Question Regarding 09-268 SPL - STP Extended Buffer Support

Olawsky, Barry Barry.Olawsky at hp.com
Mon Nov 2 12:07:41 PST 2009


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* "Olawsky, Barry" <Barry.Olawsky at hp.com>
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Tim (Symons),
I'm working with some bulk cable suppliers to calculate my own numbers. I'm
not sure how to approach the optical configurations.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Symons [mailto:Tim_Symons at pmc-sierra.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 1:55 PM
To: McGrath, James; Olawsky, Barry
Cc: t10 at t10.org
Subject: RE: Question Regarding 09-268 SPL - STP Extended Buffer Support
At an earlier meeting, it was noted that optical cables and any cables
different transmission media may exhibit propagation delays that would
be significantly different from the 5nS per meter "rule-of-thumb" used
today.
Can anyone comment on the propagation delay ranges for cables made of
other materials in addition to Jim's 24AWG/30AWG copper gauge data.
Note that this data is for managed cables Mini-SAS HD and QSFP+
Regards
	Tim.
Tim Symons
Principal Engineer, PMC-Sierra Ltd.
Cell: 778 998 5025
E-mail Tim_Symons at pmc-sierra.com
-----Original Message-----
From: McGrath, James [mailto:jmcgrath at email.cinch.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 10:54 AM
To: Olawsky, Barry; Tim Symons
Cc: t10 at t10.org
Subject: RE: Question Regarding 09-268 SPL - STP Extended Buffer Support
Barry, Cinch has done some work to help answer this question. For
example, in a 3m cable there is less than 0.50nanosec difference in prop
delay from a 24AWG to a 30AWG cable. So length appears to be a practical
parameter to determine prop delay. I can show a few charts, if needed,
at the meeting next week. 
Jim McGrath
Cinch Connectors
1700 Finley Road
Lombard, IL 60148
office: 630-693-2040
mobile: 630-244-3872
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Barry
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 11:30 AM
To: Tim Symons
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Subject: Question Regarding 09-268 SPL - STP Extended Buffer Support
* From the T10 Reflector (t10 at t10.org), posted by:
* "Olawsky, Barry" <Barry.Olawsky at hp.com>
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Tim (Symons),
During the SFF-8636/8449 conference call on October 22nd a question was
posed for which we need your assistance to answer. Tom Palkert of
Luxtera proposed using cable length to estimate the end-device to
end-device propagation delay. To determine if this is a feasible
technique, we need to know the maximum acceptable total propagation
delay error including resolution and accuracy errors. Since you propose
limits on this parameter in 09-268 we thought you might have valuable
input on this topic.
Barry Olawsky
Hewlett Packard
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