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32 Sun OC48 Packet Over Sonet Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2001
Connecting the Fiber Optic Cables for
SRP
The following procedure completes the connection of your two Sun OC48 Packet
Over Sonet adapters to a SONET.
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To Connect the Fiber Optic Cables
You are now ready to connect the SRP cables. After you configured the SRP node,
one of the cards will be the primary card. The Primary LED on this card will be on.
The Primary LED on the Mate card will be off.
1. Locate the Primary card and the Mate card.
For clarity, consider the Primary card Side A and the Mate card Side B.
2. Locate the Primary card and the Mate card for the neighbor node.
For clarity, consider the Primary card Side A and the Mate card Side B.
3. Determine the connection type you will use for your Sun OC48 Packet Over Sonet
adapter.
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If you are connecting to a SONET network through a switch, use the LC/SC
cable.
Note –
Some switches have LC-type connectors. In such case, use the LC/LC cable
instead.
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If you are connecting to another Sun OC48 Packet Over Sonet adapter in another
system, use the LC/LC cable.
4. Remove the dust covers from the cable connectors.
FIGURE 5-1
shows a detail of the LC connector and the dust cover.