Mode Description - Black Box Express 8-Port Mux User Manual

EXPRESS 8-PORT MUX

3.3 Mode Description

A point-to-point link is made up of two multiplexors connected by a single backbone (see the illustration
below).
HOST PORT
CONNECTIONS
When multiple multiplexors are connected in series with fiber optic transmit to fiber optic receive, they form a
ring topology (see the illustration below).
HOST PORT
CONNECTIONS
10
TX
FIBER OPTIC BACKBONE
RX
MULTIPLEXOR
DEVICE
CONNECTIONS
• • •
RX
TX
FIBER OPTIC BACKBONE
RX
TX
MULTIPLEXOR
• • • • •
DEVICE
CONNECTIONS
RX
TX
MULTIPLEXOR
• •
TX
RX
CONNECTIONS
TX
RX
MULTIPLEXOR
DEVICE
CONNECTIONS
DEVICE