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| CAUTION: If you want to install the Switch using a Category 5E or |
| Category 6 cable, 3Com recommends that you briefly connect the cable |
| to a grounded port before connecting network equipment. If you do not, |
| the cable’s Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) may damage the Switch's port. |
| You can create a grounded port by connecting all wires at one end of a |
| UTP cable to an earth ground point, and the other end to a female |
| connector located, for example, on a Switch rack or patch panel. The |
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SFP Operation | The following sections describes how to insert an SFP transceiver into an |
| SFP port. |
| SFP transceivers are |
| them from and insert them into any SFP port without having to power |
| down the Switch. |
Approved SFP The following list of approved SFP transceivers is correct at the time of Transceivers publication.
■3CSFP91 SFP (SX)
■3CSFP92 SFP (LX)
■3CSFP97 SFP (LH70)
To access the latest list of approved SFP transceivers for the Switch on the 3Com Corporation World Wide Web site, enter this URL into your internet browser:
http://www.3com.com
Inserting an SFP To be recognized as valid, the SFP transceiver must have the following Transceiver characteristics:
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Use this transceiver to connect the Switch directly to a multimode
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