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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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