Cisco 7000 Series Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual page 86

Preparing Network Connections
Figure 2-13
Transceiver
15-pin AUI
connector
Note
require an AUI or transceiver cable. When planning your connections, consider the size and shape
of any transceivers that will connect to the EIP ports directly, and avoid connecting transceiver that
overlap and impair access to connections on other interface processors.
Typically, Ethernet connectors have either slide-type or jackscrew-type locks. (See Figure 2-14.)
The most common are those that use a slide-type lock, which is the type used on the EIP ports. The
connector on the left in Figure 2-14 shows a slide-type lock. When the cable is connected to the
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Ethernet Transceivers
To EIP
cable
Ethernet XCVR
BNC connectors to thin-wire or
thick-wire Ethernet network
To EIP
Transceiver cable
15-pin AUI connector
Some Ethernet transceivers can connect directly to the AUI ports on the EIP and do not
Attaches directly to EIP
port or to the transceiver cable
15-pin AUI connector
Multiport transceiver
RJ-45
connector
UTP cable
To 10BaseT
Ethernet network