CATEGORY 5e FTP/4 PAIR GUARDMARK-5e ˛ ETL Verified ˛ Tested to 100 MHz ˛ Premium Signal Isolation ˛ Riser and Plenum Rated Berk-Tek’s GUARDmark-5e FTP cables are FEATURES BENEFITS designed for horizontal applications in ˛ ˛ Independently verified to TIA/EIA Reduced cable interference problems in a structured cabling network to connect Category 5e areas of high EMI between the user outlet and the horizontal ˛ ˛ Supports 10BASE-T, 100BASE-T, Extends performance limits for network cross-connect. With independently verified 1000BASE-T applications thus increasing cabling lifetime performance that meets the TIA/EIA ˛ ˛ Can be used with RJ-45 style connectivity Cables satisfy a variety of safety Category 5e standard, GUARDmark-5e requirements provides the additional signal isolation advantages of an FTP design and is ideal for TECHNICAL DATA—PHYSICAL general installations that may be subjected to higher than normal external electromag- CMR CMP CM (PATCH)* netic noise sources. Conductor diameter-in. (mm) .021 (0.54) .021 (0.55) .019 (0.48) Cable diameter-in. (mm) (horizontal) .24 (6.10) .224 (5.69) .197 (5.0) CONSTRUCTION Nominal cable weight-lb./kft. (kg/km) 29 (43.5) 29 (43.5) 20 (29.5) Max. installation tension-lb. (N) 25 (110) 25 (110) 25 (110) 0.54 mm (24 AWG), bare copper wire Min. bend radius-in. (mm) 2.0 (50.8) 2.0 (50.8) 3.0 (76.2) insulated with foam polyethylene (non- plenum) or foam FEP (plenum). Two *Patch cables utilize 26 AWG stranded tinned conductors. insulated conductors twisted together to form a pair and four such pairs laid up PARAMETRIC MEASUREMENTS to form the basic unit. The cable is shielded with an overall polyester aluminum foil with HORIZONTAL/PATCH stranded tinned copper drain wire and is Mutual Capacitance 5.6 nF/100 m nominal jacketed with flame-retardant PVC. DC resistance 9.38 Ohms/100 m max. / 14 Ohms/100 m patch Skew 45 ns/100 m max. STANDARDS Pair to ground Unbalance 330 pF/100 m North American ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2 Velocity of Propagation 72% CMP, 70% CMR Category 5e Characteristic Impedance 100 ± 15 Ohms 1-100 MHz International ISO/IEC 11801 COLOR CODE (CMP) COLOR CODE (CMR) FLAME RATING Pair 1 White/Blue Blue Pair 1 White Blue Non-plenum—UL 1666, CMR, CMG, Pair 2 White/Orange Orange Pair 2 White Orange IEC 332-1 UL 1581, CM Pair 3 White/Green Green Pair 3 White Green Plenum—NFPA 262 Pair 4 White/Brown Brown Pair 4 White Brown APPLICATIONS TEMPERATURE RATING GUARDmark-5e FTP cable is intended for high speed data applications up to 100 MHz Installation 0°C to +50°C including: Operation -10°C to +60°C ATM 155 Mb/s FDDI/CDDI 100 Mb/s Ethernet 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T and Token Ring Corporate Headquarters: 132 White Oak Road, New Holland, PA 17557 USA In Canada, please contact: Nexans Canada Inc., 140 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario L3R 0Z7 Canada CATEGORY 5e FTP/4 PAIR GUARDMARK-5e ˛ ETL Verified POLYESTER ˛ Tested to 100 MHz RIPCORD ˛ Premium Signal Isolation DRAIN ˛ Riser and Plenum Rated SHIELD TECHNICAL DATA—ELECTRICAL HORIZONTAL INSERTION LOSS FREQ SRL RL PS-NEXT NEXT ACR PS-ACR ELFEXT PS-ELFEXT (Attenuation) MHz dB dB dB/100 m dB dB dB dB dB dB min. min. max. (Patch) min. min. min. min. min. min. 1 25.0 20.0 2.0 (3.2) 62.3 65.3 63.3 60.3 63.8 60.8 4 25.0 23.0 4.1 (6.5) 53.3 56.3 52.2 49.2 51.7 48.7 10 25.0 25.0 6.5 (9.9) 47.3 50.3 43.8 40.8 43.8 40.8 16 25.0 25.0 8.2 (12.3) 44.3 47.3 39.0 36.0 39.7 36.7 20 25.0 25.0 9.3 (13.8) 42.8 45.8 36.5 33.5 37.7 34.7 31.25 23.6 23.6 11.7 (17.7) 39.9 42.9 31.2 28.2 33.9 30.9 62.5 21.5 21.5 17.0 (25.7) 35.4 38.4 21.4 18.2 27.8 24.8 100 20.1 20.1 22.0 (33.0) 32.3 35.3 13.3 10.3 23.8 20.8 IMPORTANT: Berk-Tek performance guarantees are based on swept-frequency testing and apply to all frequencies for the entire specified frequency range and are not limited to the tables of data shown which are presented to demonstrate our guarantees at “representative” frequencies. PART NUMBERS—CATEGORY 5e NO. PAIRS PART NUMBER SHEATH FLAME RATING JACKET COLOR 4 10032121 FRPVC CMP Gray 4 10063566 FRPVC CMP Red 4 10061862 FRPVC CMP Black 4 10043494 FRPVC CMR Gray 4 10063684 FRPVC CMR Red 4 10068822 FRPVC CMR Black 4 10035109 FRPVC CM Patch Gray NOTE: Standard Lengths 1,000 feet (305 meters). Specifications subject to change without notice. Low Smoke Zero Halogen available. Cat. 5e FTP patch cables utilize 26 AWG stranded tinned conductors. Corporate Headquarters: 132 White Oak Road, New Holland, PA 17557 USA In Canada, please contact: Nexans Canada Inc., 140 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario L3R 0Z7 Canada GUARDMARK5EDS 05/05