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Chapter 3
Installing Supervisor Engines
A mode-conditioning patch cord is an optical fiber cable assembly that consists of a pair of optical fibers
terminated with connector hardware. Specifically, the mode-conditioning patch cord is composed of a
single-mode optical fiber permanently coupled off-center (see Offset in
graded-index multimode optical fiber.
mode-conditioning patch cord assembly.
Figure 3-7
2
RX
TX
3
1
Beige color identifier
2
To Gigabit Ethernet interface (SC male
connector)
3
Rx (receiver)
4
Tx (transmitter)
5
Blue color identifier
Figure 3-8
2
RX
1
Gray color identifier
2
To Gigabit Ethernet interface (LC male
connector)
3
Blue color identifier
4
Multimode fiber
OL-7397-03
Mode Conditioning Patch Cord with SC (GBIC Transceiver) Connector
1
4
5
Mode Conditioning Patch Cord with LC (SFP Transceiver) Connector
1
TX
3
Figure 3-7
and
Figure 3-8
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/ /
/ /
/ /
Offset
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8
6
6
Multimode fiber (MMF)
7
Single-mode fiber (SMF)
8
Offset junction
9
To cable plant (SC male connector)
4
/ /
/ /
/ /
Offset
5
6
4
5
Single-mode fiber
6
Offset junction
7
Beige color identifier
8
To cable plant (SC male connector)
Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine Guide
Attaching the Network Interface Cables
Figure 3-7
and
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show a diagram of the
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