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CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 USING THIS MANUAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1
1.2 INTRODUCING THE BRIM-T6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1.3 BRIM SPECIFICATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
1.4 RELATED DOCUMENTATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4
1.5 GETTING HELP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-5
CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION
2.1 UNPACKING THE BRIM-T6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1
2.2 INSTALLING THE BRIM-T6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1
2.2.1 Installing the BRIM-T6 into a MIM . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-2
2.2.2 Installing the BRIM-T6 into a Standalone Device. .2-4
2.3 CONFIGURING THE BRIM-T6 RING SPEED. . . . . . . . . .2-4
2.4 CONFIGURING AND INSTALLING TPIMs . . . . . . . . . . . .2-6
2.4.1 Configuring TPIMs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
2.4.2 Installing TPIMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-8
CHAPTER 3 CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK
3.1 CONNECTING STP SEGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1
3.2 CONNECTING UTP SEGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-2
3.3 CONNECTING FIBER OPTIC SEGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
CHAPTER 4 MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING
4.1 LANVIEW LEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1
4.1.1 Describing BRIM-T6 LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.2 CHECKING THE CONNECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-3
APPENDIX A TPIM SPECIFICATIONS
A.1 TWISTED PAIR TPIM PINOUTS: STATION MODE. . . . . .A-1
A.2 FIBER OPTIC TPIM SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1