Compaq partnered with Sun and AMP to design these industry standard connection devices which hot plug into Fibre Channel hubs, array controllers, and host adapters. These converters provide expansion ease and 100 MB/s performance. GBIC-SW modules support distances up to 500m using multi-mode fiber optic cable and GBIC-LW modules support distances of up to 10km or over 6 miles using single-mode optical fiber.