1000SX and Single-mode fiber

[Miika T]

Is it possible to use single-mode fiber with 1000SX / J4858B mini gbic's? The distance is not an issue (less than multimode specs, but no multimode pairs available).

-Miika

[Mohieddin Kharnoub]

Hi

You can use both Multi mode and Single mode fiber to connect to the Gigbit-SX-LC Mini-GBIC J4859B.

But to the Gigabit-LX-LC J4858B you can connect only the Multi Mode fiber.

Good Luck !!!

[Carsten M]

Hi Miika
Hi Mohieddin Kharnoub !
Is it nich like that:
J4858B = 1000B SX-LC for multimode (62.5/125 µm or 50/125 µm);
designed for short-distance (<550 m max.)

J4859B = 1000B LX-LC for single mode or multimode (62.5/125 µm or 50/125 µm)
designed for 10 km (single mode) or 550 m (multimode)

And LC is the Plug-Type

Good luck
Carsten

[Matt Hobbs]

From what I'm reading in google groups, you'd be very lucky if it worked over single-mode fiber.

[Miika T]

Mohieddin Kharnoub

The official specification is actually the other way round, 1000SX support multimode and 1000LX multi- and singlemode.

Carsten

This is the specification that can be found from HP site, the official one.

Matt Hobbs

As google didn't provide any specific results I did a field test after getting the correct cables, and I succeeded in connecting 2x1000SX modules with single-mode 2m cable and approximately 200+ m building single-mode cable. So I suppose the single-mode could work with the same lenght as multi-mode, but it's not supported and may or may not work...

-Miika