Cabling Requirements For The Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series; Installation And Removal Of Sfp Transceivers; Installation Of Sfp Transceivers - Nortel 4500 Series Installation Manual

Cabling requirements for the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 4500
Series
"Switch cabling requirements" (page 23)
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series switch.
Switch cabling requirements
Required Cable
10/100/1000Base TX
Ports
10/100Base TX Ports
100BaseFX Ports
Console Port
SFP Transceiver Ports
USB Port

Installation and removal of SFP transceivers

The following section describes how to install and remove SFP transceivers
in the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series. For complete information
about SFP transceiver use and designation, see Installing SFP and XFP
Transceivers and GBICs (318034-D)

Installation of SFP transceivers

This section describes how to install SFP transceivers.
To install SFP transceivers, perform the following procedure.
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Note: In Autonegotiation mode, the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch
4500 Series automatically provides the proper MDI/MDI-X connection on
the RJ-45 ports; to eliminate the need for crossover cables. When you
disable Autonegotiation on 10/100 ports, MDI/MDI-x is also disabled.
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series
Installation Guide
NN47205-300 02.01 Standard
5.0 23 February 2007
Installation and removal of SFP transceivers 23
describes the cables required for a
Description
The interconnect cabling must conform to the
Cat5e, Cat6, or Cat6e specification of the
Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling
Standard, ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B fitted with an RJ-45
Module jack.
The interconnect cabling for 10BaseT Ethernet
must conform to Cat3, Cat4, Cat5 (or better) UTP
cabling for distances up to 100 meters.
The interconnect cabling for 100BaseTX Fast
Ethernet must conform to Cat5 (or better) UTP
cabling for distances up to 100 meters.
The interconnect cabling must conform to 50/125
or 62.5/125 micron multimode fiber-optic cabling
for distances up to 3 kilometers.
Serial cable with a DB-9 female connector on both
ends. The maximum length for the console port
cable is 25 feet (8.3 meters).
Varies with the installed SFP transceiver. See the
documentation shipped with the SFP transceiver
for specifications.
USB 2.0 Type A-compliant cable.
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