Who Should Read This Manual; When Should I Read This Manual; What Is Not In This Manual - Alcatel-Lucent SFP Manual

Who Should Read this Manual?

Who Should Read this Manual?
The audience for this user guide is network administrators and IT support personnel who need to provide
network connectivity using SFP or XFP transceivers on an OmniSwitch.

When Should I Read this Manual?

Read this guide as soon as you are ready to integrate your OmniSwitch into your network and you are
ready to provide connectivity using the supported transceivers. You should have already stepped through
the first login procedures and read the brief software overviews in the appropriate OmniSwitch Getting
Started Guide and OmniSwitch Hardware Guide.
This guide includes information about the supported OmniSwitch transceivers.
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SFP and XFP specifications
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SFP and XFP compatibility information

What is Not in this Manual?

Procedures for switch management methods, such as CLI, web-based (WebView or OmniVista) or SNMP,
are outside the scope of this guide.
For information on WebView and SNMP switch management methods consult the OmniSwitch Switch
Management Guide. Information on using WebView and OmniVista can be found in the context-sensitive
on-line help available with those network management applications.
This guide is designed to provide transceiver specification and compatibility information only and is not
intended as a reference for any CLI commands or configuration information. Refer to the Documentation
Roadmap for a list of available user guides.
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About This Guide
April 2011