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-E Series Hardware Installation Guide M0201AA
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Abbreviations Used in this Guide
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS GUIDE
AUT Auxiliary Transport LED Light Emitting Diode
AUX Auxiliary MHz Megahertz
C Celsius Mm Millimeter
CAN Central Area Node MMF Multi-Mode Fiber
CAP L
Carrier Access Point, Low Power NC Normally Closed
Cat Category NO Normally Open
CAT Copper Transport OAP Optimized Access Point
COM Communication or Common OPT Optical Transport
dB Decibel PN Part Number
dBc Decibels (referenced to the carrier) PoCAT Power over Cate-gory 6A cable
dBm Decibel-milliwatts PoE Power over Ethernet
DC Direct Current POI Point of Interface
EFTA European Free Trade Association RAN Regional-Area Network
EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility RF Radio Frequency
EU European Union RFD RF Donor
F Fahrenheit RTN Return
FCC Federal Communications Commission RU Rack Unit
Gb Gigabyte SFP Small Form-Factor Pluggable
Gbps Gigabits per second SMF Single-Mode Fiber
GHz Gigahertz SUI System User Inter-face
IC Industry Canada TEN Transport Expan-sion Node
IFC Interface Card UAP Universal Access Point
kg Kilogram Vdc Volts, direct cur-rent
LCD Liquid-Crystal Display W Watts