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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
Control and Clock Cabling

Standard Cisco MGX 8950 Cables

The standard cables that Cisco can supply for the Cisco MGX 8950 system appear inTa ble B- 2.
Control and Clock Cabling
This section describes the cables that can connect to the PXM-UI-S3 or PXM-UI-S3/B user inte rface
back card.

Maintenance and Control Ports

The maintenance (or modem) port and the control (or console) port connect a switch or gateway to an
ASCII terminal, workstation, or modem for remote alarm re porting or system monitoring. These ports
are labeled MP or CP on the user interface back card. See Figure2-63 on page 2-121 and Figure 2-64
on page 2-122 for the locations of these ports. Table B -3 provides cabling details.
Molex-pigtail
(customer-supplied)
DC power.
See Table B -13 for details.
Spade lug-pigtail
(customer-supplied)
DC power.
See Table B -13 for details.
1. Two cables required per back card, one TX and one RX.
TableB-1 Standard Cisco MGX 8850 and MGX 8850/B Cables Available from Cisco (continued)
Model Number Description Usage
TableB-2 Standard Cisco MGX 8950 Cables Available from Cisco
Model Number Description Usage
CAB-T3E3-PL-AD-6 75 Ω coax/SMB-BNC, 6 feet 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/E3 SMB-BNC Posi-lok A T3 or E3 trunk interface
CAB-T3E3-PL-CE-Y T3/E3 SMB-BNC Posi-lok Y Redundant usage
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
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
5601 Ground cable DC power
5670 Molex-pigtail DC power
5671 Spade lug-pigtail DC power