Installing The Patch Cord; Twisted-Pair Cable/Connector Pin-Outs - HP 5400zl Series Installation And Getting Started Manual

Switch Ports and Network Cables

Twisted-Pair Cable/Connector Pin-Outs

Installing the Patch Cord

As shown in the illustration below, connect the patch cord to the Gigabit-LX
mini-GBIC with the section of single-mode fiber plugged in to the Tx (transmit)
port. Then, connect the other end of the patch cord to your network cabling
patch panel, or directly to the network multimode fiber.
If you connect the patch cord directly to the network cabling, you may need
to install a female-to-female adapter to allow the cables to be connected
together.
Figure B-1. Mode Conditioning Patch Cord
Make sure you purchase a patch cord that has LC connectors on the end that
connects to the Gigabit-LX mini-GBIC, and has multimode fibers that match
the characteristics of the multimode fiber in your network.
Twisted-Pair Cable/Connector Pin-Outs
The HP Auto-MDIX Feature. In the default configuration, "Auto", the
10/100Base-TX ports on the 10/100-TX and PoE xl Modules used in the Series
5400zl Switches all automatically detect the type of port on the connected
device and operate as either an MDI or MDI-X port, whichever is appropriate.
So for any connection, a straight-through twisted-pair cable can be used -- you
no longer have to use crossover cables, although crossover cables can also be
used for any of the connections. The 100/1000-T xl Module supports the IEEE
802.3ab standard, which includes the "Auto MDI/MDI-X" feature, which oper-
ates the same way.
B-6
To network
multimode
cabling
The multimode cable in the patch cord
must match the characteristics of your
network cable
Gigabit-LX port
LX connector
Single-mode section plugs into Tx
port on Gigabit-LX Transceiver or
Gigabit-LX mini-GBIC