Magnum14E Media Converters

Installation and User Guide (10/02)

(PDV or Path Delay Value) in diameter between any two nodes. Nodes in a collision domain are connected by means of a repeater or repeaters such that no bridging or switching devices are present between any two nodes in the cluster. A Magnum 14E has a PDV of about eighty Bit Times (20 BT), and this value must be included in the overall collision domain diameter PDV calculations as applicable for the placement of the 14E in the topology of the collision domain.

Collision Domain Diameter

The Collision Domain Diameter is the length of the longest path between any two devices in a single collision domain. Regardless of the actual network topology, the Collision Domain Diameter must be less than 512 BT (Bit Times). Bit Times are related to media type as shown in Table 3.2.2a.

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