Interface Optical Fiber | 3Com 3C13701, 3C13759, 3C13880, 3C13840

3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 v2.41

Module Guide		Chapter 4	Flexible Interface Cards (Router 6000)

	Attribute		Description

		100FX SM		100FX MM
		100FX SM		100FX MM

		Ethernet_SNAP

4.2.3 Panel and Interface LEDs

Figure 4-3100FX MM panel

Figure 4-4100FX SM panel

The following table describes the LEDs on the card panel.

Table 4-4LEDs on the Router 1-Port 100FX MM FIC/100FX SM FIC panel

	LED		Description

	LINK		OFF means no Rx link is present, and ON means an Rx link is present.

	ACTIVE		OFF means no data is being transmitted or received on the interface and blinking
	ACTIVE		means data is being transmitted and/or received.
			means data is being transmitted and/or received.

4.2.4 Interface Optical Fiber

The 100FX MM should be connected to multi-mode optical fiber and the 100FX SM to single-mode optical fiber. Because the optical interfaces on both cards are SC-type optical receptacles, you must use the optical fibers with SC-type connectors to connect them.

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3C13751, 3C13701, 3C13840, 3C13759, 3C13880 specifications

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3Com 3C13701 manual Interface Optical Fiber, Attribute Description 100FX SM 100FX MM EthernetSNAP

Models: 3C13751 3C13701 3C13840 3C13759 3C13880 3C13701 3C13751 3C13755 3C13759 3C13840 3C13880

Module Guide

Attribute

Description

100FX SM

100FX MM

Ethernet_SNAP