Sun Microsystems 2.0 manual To Connect the Optical Cables, 1Optical Cable Specifications

9.Verify that the NEM is working properly. See “To Verify NEM Status” on page 16.

▼To Connect the Optical Cables

Note – The NEM does not allow normal data transmission on an optical link unless it is connected to another similar or compatible Fibre Channel (FC) product (that is, multimode to multimode).

Use multimode fiber-optic cable, intended for short-wave lasers, that adheres to the specifications in TABLE 2-1.

TABLE 2-1Optical Cable Specifications

Fiber-Optic Cable	Maximum Length	Minimum Length	Connector
62.5/125 ∝m	300 meters at 1.0625 Gbps	2 meters	LC
(multimode)	150 meters at 2.125 Gbps
	70 meters at 4.25 Gbps
50/125 ∝m	500 meters at 1.0625 Gbps	2 meters	LC
(multimode)	300 meters at 2.125 Gbps
	150 meters at 4.25 Gbps

Follow these steps when connecting the optical cables:

1.Connect each fiber-optic cable to an LC connector on the NEM (see FIGURE 2-3).

The ports are numbered 0-9 right-to-left as viewed from the back of the chassis. Each NIC has two external network ports. For each pair of external ports (for each blade), the top is port 0 and the bottom is port 1.

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