LAN Standards, News & Trends:
2024 Update
Presented by Cindy Montstream, Legrand
FOTC Standards Chair
June 27, 11 a.m. ET
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• INTRODUCTIONS
Cindy Montstream, EE, RCDD/NTS
Director of Technology Support & Training, Data Infrastructure
Data, Power & Control Division
Legrand North America
[email protected]
FOTC Standards Chair
TIA-TR-42 Engineering Committee Vice Chair
TIA-TR-42.1 Subcommittee Chair
TIA TR-42.3 Subcommittee Chair
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Today’s Topics:
Application Standards Structured Cabling
Standards
& Best Practice Standards
Today’s focus will be on IEEE applications & updates in TIA standards with a quick
update on Fibre Channel.
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Ethernet Standards & Impact on
Technology Trends
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Ethernet Speeds
Source: Ethernet Roadmap 2024 (https://ethernetalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-Ethernet-Roadmap-Side2-Feb-2-Press.pdf) 9
Ethernet Speeds
Path to Single Lane
Source: Ethernet Roadmap 2024 (https://ethernetalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-Ethernet-Roadmap-Side2-Feb-2-Press.pdf) 10
Industry Bandwidth Trends
IEEE 802.3 2020 Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment
• IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment Ad Hoc Increased access
(BWA Ad Hoc) was formed in 2011 rates & methods
Increased no. of
• Role of ad hoc is to gather information Increased services
users
• This report can be found at the following URL:
http://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/bwa2/BWA2_Report.pdf
Bandwidth
explosion
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IEEE 802.3 2020 Ethernet Bandwidth Forecast
http://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/bwa2/BWA2_Report.pdf
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IEEE 802.3 2020 Ethernet Bandwidth Forecast
http://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/bwa2/BWA2_Report.pdf
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Artificial
Intelligence (AI)
uses GPUs
• Data centers with
graphics processing
unit (GPUs) servers
perform the machine
learning used for AI
• GPU processors
include Nvidia, AMD,
Intel and others
Source: “How New BICSI & TIA Data Centers Support AI & Other New Technologies”, Jonathan Jew, J&M Consultants, Inc.
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AI Has High Networking & Cabling Demands
• Very high speeds - 400G & 800G ports currently
• Non-blocking networks have lots of connections
• For 1,024 servers (with 8 x 400G ports each – 8,192 total)
– 16,384 400G leaf switch ports (typically direct cables)
– 16,384 400G spine switch ports (should use structured cabling to spines in
intermediate or main distributor)
– 8,192 400G super-spine switch ports(should use structured cabling to super-spines
in main distributor)
• Commonly 4 additional ports per server, 2 each for storage & in-band
networks at 400G to 100G may be non-blocking or over subscribed
• 400G cables typically use 8-fibers with angled-MPOs
Source: “How New BICSI & TIA Data Centers Support AI & Other New Technologies”, Jonathan Jew, J&M Consultants, Inc.
IEEE 802.3 Projects
• IEEE P802.3cw 400 Gb/s over DWDM systems Task Force
• IEEE:P802.3da 10 Mb/s Single Pair Multidrop Segments Enhancement Task Force
• IEEE:P802.3df 400 Gb/s and 800 Gb/s Ethernet Task Force. (Feb. 2024)
• IEEE P802.3dg 100Mb/s Long-Reach Single Pair Ethernet Task Force
• IEEE P802.3dh Multi-Gigabit Automotive Ethernet over Plastic Optical Fiber Task Force
• IEEE P802.3dj 200 Gb/s; 400 Gb/s, 800 Gb/s, and 1.6 Tb/s Ethernet Task Force
• IEEE P802.3dk Greater than 50 Gb/s Bidirectional Optical Access PHYs Task Force
• IEEE P802.3dm Asymmetrical Electrical Automotive Ethernet Task Force
• IEEE Std 802.3-2022/Cor 1 (IEEE B02.3dn) Multi-Gigabit Automotive MDI Return Loss Task Force.
• IEEE P802.3.1 (IEEE 802.3.1b) Revision to IEEE Std 802.3.1-2013 Ethernet MIBs Task Force
• IEEE P802.3.2 (IEEE 802.3.2a) Revision to IEEE Std 802.3.2-2019 YANG Data Model Definitions TF Task Force
• IEEE 802.3 New Ethernet Applications Ad Hoc
• IEEE 802.3 PDCC Ad Hoc
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IEEE 802.3 Moving Beyond 400 GbE
1. IEEE Std 802.3df 400 Gb/s and 800 Gb/s Ethernet
– Copper & optical PMDs based on 100 Gb/s per lane signaling
– Approved February 2024
2. IEEE P802.3dj 200Gb/s, 400 Gb/s, 800 Gb/s, & 1.6 Tb/s Ethernet
– Define electrical / optical signaling based on 200 Gb/s
– Define copper & optical PMDs based on >= 200 Gb/s per lane
– Expected end of 2026
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IEEE 802.3dj Addresses Needs of AI & ML
Speed • 800 GbE → 1.6 TbE interfaces
Matters • 100 Gb/s → 200 Gb/s lane rates (l)
Power • Lower W/Gb
Matters • Copper cables
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1.6 Tb/s Port Scenarios based on 200 Gb/s Signaling
1.6 Tb/s Port 1.6 Tb/s Port 1.6 Tb/s Port 1.6 Tb/s Port
Each link = Each link = Each link =
Each link = 4 x 200Gb/s
2 x 200Gb/s 8 x 200Gb/s
1 x 200Gb/s
1 X 1.6 TbE
8 X 200 GbE 4 X 400 GbE 2 X 800 GbE
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General-Purpose Compute Design vs. AI/ML Optimized
Infrastructure
Source: Lightwave’s webinar on “The Journey to 1.6 Terabit Ethernet”, June 18, 2024, 3pm ET
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https://event.webcasts.com/viewer/event.jsp?ei=1672770&tp_key=ecb3e8f616
Latest Ethernet Interfaces & Nomenclature
• Helpful Tip:
• SR Optics – typically support 100m over
parallel MMF
• VR Optics – newer designation
supporting higher data rates 50m over
MMF
• DR Optics – typically use parallel SMF up
to 500m / 2Km
• FR & LR Optics – typically use duplex
SMF with WDM up to 2km / 10km
• ER & ZR Optics – Long-range using SMF
up to 20km/40km/80km
Source: Ethernet Roadmap 2024 (https://ethernetalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-Ethernet-Roadmap-Side2-Feb-2-Press.pdf) 23
Checkpoint Question
► Are you considering installing Cat 8 in the next 12 months?
q Yes
q No
q Not sure
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Fibre Channel Update
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Fibre Channel Roadmap
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Fibre Channel Speeds & Reach
Fibre Channel Duplex Supportable link length (m)/CIL (dB)
FC Standard Clause Gbaud/Lane # Fibers # ls Connector OM1 OM2 OM3 OM4 OM5 SMF
4GB FC-PI-3 4.250000 2 1 Duplex LC -- 150/2.06 380/2.88 400/2.95 -- 10000/
8GB FC-PI-4 8.500000 2 1 Duplex LC -- 50/1.68 150/2/04 190/2.19 -- 10000/
16GB FC-PI-5 14.02500 2 1 Duplex LC -- 35/1.63 100/1.86 125/1.95 -- 10000/
32GB FC-PI-6 28.05000 2 1 Duplex LC -- 20/1.57 70/1.75 100/1.86 -- 10000/
64GB FC-PI-7 28.90000 2 1 Duplex LC -- -- 70/1.75 100/1.90 100/1.90 10000/
128GB FC-PI-8 56.10000 2 1 Duplex LC -- 60/1.70 100/1.80 100/1.80 2000/10000
256GB FC-PI-9 112.200 2 1 Duplex LC 100 100 10000
Started in 2023. Target publication 2025
Fibre Channel Parallel Supportable link length (m)/CIL (dB)
FC Standard Clause Gbaud/Lane # Fibers # ls Connector OM1 OM2 OM3 OM4 OM5 SMF
128GB CWDM4 FC-PI-6P 28.05000 2 4 Duplex LC -- -- -- -- -- 2000/
128GB PSM4 FC-PI-6P 28.05000 8 1 MPO -- -- -- -- -- 500/
128GB FC-PI-6P 28.05000 8 1 MPO -- -- 70/1.25 100/1.36 -- --
256GB FC-PI-7P 28.90000 8 1 MPO -- -- 70/1.75 100/1.90 100/1.90 --
512GB FC-PI-8P -- planned currently
No project --
Source: David Kozischek, Corning
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Checkpoint Question
► Are you planning on installing wideband multimode fiber
(WBMMF/OM5)?
q Within the year
q Within 2-5 years
q Not sure
q No plans
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TIA
Structured Cabling Standards
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Relationship Between Relevant TIA Standards
Cabling & Component
Common Standards Premise Standards
Standards
• General information • Requirements • Component
for topic (spaces, unique to premise Specifications
pathways, labeling,
• Refer to common • Performance
bonding, etc.)
standards for specifications
• Referenced by other general guidelines
• Cabling &
standards
connectivity
referenced in
common & premise
standards
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Common TIA Standards
Structured Cabling
(ANSI/TIA- 568.0) Intelligent Building Pathways & Spaces Security
(ANSI/TIA-862) (ANSI/TIA-569) (ANSI/TIA-5017)
• ANSI/TIA-569-F going out for call • ANSI/TIA-5017-A going out for call
• ANSI/TIA-568.0-E (2020) • ANSI/TIA-862-C (2022) for comments for comments
• Addendum 1 (2022)
Bonding & Grounding
Outside Plant (ANSI/TIA-607) Labeling
(ANSI/TIA-758) (ANSI/TIA-606)
• ANSI/TIA-758-B (2012) • ANSI/TIA-607-E (2024)
• ANSI/TIA-606-D (2021)
• ANSI/TIA-758-C going out for • Project will be opened for ANSI/TIA-606-E in
approval ballot October
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Premise Standards Work
• ANSI/TIA-942-C (Data Centers)
• Significant technical changes from previous edition that help with supporting AI/ML
• Incorporated ANSI/TIA-942-B-1 Edge Data Centers
• AI & ML will add to need for edge data centers
• Added single balanced twisted-pair cable as a recognized type of cable for horizontal cabling
• Can be used with sensors
• Updated temperature and humidity guidelines to require the recommended temperature and
humidity envelope per ASHRAE TC 9.9 Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments, 5th
edition, including addition of new High Density H1 Class
• Added requirement of a minimum of 800 mm wide cabinets in the MDA, IDA, and HAD
• 800 mm wide cabinets are needed in distributors for proper cable management
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Premise Standards Work
• ANSI/TIA-942-C (Data Centers)
• Significant technical changes from previous edition that help with supporting AI/ML
• Multiple updates to data center rating tables in Annex D to make them normative if the TIA-942
rating system is used and to reflect current state of data center technology
• New AI data centers are commonly built in 3rd party data centers. Rating & certification are
good tools to ensure they will meet availability goals.
• Added informative annex on Immersion Cooling Considerations
• Cooling is important in AI data centers and immersion cooling is one of the new approaches
• Multiple updates to micro edge data center type tables in Annex F to make them normative if the
TIA-942 classification system is used and to reflect current state of data center technology
• Micro edge data center different than edge data center
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Checkpoint Question
► Do you use or plan to use structured cabling in the data center (as
opposed to point-to-point connection)?
q Structured Cabling
q Point-to-Point
q Mix of both
q Not sure
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TIA Premise Standards
Commercial Building
(ANSI/TIA- 568.1) Residential Data Center
(ANSI/TIA-570) (ANSI/TIA-942)
• ANSI/TIA-568.1-E (2020) • ANSI/TIA-570-E (2024) • ANSI/TIA-942-C (2024)
• Addendum 1 (2023)
Industrial Education
(ANSI/TIA-1005) (ANSI/TIA-4966)
Healthcare
(ANSI/TIA-1179)
• ANSI/TIA-1005-B pending TIA-568.7 approval
• ANSI/TIA-1179-B (2023) • ANSI/TIA-4966-A (2022)
• Addendum 1 (2023)
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TIA Cabling & Component Standards
Helpful Tip:
Refer to the component standard #
when specifying TIA compliance for
product in a project specification.
Balanced Twisted Pair
Optical Fiber
(ANSI/TIA- 568.2)
(ANSI/TIA-568.3)
• ANSI/TIA-568.2-E (2024)
• ANSI/TIA-568.3-E (2022)
• ANSI/TIA-568.3-E-1 (addendum)
going out for ballot
Broadband Coaxial
(ANSI/TIA-568.4) Industrial SPE
Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) (ANSI/TIA-568.7)
(ANSI/TIA-568.5)
• ANSI/TIA-568.7 going out for recirculation ballot
• ANSI/TIA-568.4-E (2022) • ANSI/TIA-568.5 (2022)
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Current & New TIA Work
• TIA-TSB-162-B (WAP)
– Approved project to update to C revision
– Going out for Call for Comments
• TSB-184-A-2 (Power Delivery Over Single-pair)
approved to publish
• TSB-190-A (Guidelines on Shared Pathways &
Shared Sheaths) approved to publish
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Checkpoint Question
► Are you planning on installing 4-pair twisted cabling for PoE lighting?
q Yes – Installed
q Yes – Considering
q No – Not Considering
q Not sure
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Current & New TIA Work
• TSB-6000 (Application Tables)
– Tables for BASE-T, Ethernet over optical fiber, PONs,
InfiniBand, Fibre Channel
– Going out for Approval Ballot
• Future Topics
– AI impact
– Extended distances
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Checkpoint Question
► Do you plan to install a Passive Optical LAN (POL) in the next 12
months?
q Yes
q No
q Not sure
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Current & New TIA Work
• ANSI/TIA-568.6 (Single Pair Multi-Drop (SPMD))
– Reviewed project Scope and history
– Reviewed contributions
– Agreed to keep this project on the agenda
– Expect to receive contributions for next meeting
• ANSI/TIA-PN-604-10-D (FOCIS 10) (Fiber Optic Connector Intermateability Standard – Type LC)
– Going out for 2nd call for comments ballot
• ANSI/TIA-PN-604-5-F (FOCIS 5) (Fiber Optic Connector Intermateability Standard - Type MPO)
– Reaffirmed & approved for publication
• ANSI/TIA-PN-604-18-A (FOCIS 18) (Fiber Optic Connector Intermateability Standard - Type MPO-16)
– Reaffirmed & approved for publication
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New TIA Work
Big Change
• Consolidation of standards (earliest availability-2nd half of 2025)
TIA-568.1-F
ANSI/TIA-568.0-E ANSI/TIA-568.1-E ANSI/TIA-862-C
& Addendum & Addendum
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IEEE Std 802.3 2022 Standard for Ethernet
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