Installing And Removing Sfp Transceivers - Cisco IE 3000 Hardware Installation Manual

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Chapter 2

Switch Installation

Figure 2-31

Connect the other end of the cable to an RJ-45 connector on the other device. The port LED turns on

Step 2

when both the switch and the connected device have established link.

The port LED is amber while Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) discovers the topology and searches for

loops. This can take up to 30 seconds, and then the port LED turns green. If the port LED does not turn

on:

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Reconfigure and reboot the connected device if necessary.

Step 3

Repeat Steps 1 through 3 to connect each device.

Step 4

Installing and Removing SFP Transceivers

These sections describe how to install and remove SFP transceivers. SFP transceivers are inserted into

SFP transceiver ports on the front of the switch or the Cisco IEM-3000-4SM or Cisco IEM-3000-8SM

expansion modules. These field-replaceable transceivers provide the optical interfaces, send (TX) and

receive (RX).

You can use any combination of rugged SFP transceiver. See the Cisco IE 3000 release notes for the list

of supported SFP transceivers. SFP transceiver types must match on both ends of the network cable and

the length of the network cable must not exceed the stipulated cable length for reliable communications.

Supported cable lengths for the SFP transceivers are listed in

Connecting to an Ethernet Port

10/100/1000 port

10/100 ports

The device at the other end might not be turned on.

There might be a cable problem or a problem with the adapter installed in the attached device. See

Chapter 3, "Troubleshooting,"

for solutions to cabling problems.

Cisco IE 3000 Switch Hardware Installation Guide

Connecting Destination Ports

Table C-1 on page

C-6.

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