Chapter 3: Installation Requirements and Specifications
3.1.1HubSTACK Interconnect Cable Requirements
Attach the SEHI to modules in the stack with the SEHI HubSTACK Interconnect cable available only from Cabletron Systems. Refer to Chapter 1 for cable part numbers. The cable attaches to the SEHI rear panel bus port.
The rear panel of the SEHI has an Interconnect Bus Out port (male connector) to stack SEH
3.1.210BASE-FL Fiber Optic Network Requirements
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50/125 ∝m | 13.0 dB or less | Maximum fiber optic cable length is 2 | |
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62.5/125 ∝m | 16.0 dB or less | ||
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100/140 ∝m | 19.0 dB or less | ||
km (1093.6 yds). | |||
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Attenuation
Test the fiber optic cable with a fiber optic attenuation test set adjusted for an 850 nm wavelength. This test verifies that the signal loss in a cable is within an acceptable level. Table
Fiber Optic Budget and Propagation Delay
Determine the maximum fiber optic cable length by calculating the fiber optic budget delay and total network propagation before the fiber optic cable runs are incorporated into a network design.
Fiber optic budget is the combination of the optical loss due to the fiber optic cable,
Propagation delay is the amount of time it takes data to travel from the sending device to the receiving device. Total propagation delay allowed for the network is 25.6 ∝s (51.2 ∝s roundtrip). If the total propagation delay between any two nodes on the network exceeds 25.6 ∝s, then use bridges.
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