Gigamon GigaVUE-HC3, Hardware Installation Manual

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Chapter 5
Connecting GigaVUE-HC3 Ports
This chapter describes transceivers and port connections. In general,
connecting GigaVUE-HC3 module ports to the network is as simple as
installing a transceiver and connecting the correct cable to data sources or
destinations. Refer to the following sections for details:
• Transceiver—Rules and Notes on page 113
• BiDi Optics Considerations on page 114
• Transceiver Installation Instructions on page 114
• Module Transceiver Support on page 115
• Loss Summary Specifications on page 116
• Cabling on page 116
• Connecting GigaVUE-HC3 Module Ports on page 117
Transceiver—Rules and Notes
Keep in mind the following rules and notes when you connect and use
GigaVUE-HC3 nodes with transceivers:
• Always use transceivers purchased from Gigamon to ensure
interoperability and performance. Gigamon does not support transceivers
purchased from other vendors.
• After removing an optical transceiver, the best practice is to wait ten (10)
or more seconds before re-inserting the same or different optical
transceiver.
• Use the show port params all command to see transceiver type
information for each of the network/tool ports in the GigaVUE-HC3 node.
Check the value of the
SFP type field for the ports in question.
• Following are the nomenclatures for the GigaVUE-HC3 node port
numbers:
•
Port numbers starting with c (for example, c1) are 100Gb.
•
Port numbers starting with q (for example, q1) are 40Gb.
•
Port numbers only on control card version 2 starting with x (for
example, x10) are 25Gb.
• Port numbers starting with x (for example, x10) are 10Gb.