on 100G-4x25G breakouts

25GBASE-T is expected to use Category 8 system

True future proofed system for 25, 40, and 50GBASE-T
Will offer much lower power for BASE-T
Expected 30m reach

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Products Review

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Product Information
Two MaTriX Category 6A UTP Cabling Systems
TX6ATM 10GigTM Cabling System
with MaTriX Technology,
100m System

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TX6A-SDTM 10GigTM Cabling

System with MaTriX Technology,
Small Diameter, 70m System

Product Information

ADD 115 Cables!

100 Cables

Panduit TX6A-SD MaTriX Cable

Round cable design with actual diameter of 0.240
(6.0mm).
Worlds Smallest Cat 6A UTP Cable !
115% increase in capacity compared to Industry Standard
Smaller than most Category 6 cables
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8-Inch Cat6 28AWG Cords

8-inch Cat6 28AWG patch cords (9 standard colors)
UTP28SP8IN**
single cords
UTP28SP8IN**-48
carton of 48 cords

Perfect for switch / panel port mapping

Significant cable management improvement from 3ft cords

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Twinax Direct Attach Copper (DAC) Cables

Offering both 10G SFP+ and 40G QSFP+

QSFP+
(40Gig)
SFP+
(10Gig)

Cross-section
2 pair twinax
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Cross-section
8 pair twinax

Panduit SFP+, QSFP+ to 4x SFP+

breakout, and QSFP+

SFP+

QSFP+ to 4x
SFP+ breakout

QSFP+

Mates to Industry standard ports that can also accept fiber optic modules
Panduit offers a complete solution for Direct Attach Copper
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Panduit is only non-Cisco Qualified source

Cisco product warranties are

not affected if using Panduit
passive SFP+ cable
assemblies
Actively managed
compatibility guide:

http://www.panduit.com/heiler/TechnicalRef
erences/D-COTR104--WW-ENG-SFPCOMPGUIDE.pdf

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