Asante Technologies user manual Cabling Requirements, Mounting the FS7000 in an equipment rack

Installation

2 Mount the Switch in the equipment rack by screwing the mounting brackets to the equipment rack. See Figure 2-11.

FRIENDLYNET 7000 SERIES GIGABIT SWITCH

,

			Option Slot A
		Switched Gigabit Ethernet Port
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8

			Option Slot B
		Switched Gigabit Ethernet Port
9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16

Figure 2-11 Mounting the FS7000 in an equipment rack

The rack mounting is complete. The Switch is ready for network connections.

Cabling Requirements

This section describes the type of cabling required for various types of connections.

100Base-TX requires the use of data-grade Category 5 UTP (unshielded twisted-pair) cable. Category 3 wiring may be used for 10Base-T.

▲Important! Some installations have Category 5 cabling but do not have wall outlets and/or wiring closet punch-down blocks that meet Category 5 requirements.

▲Important! 100Base-TX requires that all wiring and acces- sories meet EIA/TIA 568 specifications for proper opera- tion. When wiring a 100Base-TX network, make sure that the entire cable plant meets specifications.

1000Base-SX (via Gigabit module) requires dual 62.5/125 micron graded- index multimode fiber-optic cable with an SC connector.

100Base-FX (via MII module) requires dual 62.5/125 micron graded-index multimode fiber-optic cable with an SC connector.

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