Installation and Getting Started Guide
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• 1000BaseLX ports come equipped with SC connectors.
• 1000BaseT ports come equipped with RJ-45 connectors.
Figure 2.9 Pin assignment and signalling for 10/100BaseTX and 1000BaseT ports
Cable Length
• 1000BaseT: Cable length should not exceed 100 meters.
• 100BaseTX: Cable length should not exceed 100 meters.
• 100BaseFX: Cable length should not exceed 2 kilometers.
• 1000BaseSX: Cable length should not exceed 550 meters when operating with multi-mode cabling.
• 1000BaseLX:
• Cable length of 2 – 440 meters is supported on 62.5 µm multi-mode fiber (MMF) cabling.
• Cable length of 2 – 550 meters is supported on 50 µm multi-mode fiber (MMF) cabling.
• Cable length of 2 – 5000 meters is supported on 9 µm single-mode fiber (SMF) cabling.
Table 2.2: Cable length summary table
Fiber Type Core
Diameter
(microns)
Modal
Bandwidth
(MHz*km)
Minimum
Range
(meters)
1000BaseSX MMF 62.5 160
2 – 200
a
MMF 62.5 200
2 – 275
b
MMF 50 400 2 – 500
MMF 50 500
2 – 550
c
1000BaseLX MMF 62.5 500 2 – 550
MMF 50 400 2 – 550
MMF 50 500 2 – 550
SMF 9 n/a 2 – 5000
Pin Assignment Pin Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Pin Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
8
1
1
8
MDI-X ports
RD+
RD-
TD
Not used
TD-
Not used
Not used
Not used
100BaseTX and 1000BaseT
10BaseT
MDI-X ports
RD+
RD-
TD
CMT
TD-
CMT
CMT
CMT