Dell B-FCX manual Connecting to workstations, servers, or routers, Automatic MDI or Mdix detection

3 Configuring IP addresses

FIGURE 33 Straight-through cable

10/100BASE-TX Straight-through Cable

White/Orange Stripe

		Orange
	1	White/Green Stripe	1
End A	2	Blue	2	End B
	3		3
	4	White/Blue Stripe	4
	5		5
	6	Green	6
	7		7
	8	White/Brown Stripe	8

Brown

Connecting to workstations, servers, or routers

Straight-through UTP cabling is required for direct UTP attachment to workstations, servers, or routers using network interface cards (NICs).

Fiber cabling is required for direct attachment to Gigabit NICs or switches and routers through fiber ports. Refer to “Connecting a network device to a fiber port” on page 40.

Automatic MDI or MDIX detection

All 10/100 and Gbps Ethernet Copper ports on the devices support automatic Media Dependent Interface (MDI) and Media Dependent Interface Crossover (MDIX) detection. This feature is enabled on all 10/100 and Gigabit copper ports by default. For each port, you can disable auto MDI or MDIX, designate the port as an MDI port, or designate the port as an MDIX port.

For more information about this feature and how configure it, refer to PowerConnect B-FCX Series Configuration Guide.

Connecting a network device to a fiber port

For direct attachment from the device to a Gbps NIC, switch, or router, using a fiber optic transceiver, you will need fiber cabling with an LC connector.

To connect the device to another network device using a fiber port, you must do the following tasks:

•Install a fiber optic transceiver (XFP, SFP, or SFP+)

•Cable the fiber optic transceiver

The following sections describe these tasks.

Fiber Optic transceivers

Table 17 lists supported XFP transceivers (for stacking and non-stacking PowerConnect B-FCX models). Table 18 shows supported SFP and SFP+ transceivers. For information about cabling for transceivers, see Table 24.

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