Allied Telesis AT-MMC200/LC, Installation Manual

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MMC2000/200 Series Mini Switching Media Converter Installation Guide
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Planning the Installation
Be sure to observe the following guidelines when planning the installation
of your media converter.
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On the MMC2000 media converters, the end node connected to
the fiber connector on the media converter must operate at 1000
Mbps, except for the AT - MMC2000/SP when using a 100 Mbps
SFP module.
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On the AT - MMC200 media converters, the end node connected to
the fiber connector on the media converter must operate at 100
Mbps .
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The MMC2000/200 media converter ports support both half-duplex
and full-duplex modes.
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The duplex mode is set with Auto-Negotiation.
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The two end nodes connected to the media converter ports can
operate at different duplex modes.
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The devices connected to the two ports on the media converter can
be a network adapter card, repeater, switch, media converter, or
router.
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The twisted-pair port has a maximum operating distance of 100
meters (328 feet).
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The fiber port of the MMC2000/
nn
model has a maximum
operating distance of 500m.
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The fiber port of the AT-MMC200/ nn model has a maximum
operating distance of 2km.
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The fiber port of the MMC2000/200LX/
nn
model has a maximum
operating distance of 20km.
Note
The parameter nn can be SC, ST, or LC.
Note
For more details, see “Fiber-Optic Port Specifications” on page 60.
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The AT - MMC2000/SP model has a plug-in SFP cage fiber
connection. 100Mbps and 1Gbps modules are supported.