Hardware Overview

Cabling and Connector Specifications

The following table lists the media specifications for the 1000BASE-SX expansion module.

Table 9. 1000BASE-SX expansion module specifications

Port type

Specification

 

 

1000Base-SX

• 802.3z standard (also uses 802.3x for flow control)

 

SC-style Media Interface Connector (MIC)

 

• 62.5 micron or 50 micron multimode fiber-optic cable

 

• Maximum 275 meters (902 feet) segment length for 62.5 micron

 

fiber-optic cable, based on installed fiber bandwidth

 

• Maximum 550 meters (1804 feet) segment length for 50 micron fiber-

 

optic cable, based on installed fiber bandwidth

 

 

LEDs

The 1000BASE-SX expansion module uses the following LEDs.

Table 10. 1000BASE-SX expansion module LEDs

LED

Description

 

 

Per-port Link

• Green – indicates that the port hardware detects a cable plugged into the

 

port and a good link is established.

 

• Red (intermittent) – indicates that the port received an error during

 

operation.

 

• Red (solid) – indicates that the port hardware detects a cable plugged

 

into the port, however, a bad link is established.

 

• Off – indicates that no link from exists with the port.

 

 

Per-port Rx

• Green – indicates when the port’s transceiver receives packets.

 

• Orange – indicates when the port’s transceiver receives flow-control

 

packets.

 

 

Per-port Tx

• Green – indicates when the port’s transceiver transmits packets.

 

• Orange – indicates when the port’s transceiver transmits flow-control

 

packets.

 

 

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