1000Base-Fx Fiber-Optic Network; 1000Base-T Twisted Pair Gigabit Ethernet Network - Enterasys A2H124-24FX Hardware Installation Manual

1000BASE-FX Fiber-Optic Network

1000BASE-FX Fiber-Optic Network
The Mini‐GBIC port sockets 27 and 28 on the A2H124‐24FX enable you to vary the type of
1‐Gbps port connection. At the printing of this document there were six supported Mini‐
GBICs available, as follows:
• MGBIC‐LC01 for a 1000BASE‐SX compliant LC fiber‐optic multimode connection
• MGBIC‐LC03 for a 1000BASE‐SX Long Haul LC fiber‐optic multimode connection
• MGBIC‐LC09 for a 1000BASE‐LX compliant LC fiber‐optic single‐mode connection
• MGBIC‐MT01 for a 1000BASE‐SX compliant MT‐RJ fiber‐optic single‐mode
connection
• MGBIC‐08 for a 1000BASE‐ELX compliant LC fiber‐optic single‐mode connection
• MGBIC‐02 for a 1000BASE‐T compliant RJ45 copper connection
The device at the other end of the fiber connection must meet the same Gigabit Ethernet
requirements for the connected devices to operate at 1‐Gigabit speed.

1000BASE-T Twisted Pair Gigabit Ethernet Network

The RJ45 fixed front panel stacking ports and the optional MGBIC‐02 support RJ45
1000BASE‐T compliant connections. When connecting a 1000BASE‐T segment to one of
the RJ45 ports use Category 5 UTP cabling. The device at the other end of the twisted pair
segment must meet IEEE 802.3‐2002 1000BASE‐T Gigabit Ethernet network requirements
for the devices to operate at 1000 Mbps. In standalone mode, the two stack ports may be
user‐configured to serve as a standard switch port allowing Gigabit uplink to the
network.
2-2 Network Requirements