Port Types; Cable Types; Table B-1. Port Types For The Tokenspeed Module - Bay Networks Nortel Centillion 5000 5000BH Using Manual

Using the 8-port TokenSpeed and TokenSpeed/MCP Switch Modules

Port Types

When you connect a network device to a token ring port on the TokenSpeed
module, you must specify a TokenSpeed port type through SpeedView. The port
type setting is based on the type of network connection you are connecting to the
TokenSpeed module.
correct port type for each.
Table B-1.
Network device port
Lobe port on token ring hub
Lobe port on IBM 8228 MAU or similar device
Station port on a network interface card (NIC)
in a server, PC, or router
RI port on a Bay Networks token ring hub
RO port on a Bay Networks token ring hub
RI port on a non-Bay Networks token ring hub
RO port on a non-Bay Networks token ring hub

Cable Types

The following types of cables are used to make connections to the TokenSpeed
module:
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B-2
Table B-1
Port types for the TokenSpeed module
Category 3, 4, or 5 UTP cable with an RJ-45 connector on one end and an
appropriate connector on the other end for the device you are connecting to
the TokenSpeed module
Type 1A STP cable with an RJ-45 connector on one end and an appropriate
connector on the other end for the device you are connecting to the
TokenSpeed module
Serial MCP cable that is shipped with the Centillion switch
shows the types of network connections and the
TokenSpeed port type
Station
Station
Hub
Bay/SNPX RO
RI–other
Note: The RO port type on the
Bay Networks hub must be set as
Other.
RO–other
RI–other
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