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Fiber Optic SFP Devices
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2.
Check that the fiber terminators are clean. You can clean the cable plugs by
wiping them gently with a clean tissue or cotton ball moistened with a little
ethanol. Dirty fiber terminators on fiber cables will impair the quality of the
light transmitted through the cable and lead to degraded performance on
the port.
3.
Connect one end of the cable to the LC port on the switch and the other end
to the LC port on the other device. Since LC connectors are keyed, the cable
can be attached in only one orientation.
Figure 16: Making Connections to SFP Transceivers
4.
As a connection is made, check the Link LED on the switch corresponding to
the port to be sure that the connection is valid.
The 1000BASE-LX5, 1000BASE-LX15, 1000BASE-LHX, and 1000BASE-ZX fiber
optic ports operate at 1 Gbps full duplex. The maximum length for fiber optic
cable operating at Gigabit speed will depend on the fiber type as listed under
"1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Collision Domain" on page 48 .
The 100BASE-FX fiber optic ports operate at 100 Mbps full duplex. The
maximum length for fiber optic cable operating at 100 Mbps speed is listed
under
"100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Collision Domain" on page 49 .
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