Who Should Read this Manual? About This Guide
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Who Should Read this Manual?
The audience for this user guide is network administrators and IT support personnel who need to provide 
network connectivity using transceivers on an OmniSwitch.
When Should I Read this Manual?
Read this guide as soon as you are ready to integrate your OmniSwitch into your network and you are 
ready to provide connectivity using the supported transceivers. You should have already stepped through 
the first login procedures and read the brief software overviews in the appropriate OmniSwitch 6250/6350/
6450 Hardware Guide.
This guide includes information about the supported OmniSwitch transceivers.
• Transceiver specifications
• Transceiver compatibility information
What is Not in this Manual?
Procedures for switch management methods, such as CLI, web-based (WebView or OmniVista) or SNMP, 
are outside the scope of this guide. 
For information on WebView and SNMP switch management methods consult the OmniSwitch 6250/
6350/6450 Switch Management Guide. Information on using WebView and OmniVista can be found in the 
context-sensitive on-line help available with those network management applications.
This guide is designed to provide transceiver specification and compatibility information only and is not 
intended as a reference for any CLI commands or configuration information. Refer to the Documentation 
Roadmap for a list of available user guides.
How is the Information Organized?
Chapters in this guide are broken down by transceiver type. Additional sub-sections are provided for the 
various types of transceivers.
Specification Information. Each transceiver has an associated table providing individual specifications 
for all supported transceivers.
Compatibility Information. A compatibility chart is provided for each transceiver specifying which 
modules or switch the transceiver is supported on.