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2.5G and 5G Rates for Enterprise Networks Kamal Dalmia VP of Marketing and Sales October 2014 Wired Infrastructure Today CAMPUS LAN DATA CENTER Cat 6A Server cable D Cat 5e cable a E t a n t e C r e p n r i t s e e r


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October 2014

2.5G and 5G Rates for Enterprise Networks

Kamal Dalmia

VP of Marketing and Sales

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Wired Infrastructure Today

Cat 5e cable Cat 5e cable Cat 5e cable Cat 6A cable Cat 6A cable

Server Server

802.11ac

E n t e r p r i s e S w i t c h D a t a C e n t e r S w i t c h

CAMPUS LAN DATA CENTER

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Migrating to 10G and beyond @ 1G

October 2014

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Some Examples of 11ac Access Points Shipping Today

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Cxxxx Mxxxx MR34 1.75Gbps Nxxxxxxx AC3200 3.2Gbps Dxxxx AC1900 1.9Gbps Axxxx 220 1.9Gbps

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802.11ac Urgently Needs Faster Ethernet

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  • Gigabit Ethernet is not enough bandwidth any longer
  • Market needs PHY technology to support >1G over existing

cables

WiFi > 1G

Cat 5e Cables Limited to 1G!

October 2014

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Why Not Use 10GBASE-T?

>85% of WW installed base is Cat 5e/6 up to 100 meters

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UTP Cable IEEE 10G Spec CAT 5/5e N/A CAT 6 55 meters CAT 6A 100 meters CAT 7 100 meters

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Source: Cable and Install Magazine Feb 2014

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What About Pulling Second Cable?

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Case study: College Campus

  • 1,000 Access Points

TOTAL COST: $300k!!! Infrastructure upgrade involves

  • New cable runs, including labor:

average $300 per cable

  • Link Aggregation issues
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  • PHY products are in the market now
  • System level products are expected to be in market soon
  • Industry alliance to enable the ecosystem
  • Strongly encouraging IEEE standardization

2.5G/ 5G Technology

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CAT 5e: 2.5/5GE

802.11ac 1.25G per pair

WIRING CLOSET ENTERPRISE SWITCH INDOOR WIFI / SMALL CELL

>> 1 GE

October 2014

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THANK YOU!