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Cisco MGX 8800/8900 Series Hardware Installation Guide
Releases 2 - 5.2, Part Number OL-4545-01, Rev. H0, May 2006
Appendix
Notes about Cables and Connectors
Cable and Connector Naming Conventions
The suffix to the model number indicates the length of the cable. For example, 5610-50 indicates a
50-foot cable. Sometimes the suffix indicates the cable length in inches, rather than feet. This typically
occurs on Y-cables or adaptor cables.
Some entries in the cable tables include the gender of the connector and the number of pins. For example,
EIA/TIA-232/M25-M25 indicates a cable terminated with a male DB-25 connector at each end.
Cable Lengths
Cables are available in standard lengths of 10 feet (3 meters) , 25 feet (7.6 meters), 50 feet (15 meters),
75 feet (22.8 meters), and 100 feet (30 meters). Length s of 100 feet (30 meters) to 600 feet (183 meters)
can be specially ordered.
Standard Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM1E/PXM45), MGX 8850/B, and MGX 8880 Cables
The standard cables that Cisco can supply for the Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM1E/PXM45) a nd MGX 8850/B
systems appear in Table B -1.
TableB-1 Standard Cisco MGX 8850 and MGX 8850/B Cables Available from Cisco
Model Number Description Usage
CAB-T3E3-PL-AD 75 ohms coax/SMB-BNC T3 or E3 trunk interface
ASSY CBL SMB (M) to BNC (F) T3 or E3 trunk interface
T3/E3 SMB to SMB Posi-Lok Redundant usage
CAB-T3E3-PL-AD-6 Posi-Lok SMB to BNC 6 Ad T3 or E3 trunk interface
CAB-T3E3-PL-CE-AD T3/E 3 SMB-BNC Posi-Lok A T3 or E3 trunk interface (International)
CAB-T3E3-PL-CE-Y T3/E3 SMB-BNC Posi-Lok Y Redundant usage (International)
CAB-SMB-BNC-Y Posi-lok SMB to BNC Y Ca Redundant usage
CAB-T3E3-PL-Y-6 Posi-lok SMB to BNC 6 Y Redundant usage
CAB-MCC-T1E1
CAB-MCC-T1E1-Y
Mini-coaxial (MCC) to BNC
cable
E1 interface
E1 interface (Redundant usage)
CAB-RBBN-16-T1E1
CAB-RBBN-16-T1E1-
Y
36-pin to 50-pin straight cable
with RBBN connector
T1 or E1 interface
T1 or E1 interface (Redundant usage)1
5620 EIA/TIA-232/M25-F25 PXM-UI-S3 maintenance port to control
terminal, Cisco WAN Manager, or
external window device
5621 EIA/TIA-232/M25-M25 special Control or maintenance port to modem
Ground cable
(customer-supplied)
DC power.
See Table B -13 for details.