Cabling Twisted Pair Ports - Allied Telesis x530 Series Installation Manual

Chapter 8: Cabling the Networking Ports

Cabling Twisted Pair Ports

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Here are the guidelines to cabling the twisted pair ports on
AT-x530-28GTXm and AT-x530-28GPXm switches:
The cable specifications for the ports on the AT-x530-28GTXm
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and AT-x530-28GPXm switches are listed in Table 4 on page 24.
PoE is enabled by default on the AT-x530-28GPXm switch ports.
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The connectors on the cables must fit snugly into the ports, and the
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tabs must lock the connectors into place.
The default speed setting for the ports is Auto-Negotiation. This
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setting is appropriate for ports connected to network devices that
also support Auto-Negotiation.
The ports must be set to the default setting of Auto-Negotiation to
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operate at 100 Mbps.
The twisted pair ports can operate in either half- or full-duplex
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mode when operating at 100 Mbps. However, if any of the twisted
pair ports operate at 1 Gbps or higher, then the duplex mode is
always full-duplex.
Do not attach cables to ports of static or Link Aggregation Control
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Protocol (LACP) port trunks until after you configure the trunks on
the switch. Otherwise, the ports will form network loops that can
adversely affect network performance.