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multi-wire optical cable for 150...200 meter connection

Andrey128
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Please suggest multi-wire cable to connect switches located ~150...200 meters away from each other.

It is needed to have at least 8...10 wires inside such type of optical cable.

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Marvin Rhoads
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Cisco doesn't sell optical cabling. Typically people have optical cable installed by a cabling vendor from rack to rack and terminated in patch panels.

The recommended specification these days for most intra-building applications is OM 3 or ideally OM4 50 micron multimode cable. You tell the vendor how many pairs you require and they take care of it for you.

You only then need to procure the 1-2m fiber optic jumpers between the patch panel and the SFPs in your equipment. Again these would be OM3 or 4 50 micron multimode and generally you need LC terminations on both ends. They are commodity items and available from any number of online retailers.