Asante Technologies 9000 manual Configuring for Management, 1000BaseX Ports Cabling Procedures

Configuring for Management

1000BaseX Ports Cabling Procedures

Cabling requirements for the 2-port Gigabit Ethernet modules depend on which type of GBIC interface has been installed. Use the following chart to determine the cabling requirements for your GBIC.

Connecting To	Cable Required
1000BaseSX GBIC	Cables with SC-type fiber connectors: 62.5 micron multimode
	fiber media up to 260 meters long, or 50 micron multimode fiber
	media up to 525 meters long.
1000BaseLX Long	Cables with SC-type fiber connectors: 10 micron single mode fiber
Haul GBIC	media up to 100 kilometers long.
1000BaseLX GBIC	Cables with SC-type fiber connectors: 10 micron single mode fiber
	media up to 3 kilometers long.

Table 2-3 1000BaseX cabling requirements

Configuring for Management

To use the IntraChassis 9000 as a managed switch, it must be configured with an IP address. This can be accomplished in one of two ways:

❑automatically using BootP (default)

❑manually via the unit’s Console port

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