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Cisco CWDM Passive Optical System Installation Note
78-16565-02
Connecting the CWDM Passive Optical System to Your System
Figure 17 Cabling a CWDM Dual Single-Channel OADM Module
Note Before removing the dust plugs and making any optical connections, observe the following guidelines:
• Always keep the protective dust plugs on the unplugged fiber-optic cable connectors and the
transceiver optical bores until you are ready to make a connection.
• Always inspect and clean the SC connector end-faces just before making any connections. Refer to
the Tip on this page for a pointer to a fiber-optic inspection and cleaning white paper.
• Always grasp the SC connector housing to plug or unplug a fiber-optic cable.
Step 2 Remove the dust plugs from the network interface cable connector and the transceiver optical bore. Save
the dust plugs for future use.
Step 3 Inspect and clean the connector’s fiber-optic end-faces. Refer to the Tip below for a pointer to the
fiber-optic inspection and cleaning white paper.
Tip For complete information on inspecting and cleaning fiber-optic connections, refer to the whitepaper at
this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk482/tk607/technologies_white_paper09186a0080254eba.shtml
LINK
LINK
120029
CAB-SM-LCSC-1M
SC
connector
CWDM
GBIC
CWDM
SFP
Module
Dual
Single-Channel
OADM module
TX
RX
RX
TX
RX
TX
WEST
EAST
1550
EQUIPMENT
NET
CWDM-
OADM1-
1550
TX
RX
1550
M
O
N
ITO
R
N
ETW
O
RK
TX
RX
RX
TX
M
O
NIT
O
R
NE
TW
O
R
K
TX
RX
RX
TX
RX
TX
W
EST
EAST
1570
EQUIPMENT
NET
CW
DM
-
OADM
1-
1570
TX
RX
1550
MONITOR
NETWORK
TX
RX
RX
TX
MONITOR
NETWORK
LC connector
LC
connector
To network
To optional optical
spectrum analyzer
To network
To optional optical
spectrum analyzer
Module