LevelOne GVS-3800 - Manual (Page 11)

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2. Installation
2-1. Cable and Hardware Installation
(Web Smart Media Converters)
⇒
Wear a grounding device for electrostatic discharge
⇒ Verify that the AC-DC adapter conforms to your country AC power requirement
and then insert the power plug
• • • •
TP Cable
⇒
Use Cat. 5 TP cable to connect server/host or workstation to TP port of the
converter
⇒ TP port supports MDI/MDI-X auto-crossover, use:
 straight-through cable (Cable pin-outs for RJ-45 jack 1, 2, 3, 6 to 1, 2, 3, 6)
to cascade or up-link the converter to an upper layer L2/L3 switch or
server/host/workstation
⇒ TP Cable Limitations: Cat. 5 and up to 100m
• • • •
Fiber Cable
⇒
Use fiber cable to connect FX port of an upper layer converter
⇒
Fiber Cable Limitations:
SC Converter Models
Multi-mode Half-duplex 412m
Multi-mode Full-duplex
2Km
Single-mode Half-duplex 412m
Single-mode Full-duplex
10/30/50Km
Table 2-1
Note: The other side of the fiber cable plugged into the converter’s RX connector at
the near end should plug into the FX device’s TX connector at the far end,
and vice versa.
2-2. Cable and Hardware Installation
(Web Smart Media Converter Chassis)
2.5mm
DC Receptacle 2.5mm
1A@+5V for each slot
DC receptacle is 2.5mm wide that
matches and conforms to the Media
Converter 2.5mm DC jack's central
post. Do not install any improper unit
or model of the Media Converter.
⇒
The slide-in Media Converters and Converter
Rack should be supplied only from the same
source; both Media Converters and Rack are built
to match each other at dimensions, DC power
jack, DC receptacle and power safety.
⇒
Turn off the 19" converter rack power.
⇒
Verify the Media Converter is right for this Rack and
locate +5VDC power jack on converter back, and
carefully slide in and plug to match 19" rack slot
+5VDC receptacle.