100/400Gb Fiber Standards

[abbasali5]

I am trying to find out the optimal fiber connectivity between 9300-DX 100/400 Gb switches connectivity.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/interfaces-modules/transceiver-modules/datasheet-c78-743172.html

The link above shows that 400Gb or 100Gb have two different type of fiber.  Also take a look at the screenshot below.  

400Gb---The choice between Ribbon SMF or Duplex SMF for 400Gb with G.652 standard depending upon the type of module such as  QDD-400G-DR4-S, QDD-400G-FR4-S or QDD-400G-LR8-S

100Gb---The choice between Ribbon SMF or Dual Duplex SMF with G.652 and 50.0 standards depending up the type of module such as QDD-2X100-SR4-S or QDD-2X100-CWDM4-S

I did some research and even with G.652 has multiple variations A,B,C etc.

My Core switch rack is about 300m away from my ToR switch rack.  Any suggestion so I can ask my cable contractor to run the right fiber between the racks.  Ribbon vs Duplex with the correct G.652 with correct sub-standard such as A,B,C for 400Gb, and Ribbon vs Dual Duplex for 100Gb connectivity.  I reached out to Cisco Data Center SE, but he was not able to provide the information.

Any help will be appreciated.

 

[w2w_Cabling123]

300 meter would need to think about structured cabling. 

100G/400G makes cabling more complex - 1) fiber types: single mode vs multi-mode; 2) connectors: LC, MPO12, MPO24, and the newest one MPO16. There is a copper DAC cable (CU version) which can only reach 5 meter range - so that's out of the question here.

Depending on how many connection you need to run: suggesting you implement 24F or 48F trunk cables, maybe multiple of them. Both sides should terminate in a panel / cassette, so the user would just run a 3 meter patch cable off of the panel. 

Let me know if you want to do a 1-1 session.