Installation guide

RackSwitch G8124 Installation Guide
BPP-00018-01, December 2009 Chapter 1: RackSwitch G8124 Description and Specifications
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Transceivers are not included with the G8124 switch unit. The following transceivers are available
from Blade Network Technologies:
The RackSwitch G8124 accepts any SFP+ Direct Attach Cable that complies to the MSA
specification.
10/100/1000Base-T Ports
Two 10/100/1000BaseT ports (RJ-45) are located on the front panel. These management ports
support in-line management and Control Plane Stacking.
The following table describes the RJ-45 connector pin assignments.
Table 1 Recommended SFP+ Transceiver
Part number Description
BN-CKM-SP-SR SFP+ 10GBase-SR Short Range Optical Fiber Transceiver
BN-CKM-SP-LR SFP+ 10GBase-LR Long Range Optical Fiber Transceiver
BN-CKM-S-T SFP 1000BASE-T Copper Transceiver
BN-CKM-S-SX SFP 1000BASE-T-SX Short Range Optical Transceiver
BN-CKM-S-LX SFP 1000BASE-LX Long Range Fiber Transceiver
Table 2 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