3Com 5017C with load sharing, 5017C-LS Multiple 17-Slot Concentrator Environment

Figure 1-1 shows a model system that includes each of these cable types. In this diagram, an ONline Ethernet Repeater Module is connected to a 10BASE5 segment via an AUI cable and a transceiver. Also shown is the physical connection between an ONline Ethernet Fiber Module and a 10BASE2 segment, via a fiber cable, fiber media access unit, and IEEE repeater. Unshielded and shielded twisted pair connections to-the-desk are also included in this sample configuration.

Figure 1-1. Multiple 17-Slot Concentrator Environment

Network segments attach to the concentrator through media modules you install into the chassis. The ONline Controller Module, which provides re-timing and re-transmission of received signals, must be installed in one of the concentrator's seventeen slots. The remaining sixteen slots can be configured with any combination of media modules.

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