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Chapter 6: Cabling the Networking Ports and Powering On the Switch
Installing SFP Transceivers
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This section contains installation instructions for SFP transceivers. The
illustrations show a transceiver with a duplex LC connector. The
connectors on your transceivers may be different. Please review
"Guidelines to Handling SFP Transceivers" on page 71 before performing
this procedure.
To install transceivers, perform the following procedure:
1. Select a port for the transceiver.
2. If the port has a dust cover, remove it. Refer to Figure 30.
Figure 30. Removing the Dust Plug from an SFP Port
3. Remove the transceiver from its shipping container and store the
packaging material in a safe location.
4. If you are installing the transceiver in a top port, position the
transceiver with the Allied Telesis label facing up. If you are installing
the transceiver in a bottom port, position the transceiver with the label
facing down. Refer to Figure 31 on page 73.
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