Black Box ServSwitchTM CWDM Mux Installation, Interconnection Cable Requirements, System Setup

ServSwitch CWDM Mux

3. Installation

For first-time users, we recommend that you carry out a test placement, confined to a single room, before commencing full instal- lation. This will help you to identify and solve any cabling problems, and experiment with the KVM extender system more easily.

3.1 Interconnection Cable Requirements

To connect the local and remote ACS4001A-R2-SM units to the ServSwitch CWDM Mux box and to interconnect the ServSwitch CWDM Mux boxes, you’ll need:

•Fiber cable: Two strands of fiber are required for connecting the local and remote ACS4001A-R2-SM units to the ServSwitch

CWDM Mux box and to interconnect both Mux/Demux boxes.

•Recommended cables: Single-mode type 9/125 μ.

•Maximum cable length: Approximately 25 miles (40 km).

3.2 System Setup

To install your ServSwitch CWDM Mux system:

1.Switch off all devices.

2.Install the ServSwitch CWDM Mux Transceivers in the local and remote CWDM Mux units. Each wavelength must not appear more than once in the system. Device pairs must carry transceivers with the same wavelength.

NOTES: Each wavelength (1530, 1550, 1570, 1590 nm) must not be used more than once at each side! For four links, use four different wavelengths; for three links, use three different wavelengths; and for two links, use two different wavelengths.

Each transceiver will work only at the appropriate port.

The data will always flow between devices with the same wavelengths.

3.Connect interconnection cables from the remote/local ACS4001A-R2-SM unit to ServSwitch CWDM Mux—make sure that you connect the transceivers to the matching port at the ServSwitch CWDM Mux.

4.Connect local and remote ServSwitch CWDM Mux units with matching interconnection cable (single-mode fiber).

5.Power on the system.

3.3 Diagnostics

There are no diagnostics on the ServSwitch CWDM Mux. Please use the capabilities of the attached units.

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