100Base-FX Fiber Ports

The 100Base-FX Fiber port uses SC connectors. Figure 2-7 shows an SC fiber connector being inserted into a fiber port on the ELH100-12/24TX.

Figure 2-7. Inserting an SC Fiber Connector into a Fiber Port

The fiber uplink modules employed (Table 2-6) support multi-mode 62.5/ 125mm fiber. The 100Base-FX ports use SC fiber connectors. The fiber connectors are configured as a receive (RX) / transmit (TX) pair.

Table 2-6. Fiber Uplink Module

Part Number

Functions

Description

ELH-ULSW-F2

100Base-FX-MM

2-port multi-mode (MM) fiber uplink module us-

 

 

ing SC fiber connectors, with internal switching

 

 

between the 10 and 100 Mbps repeater buses.

 

 

 

9033060

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ELH100 specifications

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