Cable Requirements - Nortel 2350 Installation And Basic Configuration Manual

40 Installing and Connecting a WLAN—Security Switch

Cable Requirements

Warning!
reduce the risk of eye injury, do not stare into the interface or otherwise direct
the laser beam into your eye. (For translations of this warning, see
Warning" on page
To avoid installation problems, use the proper cables.
Serial Console Cable
The serial console port has a female DB-9 connector and supports the EIA-232D signaling standard. You need
a standard DB-9-male-to-DB-9-female PC modem cable.
WSS Pin
2
3
5
Network Cables
Table 5 lists the interface types supported by WSSs and the cable type required for each type of interface.
Link Type Cable Type
10/100BASE-T Cat 5 copper
Straight-through or crossover signaling
1000BASE-SX Multimode 50-µm fiber
Multimode 62.5-µm fiber
320656-A
The gigabit Ethernet fiber-optic interfaces use Class 1 lasers. To
164.)
Table 4: Serial Console Pin Signals
Usage
Receive
Transmit
Ground
Table 5: Ethernet Interfaces
Table 4 lists the pin signals.
PC Pin
3
2
5
Connector
Maximum Distance
Type
RJ-45 100 m (328 feet)
SC 550 m (1804.5 feet)
SC 275 m (902.2 feet)
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Usage
Transmit
Receive
Ground