Additional Information
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• Installation
Figure 16. Removing a module
Congratulations! You have installed the FP1004E. Refer to section
if you want to
bond the FP1004E to another FP1004E, or for information regarding SFP MSA compliance.
Additional Information
Bonding Units
Two FP1004E can be bonded together locally to make the equivalent of an 8 Copper x 2 fiber switch by using
an SFP Passive Cable Assembly like the FiberPlex FC-QDAXX1-0-0.5M (see
). These passive cables
are terminated with SFP compatible connectors and are considerably cheaper than using a pair of optical mod-
ules with a fiber jumper. The cables are only useful for short connections.
In this configuration, one SFP port on each FP1004E is occupied by the Passive Cable Assembly leaving one
SFP port on each FP1004E that can still be utilized for optical modules. This also results in 8 local 10/100/
1000 copper ports.
Figure 17. Representative Drawing of an SFP Passive Cable Assembly
SFP MSA Compliance
The SFP Multisource Agreement (MSA) is an agreement that was drafted among competing manufacturers of
SFP optical modules. The SFF Committee was formed to oversee the creation and maintenance of these agree-
ments including the SFP MSA designated as INF-8074i. This agreement describes a mutually agreed upon
