Rj-45 Connector; Cable Pinouts; Cable Type - HP FlexFabric 12900 series Installation Manual

RJ-45 connector

An Ethernet twisted pair cable connects network devices through the RJ-45 connectors at the two
ends. Figure 53
Figure 53 RJ-45 connector pinout diagram
PIN #8
PIN #1

Cable pinouts

EIA/TIA cabling specifications define two standards: 568A and 568B for cable pinouts.
Standard 568A—pin 1: white/green stripe, pin 2: green solid, pin 3: white/orange stripe, pin 4:
•
blue solid, pin 5: white/blue stripe, pin 6: orange solid, pin 7: white/brown stripe, pin 8: brown
solid.
Standard 568B—pin 1: white/orange stripe, pin 2: orange solid, pin 3: white/green stripe, pin 4:
•
blue solid, pin 5: white/blue stripe, pin 6: green solid, pin 7: white/brown stripe, pin 8: brown
solid.

Cable type

Based on performance
Ethernet cables can be classified into category 3, category 4, category 5, category 5e, category 6, and
category 7 cable based on performance. In LANs, category 5, category 5e, and category 6 are
commonly used.
Table 51 Ethernet cable description
Type
Category 5
Category 5e
Category 6
Based on pinouts
Ethernet twisted pair cables can be classified into straight through and crossover cables based on their
pinouts.
Straight-through—The pinouts at both ends comply with standard 568B, as shown in
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• Crossover—The pinouts at one end comply with standard 568B, and those at the other end comply
with standard 568A, as shown in
shows the pinouts of an RJ-45 connector.
Description
Transmits data at a maximum speed of 100 Mbps, with a bandwidth of 100 MHz.
Transmits data at a maximum speed of 1000 Mbps, with a bandwidth of 100 MHz.
Transmits data at a speed higher than 1 Gbps, with a bandwidth of 250 MHz.
Figure 55.
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Figure 54.