Cabling and connector specifications leds – Enterasys Networks X-Pedition 2000 User Manual

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Enterasys X-Pedition 2000 Getting Started Guide

17

Hardware Overview

Cabling and Connector Specifications

The following table lists the media specifications for the 1000BASE-LX expansion module.

LEDs

The 1000BASE-LX expansion module uses the following LEDs.

Table 11. 1000BASE-LX expansion module specifications

Port type

Specification

1000Base-LX

802.3z standard (also uses 802.3x for flow control)

SC-style Media Interface Connector (MIC)

62.5 micron or 50 micron multimode fiber-optic cable

9.5 micron single-mode fiber-optic cable

Maximum 550 meters (1804 feet)

1

segment length for 62.5 micron

fiber-optic cable, based on installed fiber bandwidth

Maximum 550 meters (1804 feet) segment length for 50 micron fiber-
optic cable, based on installed fiber bandwidth

Maximum 5 kilometers (229,659 feet) segment length for 10 micron
single-mode fiber-optic cable

1. Patch cord required.

Table 12. 1000BASE-LX expansion module LEDs

LED

Description

Per-port Link

Green – indicates that the port hardware detects a cable plugged into the
port and a good link is established.

Red (intermittent) – indicates that the port received an error during
operation.

Red (solid) – indicates that the port hardware detects a cable plugged
into the port, however, a bad link is established.

Off – indicates that no link from exists with the port.

Per-port Rx

Green – indicates when the port’s transceiver receives packets.

Orange – indicates when the port’s transceiver receives flow-control
packets.

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