Installing the Hardware

Dual Serial and Quad Serial – C/CE Expansion Modules

The Dual Serial and Quad Serial – C/CE expansion modules each use the same 60-pin LFH-60 high density connector to link to their respective Channel Service Units/Data Service Units (CSU/DSUs). Figure 23 on page 39 shows how to plug your serial cable into a port on the Dual Serial or Quad Serial – C/CE expansion modules.

Enterasys offers the following four cables, used to connect the XP to standard CSU/DSU modules:

Table 19. Enterasys dual serial port to CSU/DSU connector cables

Enterasys Part Number

CSU/DSU Connector Type

Standard

 

 

 

SYS-SV35-DTE

Two (2) V.35 34-pin connectorsa

V.35

SYS-S530-DTE

Two (2) DB-25 25-pin connectors

EIA-530

 

 

 

SYS-S449-DTE

Two (2) DB-37 37-pin connectors

RS-449

 

 

 

SYS-SX21-DTE

Two (2) DB-15 15-pin connectors

X.21

 

 

 

a.The two remote ends of each type of connector cable is labeled “Port A” and “Port B”. “Port A” corresponds to Port 1 on a Dual Serial WAN expansion module and Port 1 or 3 on a

Quad Serial – C/CE, depending upon which WAN expansion module port you are using. Similarly, “Port B” corresponds to Port 2 on a Dual Serial WAN expansion module and Port 2 or 4 on a Quad Serial – C/CE.

Note: Because the LFH-60 high density connectors on Dual Serial and Quad

Serial – C/CE expansion modules contain two serial WAN ports per interface, all four cable types defined above feed two CSU/DSU ports.

Table 20 maps the pin assignments for Enterasys’ LFH-60 high density connectors for the Dual Serial and Quad Serial – C/CE expansion modules.

Table 20. LFH-60 high density connector pin assignments

Pin

Signal

Pin

Signal

Pin

Signal

Pin

Signal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

P1_GND

16

P2_TXC_A

31

P1_GND

46

P2_TXD_A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

P1_MODE[2]

17

P2_TXC_B

32

P1_MODE[0]

47

P2_TXD_B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

P1_CTS_B

18

P2_DCD_A

33

P1_DCD_B

48

P2_RTS_A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

P1_CTS_A

19

P2_DCD_B

34

P1_DCD_A

49

P2_RTS_B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

P1_RTS_B

20

P2_MODE[1]

35

P0_RXD_B

50

P2_DSR_A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

P1_RTS_A

21

P2_GND

36

P0_RXD_A

51

P2_DSR_B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

P1_SCTE_B

22

P2_GND

37

Reserved

52

P2_LL_A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

P1_SCTE_A

23

P1_TXD_A

38

P2_GND

53

P2_SHIELD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2000 specifications

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