Gbic Operation; Approved Gbic Transceivers; Inserting A Gbic Transceiver - 3Com SUPERSTACK 4226T Getting Started Manual

GBIC Operation

Approved GBIC
Transceivers
Inserting a GBIC
Transceiver
If you wish to connect a 1000BASE-SX MT-RJ port to a fiber port with a
different type of connector, for example, SC or ST please contact your
network supplier for a suitable patch cable.
The following section describes how to insert a GBIC transceiver into a
GBIC port. This section applies to the SuperStack 3 Switch 4228G only.
GBIC transceivers are hot-insertable and hot-swappable. You can remove
them from and insert them into any GBIC port without having to power
down the Switch.
The 3Com approved GBIC transceivers are:
1000BASE-SX GBIC (3CGBIC91)
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1000BASE-LX GBIC (3CGBIC92)
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1000BASE-T GBIC (3CGBIC93)
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1000BASE-LH70 GBIC (3CGBIC97)
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These are correct at the time of publication.
To access the latest list of approved GBIC transceivers for the Switch on
the 3Com Corporation World Wide Web site, enter this URL into your
internet browser:
http://www.3com.com
The URL is case sensitive.
To be recognised as valid, the GBIC transceiver must have the following
characteristics:
1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX, 1000BASE-T or 1000BASE-LH70 media
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type:
1000BASE-SX GBIC transceiver
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Use this transceiver to connect the Switch directly to a multimode
fiber-optic cable.
1000BASE-T GBIC transceiver
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Use this transceiver to connect the Switch directly to Category 5
twisted-pair cable.
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