GigaSPEED

Today’s innovations are tomorrow’s standards

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We work in a standards-driven industry where the industry often works ahead of the standards. Always looking forward, our networks are evolving faster than the standards. Progress is driven by those with the foresight to invest in today’s most innovative technologies, trusting that they will be the basis for tomorrow’s standards. They count on SYSTIMAX® GigaSPEED® solutions to prove them right.

SYSTIMAX GigaSPEED: A step ahead

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Today, the SYSTIMAX GigaSPEED family consists of five unique solutions. Together, they cover virtually every Ethernet application, use case and environment. 

Solution Bandwidth Power Channel length Unshielded or shielded Category

GigaSPEED XL

1 Gbps

PoE++

≤ 100 m

U/UTP

Cat 6

GigaSPEED XL5

2.5 GbE
5.0 GbE

PoE++

≤ 100 m
≤ 100 m

U/UTP

Cat 6

GigaREACH XL

10 MbE
100 MbE
1 GbE

PoE++

≤ 250 m
≤ 150 m
≤ 100 m

U/UTP

Cat 6

GigaSPEED X10D

10 GbE

PoE++

≤ 100 m

U/UTP

Cat 6A

GigaSHIELD X10D

10 GbE

PoE++

≤ 100 m

F/UTP, F/FTP, SFTP

Cat 6A

Meet the GigaSPEED family of solutions

GigaSPEED XL

The GigaSPEED XL Cat 6 solution delivers performance, agility and intelligence. 

  • Significantly exceeds Category 6 and ISO/IEC Class E specifications 
  • Supports all long channel and short channel configurations
  • Up to six connectors in a channel
  • Compatible with InstaPATCH® preterminated cabling, reducing installation times
  • Compatible with VisiPORT™ and imVision®, offering automated infrastructure management (AIM) benefits
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GigaSPEED XL5

GigaSPEED XL5 Cat 6 solution is specifically designed to help network managers address the lack of multi-gigabit solutions with assured performance. 

  • Supports 2.5/5 GbE applications up to 100 m, no mitigation or upgrades needed
  • Supports up to 5 GbE in a four-connector, 100 m channel with fully bundled horizontal cables
  • Application performance is warrantied under the SYSTIMAX Application Assurance program
  • Patented variable twist/strand technology improves internal/alien crosstalk performance
  • Compatible with InstaPATCH preterminated cabling, and with VisiPORT and imVision
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GigaREACH XL

GigaREACH XL Cat 6 solution provides users with a practical and non-disruptive way to extend their Power over Ethernet systems well beyond 100 m—and to do so using a trusted brand name with a history of performance excellence. 

  • Reliably supports 
    -  100 MbE and 90-watt PoE up to 200 m
    -  1 GbE and 90 W power up to 150 m (50% longer than Cat 6) 
    -  10 MbE/90 W up to 250 m
  • Cuts direct current (DC) resistance per meter in half, compared to standard Category 6 cables
  • Option to field terminate the cable at the device end
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GigaSPEED X10D

GigaSPEED X10D is the smarter, slimmer Cat 6A solution for high-performance 10GBASE-T applications.

  • Specifically designed to minimize internal channel crosstalk and alien crosstalk
  • Thermal/electrical performance exceed all PoE standards and other Cat 6A cables
  • Supports CommScope InstaPATCH preterminated cabling
  • Integrates with SYSTIMAX imVision and VisiPORT automated intelligence solutions
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GigaSHIELD X10D

GigaSHIELD X10D is a complete shielded Cat 6A platform that gives you more of everything that matters. Optimal shielding, design flexibility, fast deployment, easy management and sustainability. Manufactured and tested to exceed the standards-based specifications for channel performance, it is ideal for light industrial and high-security environments and those transitioning to Industry 4.0/5.0.

  • New MGS600S jacks with M-series footprint
  • Slim patchcords
  • Unmatched 6A performance
  • Fast and reliable termination
  • Eco-friendly packaging
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SYSTIMAX Assurance™

As part of the larger SYSTIMAX family of solutions, the GigaSPEED portfolio is supported by SYSTIMAX Assurance, an innovative and bold new customer service commitment that supports you across the entire network life cycle. It delivers 360 degrees of support and performance, from inception to operation.

SYSTIMAX Assurance includes the key pillars of our legacy SYSTIMAX support program—25-Year Extended Warranty, Applications Assurance, design support, technical training, etc. To this we’ve added more services, educational opportunities and resources—online tools, 24/7 live tech support, project installation site surveys and more. The result is blanket protection and total peace of mind. 

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The SYSTIMAX Assurance 25-Year Extended Warranty

The new SYSTIMAX: Endless innovation

Since 1997, the GigaSPEED portfolio of copper solutions has and will continue to reflect the endless innovation and pursuit of performance that defines the SYSTIMAX brand. It is a brand that continues to redefine itself to meet the new challenges you face. 
As demands on enterprise network infrastructures intensify, SYSTIMAX drives you forward with a relentless passion for sustainable innovation and standard-setting performance. We deliver agile infrastructure solutions and 360-degree support of SYSTIMAX Assurance for the future-ready, warrantied performance and technical assistance to keep evolving—no matter how things change. 

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  • Brochure: SYSTIMAX® GigaSPEED® X10D Solution Guide

    The SYSTIMAX GigaSPEED X10D Solution provides unprecedented performance for key parameters such as insertion loss and all forms of crosstalk, both within and between channels, yielding improved bandwidth, data throughput and network efficiency.
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  • Brochure: SYSTIMAX GigaSPEED® XL solution

    GigaSPEED XL is a reliable, cost-effective network solution that performs far beyond Category 6 standards.
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