2.8 Making Fiber Port Connection
The mini-GBIC (SFP) port must be installed with an SFP fiber trans- ceiver for making fiber connection. The device may come with an SFP transceiver pre-installed when it is shipped from factory.
Installing SFP Fiber Transceiver
Turn off the power to the device. Insert the SFP fiber transceiver into the mini-GBIC port. Normally, a bail is provided for every SFP transceiver. Hold the bail and make insertion. Until the SFP transceiver is seated securely in the slot, place the bail in lock position.
Connecting Fiber Cables
LC connectors are commonly equipped on most SFP transceiver mod- ules. Identify TX and RX connector before making cable connection. The following figure illustrates a connection example between two fiber ports:
Make sure the RX-to-TX connection rule is followed on the both ends of the fiber cable.
Note: For Bi-Di (Bidirectional) SFP transceivers which use two differ- ent wavelengths for TX and RX respectively over single fiber cable, only one connector is provided on the fiber port and only one fiber cable is used.
Network Cables
Multimode (MMF) - 50/125, 62.5/125
Singlemode(SMF)-9/125
