Product Details

NextGain® Category 6eX cable brings UTP performance to a new level. Guaranteed for 7 dB of margin (headroom) over base requirements of CAT 6 NEXT standards, this cable maximizes bandwidth for today’s leading edge applications and those of the future. With positive ACR verified beyond 300 MHz, NextGain CAT 6eX cable demonstrates superior capability for ATM, Gigabit Ethernet and other bandwidth intensive applications.

Features:
• UL Certified Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
• Health Product Declaration™ (HPD™)
• Multi-Attribute Certification by GreenCircle Certified, LLC
• Guaranteed NEXT of 7 dB greater than CAT 6 requirements
• Guaranteed ACR of 30 dB at 100 MHz and 11.7 dB at 250 MHz
• Exceptional performance over CAT 6 requirements
• BrakeBox® payout control system
• Warrantied with numerous connectivity manufacturers
• CableID® alpha numeric code printed every 2 feet
• QuickCount® marking system in feet and meters
• ColorTip® circuit identification system
• Color coded box labels

Benefits:
• Contributes toward 1 LEED point under the Material and Resources credit (MRc)
• Contributes toward 1 LEED point under the MRc
• Offers an overview of the sustainability of a product, its packaging and manufacturing
• “Future-proofing” the cable installation
• Performance assurance for multiple high-bandwidth applications (e.g., fast Ethernet, ATM, Gigabit Ethernet)
• Reduces BER, improving network efficiency
• Adjustable tension control on reel prevents over spin and entangling of cable
• Offers flexibility in selection of connectivity solutions
• Allows both ends of a cable run to be easily identifiable without the need to separately label or tone the cable
• Provides remaining length of cable on reel
• Easily identifiable conductor mates even in low-light environments
• Easily identifies jacket colors

Specifications:
Pair Count: 4

Conductor: Solid annealed copper

AWG (mm): 23 (0.57)

Insulation:
• CMR: Polyolefin
• CMP: FEP

Insulation Colors:
• Pair 1: ColorTip Light Blue, Blue
• Pair 2: ColorTip Light Orange, Orange
• Pair 3: ColorTip Light Green, Green
• Pair 4: ColorTip Light Brown, Brown

Separator: Cross-web

Jacket:
• CMR: Flame retardant (FR) PVC
• CMP: FR, low smoke PVC

Characteristic Impedance Ohms: 100 ± 15

Nominal Velocity of Propagation %:
• CMR: 70
• CMP: 74

Performance Compliance:
• UL 444
• CSA C22.2 No. 214-08
• UL 1666
• NFPA 262
• ANSI/TIA-568-C.2
• Article 800, NEC (NFPA 70)

NRTL Programs:
• UL Verified CAT 6
• UL, c(UL) Listed CMR
• UL, c(UL) Listed CMP

Sustainability:
• UL Certified EPD
• HPD
• Multi-Attribute Certification
• USGBC® Member
• RoHS-compliant/RoHS 2-compliant
• REACH-compliant

Applications:
• 10BASE-T through 1000BASE-T Ethernet
• Power over Ethernet (PoE) – IEEE 802.3af
• PoE+ – IEEE 802.3at Type 1 and 2
• ATM and token ring
• Supports legacy protocols and applications