This cable is intended for use as cable runs between fiber optic switches (backbone cables), as cable runs to end user equipment (cable drops), jumper cordage, and pigtails for fiber optic components. This cable is intended for use inside of protected enclosures (such as convoluted tubing or cable wrap)/cable harnesses and is not intended for installation in the overheads or cableways outside protective enclosures.

Application restriction. Cable produced under this specification sheet with the 50/125 micron optical fiber (i.e., M85045/31-20 and M85045/31-40) is not for use on Navy shipboard applications.

Bandwidth measurements (multimode cables only). For this cable construction, the bandwidth is measured as part of the requirements of the optical fiber to be cabled. The bandwidth value does not change once the optical fiber is cabled. Since the bandwidth is provided as one of the cable measured parameters, the acceptable bandwidth for the optical fiber used in this cable (and by extension, the cable) is provided for informational purposes.

For cable with MM 62.5/125 micron fiber: ≥ 200 MHz-km at 850 ± 20 nm, ≥ 500 MHz-km at 1300 ± 20 nm for cable with MM fiber.

For cable with MM 50/125 micron fiber: ≥ 1500 MHz-km at 850 ± 20 nm, ≥ 500 MHz-km at 1300 ± 20 nm for cable with MM fiber.