Allied Telesis AT-IMC2000T/SC, Installation Manual

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Chapter 2: Installation
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Planning the Installation
Be sure to observe the following guidelines when planning the installation
of your media converter.

On the AT-IMC2000 media converter, the end node connected to
the fiber connector on the media converter must operate at 1000
Mbps, except for the AT-IMC2000/SP when using a 100 Mbps SFP
module.

On the AT-IMC200 media converters, the end node connected to
the fiber connector on the media converter must operate at 100
Mbps
.

The two end-nodes connected to the ports of the media converter
must operate with the same duplex mode, either half- or full-
duplex. The twisted-pair port on the media converter can operate in
either mode with Auto Negotiation enabled.

The media converter connects a copper unshielded twisted pair
(UTP) network cabling to a fiber optic cabling, which allows two
network devices, such as a network adapter card, repeater, switch,
media converter, router, camera, or access point, across long
distances.

The twisted-pair port has a maximum operating distance of 100
meters (328 feet).
Cable
Specifications for
Copper Port
Table 3 contains the cable specifications for the twisted-pair port.
Table 3. Twisted-Pair Port Cabling Specifications
Speed Type of Cable
10 Mbps Standard TIA/EIA 568-B-compliant Category 3 or
better shielded or unshielded cabling with 100 ohm
impedance and a frequency of 16 MHz.
100 Mbps Standard TIA/EIA 568-A-compliant Category 5 or TIA/
EIA 568-B-compliant Enhanced Category 5 (Cat 5e)
shielded or unshielded cabling with 100 ohm
impedance and a frequency of 100 MHz.
1000 Mbps Standard TIA/EIA 568-A-compliant Category 5 or TIA/
EIA 568-B-compliant Enhanced Category 5 (Cat 5e)
shielded or unshielded cabling with 100 ohm
impedance and a frequency of 100 MHz.