Installation And Removal Of Small Form-Factor Pluggable (Sfp) Transceivers; Installing Sfp Transceivers - Avaya 4500 Series Installation Manual

Installation and removal of Small Form-factor Pluggable
(SFP) transceivers
The following section describes how to install and remove SFP transceivers in the Avaya
Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series. For complete information about SFP transceiver use
and designation, see Installing SFP and XFP Transceivers and GBICs (318034-D).
Important:
The switch will display the interface speed of the T1/E1 SFP as a 100 Mb/s connection even
though the interfaces is operating at the appropriate WAN speed. The system uses this value
for STP path cost and MLT utilization.
Avaya recommends that you enable egress traffic shaping on the port to 1.544 Mbps when
using the T1 SFP to guarantee appropriate Quality of Service and traffic prioritization.

Installing SFP transceivers

Install SFP transceivers by performing this procedure.
1. Remove the transceiver from the protective packaging.
2. Verify that the transceiver is the correct model for the network configuration.
3. Grasp the transceiver between your thumb and forefinger.
4. Insert the transceiver into the proper module on the switch. Apply a light pressure
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Installation and removal of Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) transceivers

to the transceiver until it clicks and locks into position in the module.
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