Installation guide

RackSwitch G8000 Installation
BPP-00007-01, December 2009 Chapter 1: RackSwitch G8000 Description and Specifications
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Switch Ports
The RackSwitch G8000 switch ports and port options are described below.
10/100/1000Base-T Ports
44 10/100/1000BaseT ports (RJ-45) are located on the front panel. In-line management and Control
Plane Stacking are supported by using one or more of the RJ-45 ports for management.
The G8000 is designed to accept most standard 10/100/1000Base-T (category 5) cables.
The following table describes the RJ-45 connector pin assignments:
SFP Slots
Four 1Gbps Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) slots are located on the front panel. These slots
accept approved optical or copper SFP transceivers. SFP transceivers are not included with the
G8000 switch unit.
The following SFP transceivers are available from Blade Network Technologies:
Table 1 RJ-45 Port Pin Assignments
Pin number Signal Description
1 BI DA+ Bi-directional data pair A positive
2 BI DA- Bi-directional data pair A negative
3 BI DB+ Bi-directional data pair B positive
4 BI DC+ Bi-directional data pair C positive
5 BI DC- Bi-directional data pair C negative
6 BI DB- Bi-directional data pair B negative
7 BI DD+ Bi-directional data pair D positive
8 BI DD- Bi-directional data pair D negative
Table 2 Recommended SFP Transceivers
Part number Description
BN-CKM-S-T SFP 1000Base-T Copper Transceiver
BN-CKM-S-SX SFP 1000Base-SX Short Range Fiber Transceiver
BN-CKM-S-LX SFP 1000BASE-LX Long Range Fiber Transceiver