KBC Networks ESML8P-PC2 - Manual (Page 19)

Manual-ESML8P-PC2_Series-Rev1211
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Cabling 3.6
• Use four twisted-pair, Category 5e or above cabling for RJ-45 port connection. The cable
between the switch and the link partner (switch, hub, workstation, etc.) must be less than
100 meters (328 ft.) long.
• Gigabit Copper/SFP (mini-GBIC) combo port:
The Industrial switch has auto-detect Giga—Gigabit Copper/SFP combo ports. The Gigabit Copper
(10/100/1000T) ports should use Category 5e or above UTP/STP cable for a connection speed of
up to 1000Mbps. The small form-factor pluggable (SFP) is a compact optical transceiver used in
optical communications for both telecommunication and data communications. The SFP slots
supporting dual mode can switch the connection speed between 100 and 1000Mbps. They are
used to connect to the network segment with single or multimode fiber. You can choose the
appropriate SFP transceiver to plug into the SFP socket. Then use appropriate multimode or
singlemode fiber cable according to the transceiver.
Note: The particular SFP/Copper Combo port is deemed to be a single port. Either the SFP or
Copper port works; the SFP and Copper ports cannot both work at the same time.
The SFP port has the higher priority than the corresponding copper port; if you insert the 1000M
SFP transceiver (which has connected a fiber cable between that transceiver and a remote node)
into the SFP port, the connection of the corresponding copper port will link down.
If you insert the 100M SFP transceiver into the SFP port even without a fiber cable between that
transceiver and a remote node, the connection of the corresponding copper port will link down
immediately.
SFP Connection
To connect the transceiver and the LC cable, please follow the steps shown below:
First, insert the transceiver into the SFP slot. Notice that the triangle mark indicates the bottom
of the slot.