Subject: Summary of Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (Emc) Test Results For 10Gbase-T With Systimax Gigaspeed™ X10D Utp Cabling
Subject: Summary of Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (Emc) Test Results For 10Gbase-T With Systimax Gigaspeed™ X10D Utp Cabling
Subject: Summary of Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (Emc) Test Results For 10Gbase-T With Systimax Gigaspeed™ X10D Utp Cabling
1. Introduction
To further validate the EMC performance claim over Cat6A UTP cabling, CommScope
successfully completed comprehensive EMC testing of a 10GBASE-T system operating over
GigaSPEED X10D UTP cabling at an independent laboratory.
The EMC testing was performed at a National Technical Systems (NTS) Laboratory in
March 2010. NTS is a fully accredited independent EMC laboratory which had the following
accreditations at the time of testing:
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The following EMC tests were carried out:
Table 1 provides a list of the equipment used in the testing. The test configuration is
according to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC25 WG3 3N447B - Evaluation of proposed generic cabling
set-up to be included in EMC testing of information technology equipment based on radiated
emission tests, by Erik Bech, 14th March 1997. See Figure 1.
Equipment List
Dell PowerEdge 2950 servers
Intel PRO/10GBE 10GBASE-T server adapter NICs
Table 2 provides a summary of the EMC test results. As indicated below, passing results
were achieved on each of the EMC tests.
Summary of EMC Test Results for 10Gb/s IEEE 802.3an 10GBASE-T with
GigaSPEED X10D UTP cabling solution
Tests Limits Results
Radiated Emissions Class A
Pass
IEC CISPR 22, EN 55022 30 MHz to 1 GHz
Table 2: Summary of EMC Test Results for IEEE 802.3an 10GBASE-T with GigaSPEED
X10D UTP cabling solution
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An excerpt from NTS EMC Test Report for GigaSPEED X10D UTP Cabling which
summarises the test results is shown in Figure 2.
Annex A contains details of the Radiated Emissions test results, while Annex B contains
images of each of the test set-ups.
Figure 1: EMC Test Configuration according to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC25 WG3 3N447B
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Figure 2: Excerpt from NTS EMC Test Report for GigaSPEED X10D UTP Cabling
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ANNEX A
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CISPR A Limit Class A Limit @
Scan
3 m distance
Peak (dB)
CISPR A Limit
Scan
Class A Limit @
Peak (dB) 3 m distance
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ANNEX B
Test Setups
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Figure B.1: Radiated Emission Test Setup
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Figure B.2: Radiated Immunity Test Setup
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Figure B.3: Conducted Susceptibility Test Setup
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Figure B.4: Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) Test Setup
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