Cisco Catalyst 4948E Installing Manual page 19

Chapter 3 Installing the Switch
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Note For an optical SFP transceiver, before removing the dust plugs and making any optical connections,
observe the following guidelines:
Always keep the protective dust plugs on the unplugged fiber-optic cable connectors and the
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transceiver optical bores until you are ready to make a connection.
Always inspect and clean the LC connector end-faces just before making any connections. See the
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Tip on this page for a pointer to a fiber-optic inspection and cleaning white paper.
Always grasp the LC connector housing to plug or unplug a fiber-optic cable.
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Remove the dust plugs from the network interface cable LC connectors. Save the dust plugs for future
Step 9
use.
Inspect and clean the LC connector's fiber-optic end-faces.
Step 10
For complete information on inspecting and cleaning fiber-optic connections, see the white-paper
Tip
document at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk482/tk876/technologies_white_paper09186a0080254eba.shtml
Remove the dust plugs from the SFP transceiver optical bores.
Step 11
Immediately attach the network interface cable LC connector to the SFP transceiver.
Step 12
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Verifying the SFP Transceiver Installation
Catalyst 4948E and Catalyst 4948E-F Switch Installation Guide
Attaching the Interface Cables
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