Mode Conditioning Patch Cord for Gigabit-LX
Installing the Patch Cord
As shown in the illustration below, connect the patch cord to the Gigabit-LX
Transceiver or Gigabit-LX mini-GBIC with the section of single-mode fiber
plugged in to the Tx (transmit) port. Then, connect the other end of the patch
cord to your network cabling patch panel, or directly to the network multi-
mode fiber.
If you connect the patch cord directly to the network cabling, you may need
to install a
female-to-female adapter
to allow the cables to be connected
together.
Gigabit-LX port
to network
multimode
cabling
Mode Conditioning
Patch Cord
the multimode cable in the patch cord
must match the characteristics of your
network cable
single-mode section plugs into Tx
port on Gigabit-LX Transceiver or
Gigabit-LX mini-GBIC
Make sure you purchase a patch cord that has SC connectors on the end that
connects to the Gigabit-LX Transceiver, or LC connectors on the end that
connects to the Gigabit-LX mini-GBIC, and has multimode fibers that match
the characteristics of the multimode fiber in your network.
Recommended Patch Cords
Hewlett-Packard maintains a list of recommended Mode Conditioning Patch
Cords that have been tested and verified to operate correctly with the HP
ProCurve Gigabit-LX Transceiver and HP ProCurve Gigabit-LX LC
mini-GBIC.
The list is on the HP ProCurve web site,
http://www.hp.com/go/hpprocurve
in the Technical Support, FAQ section.
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