Making Connections To Network Equipment; Prerequisites; Port Types - Avaya P333R-LB Installation And Configuration Manual

Chapter 4 Installation

Making Connections to Network Equipment

This section describes the physical connections that you can make between the
Avaya P330 switch and other network equipment.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following before attempting to connect network equipment
to the P330 switch:
• a list of network equipment to be connected to the P330 switch, detailing the
connector types on the various units
• all required cables (see below). Appropriate cables are available from your local
supplier.

Port Types

Avaya P330 supports the following types of ports (according to the speed and
standard they support):
• LAN — 10/100Base-T, 100Base-FX, 1000Base-T 1000Base-SX and 1000Base-LX
• WAN — by type:
— X330W-2DS1: E1/T1, 10/100Base-T
— X330W-2USP: USP (V.35), 10/100Base-T
Note: To interconnect Avaya P330 switches with twisted pairs, crossed cables are
required.
• The maximum UTP cable length connected to a 10/100 Mbps port operating as
10Base-T, is 100 m (328 ft.).
• A UTP Category 5 cable must be connected to any 100Base-TX port, via an RJ45
connector. The maximum UTP cable length connected to a 10/100 Mbps port
operating as 100Base-TX, is 100 m (328 ft.).
• A fiberoptic cable must be connected to any 100Base-FX port, via a SC
connectors. The maximum fiber cable length connected to a 100Base-FX port is
412 m (1,352 ft) when operating in half duplex, and 2 km (6,562 ft) when
operating in full duplex.
• A fiberoptic cable must be connected to 1000Base-SX or 1000Base-LX port, via
SC connectors, according to the table below.
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