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Chapter 17 Installing and Removing Line Cards

Attaching Cables

This section contains the following information:

• Attaching Multimode and Single-Mode Optical Fiber Cables, page 17-32

• Attaching RJ-45 Ethernet Cables, page 17-35

• Attaching the 24-Port Channelized E1/T1 Line Card Adapter Cable, page 17-36

• Attaching Coaxial Cables, page 17-37

• Attaching the 4-Port Channelized T3 Half-Height Line Card Optional Y-Cables, page 17-39

Attaching Multimode and Single-Mode Optical Fiber Cables

Before attaching optical fiber cables, we recommend that you first clean them. Attaching dirty fiber-

optic cables to a line card may result in the line card appearing to not function.

For information about cleaning fiber-optic cable connectors and receptacles, see the Inspection and

Cleaning Procedures for Fiber-Optic Connections document and the Compressed Air Cleaning Issues for

Fiber-Optic Connections

for more information on cleaning optical devices.

It provides detailed illustrations and photos of procedures and equipment required to properly clean

fiber-optic connections.

Both simplex (Figure 17-28) and duplex SC- (Figure 17-29) and LC-type (Figure 17-30, Figure 17-31)

connectors are described in this section.

Figure 17-28 Simplex SC-Type Cable and Connector

Figure 17-29 Duplex SC-Type Cable and Connector

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