Cat 6A U/FTP

Cat 6A U/FTP is the 10 Gigabit workhorse: a foil around every pair, an LSZH sheath, 500 MHz and 10G over the full 100 metres. Supplied to order; the lead time is stated in the quote.

Cat 6A U/FTP is a four-pair Category 6A data installation cable for structured building cabling, supplied on a reel for horizontal permanent links. Each of the four pairs consists of two solid bare-copper AWG23 conductors insulated with polyethylene (PE) and is wrapped in its own aluminium/polyester foil; the four foiled pairs are stranded together directly under a low-smoke zero-halogen (LSZH) outer sheath, with no additional overall screen (U = unscreened overall, FTP = foiled twisted pairs). The individual pair foils suppress pair-to-pair crosstalk and, importantly at Category 6A, the alien crosstalk between neighbouring cables that limits 10GBASE-T over UTP. This foiled-pair design delivers Class EA performance to 500 MHz with a markedly smaller diameter and tighter bundle fill than an unscreened U/UTP cable, while terminating on standard RJ45 (screened) modules. It supports 10GBASE-T to 100 m, all lower Ethernet grades and Power over Ethernet up to IEEE 802.3bt (Type 4). The LSZH sheath (CPR Dca or B2ca) suits indoor routing in public buildings (the required class depends on the building use and the type of space, Bbl table 4.42); a PVC-sheathed Eca variant is offered for less demanding environments. For outdoor, direct-burial or heavy-EMI routes a fully screened S/FTP construction is preferred.

Also known as: network cable · 10 gigabit cable