Making connections to network equipment, Prerequisites, Connecting cables to network equipment – Avaya C360 User Manual

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Installation

44 Installation and Configuration Guide Avaya C360 Multilayer Stackable Switches, version 4.5

Figure 14: Plug for Unused Stacking Ports

Making Connections to Network Equipment

This section describes the physical connections that you can make between the C360 switch
and other network equipment.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following before attempting to connect network equipment to the C360:

A list of network equipment to be connected to the C360, detailing the connector types on
the various units

All required cables, as specified in

Connecting Cables to Network Equipment

. Appropriate

cables are available from your local supplier.

Connecting Cables to Network Equipment

C360 switches include the following types of ports (according to the speed and standard they
support): 10/100BASE-T (PoE on the C360-PWR) and SFP GBIC

Tip:

Tip:

See

http://support.avaya.com

for a list of compatible NICs.

To connect the cables:

1. If you are using an SFP GBIC (Small Form Factor Plugable Gigabit Interface Converter)

transceiver, see

Installing SFP GBIC Transceivers

.

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