- black sheath- grey boot to distinguish it from black booted category 5e patch cords- compatible with colour coded PatchClips for the first level of - conforms to EIA/TIA 568-B2.2-1 category 6- 25 year guarantee for use in category 6 channels interoperable with any cabling system- quality control : - 100% testing of electrical and optical properties - test results saved onto a database - each patch cord identified by a unique serial number- plastic cross web unshielded (UTP) and individually foil shielded pairs (FTP)- PVC sheath for UTP cables and zero halogen (LSOH) sheath for FTP cables