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8 User’s Manual
Connecting to Your Network
PCI Express Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
This section describes how to connect the PCI Express Fiber
Gigabit Ethernet Adapter to a 1000 Mbps fiber-based Ethernet
network, which contributes to its optimal performance.
<Note> You must connect the PCI Express Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Adapter to the network
before installing the network driver.
Step 1:
Remove the protective covers from the PCI Express Fiber Gigabit
Ethernet Adapter’s connector.
Step 2:
Prepare a network cable with corresponding connectors for the two end
devices, one end to the PCI Express Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Adapter and
the other to a 1000Mbps fiber port on the network switch.
Step 3:
Connect the network cable to the connector on the PCI Express Fiber
Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. This network cable consists of two individual
cables: one for ‘transmission (TX)’, and the other for ‘reception (RX)’.
Step 4:
Connect the other end of the network cable to a 1000BASE-SX/LX
switch.
<Note>
i.
Insert the cable that is connected to the transmit (TX) connector on the PCI
Express Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Adapter into the receive (RX) connector on the
network switch.
ii.
Insert the cable that is connected to the receive (RX) connector on the PCI
Express Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Adapter into the transmit (TX) connector on the
network switch.
Step 5:
When the cable is properly connected to two end devices, turn on the
power to the PC.
Step 6:
Check the LNK (Link) LED. The LED will come on when the PCI
Express Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Adapter is receiving a good link signal
from the connected device, a switch.
Step 7:
Proceed to next section for installing the network driver.
