3Com 9400 manual Cabling 1000BASE Gbic Ports, System is powered on and running

22 CHAPTER 3: CABLING COREBUILDER 9400 PORTS

Cabling 1000BASE GBIC Ports	To connect a GBIC port directly to single-mode fiber
Each 1000BASE GBIC (Gigabit Interface Converter)	with an LX transceiver, or to connect a GBIC port
	directly to multimode fiber with an SX transceiver,
port accepts one of these transceivers:
	follow these steps:

■1000BASE-SX GBIC — Use this transceiver to

connect the GBIC port directly to multimode	1	Read and follow the “Fiber Safety Precautions” on
		page 19 and the Caution at the beginning of
fiber-optic cable. For instructions, see the
		“Cabling Gigabit Ethernet Ports” earlier in this
procedure in this section.
		chapter.

■1000BASE-LX GBIC — Use this transceiver to

connect the GBIC port directly to single-mode	2	Orient the transceiver so that the duplex SC
		connector is toward you, as shown in Figure 6.
fiber-optic cable or to multimode fiber using a
conditioned launch cable. For instructions on using		Figure 6 Inserting the GBIC Transceiver
this transceiver to connect to single-mode fiber,
see the procedure in this section. To connect this
transceiver to multimode fiber, see “Connecting
the LX Transceiver to MMF” on page 24 for details.
To ensure optimal compatibility, performance, and
regulatory compliance, use only GBIC transceivers and
conditioned launch cables that 3Com supports. For a			CONSOLE						STATUS
								flashing green = disabled, link OK
								green		= enabled, link OK
list of currently supported GBICs and launch cables,					FAULT			off		= link fail
					POWER
visit this 3Com Web site:				1000BASE (GBIC)							PCKT
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http://www.3Com.com/gigabit_ethernet/gbics
You can insert and remove the GBIC transceiver while				1000BASE (GBIC)							PCKT
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the system is powered on and running.
										1000BASE
										GBIC port
			GBIC transceiver with
			duplex SC connector