Specifications
Appendix A 
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Side 
Because most of the cards for the FRM220 series support in-band management, the "Side" parameter lets the 
user know if he is in the management screen for the "Local" or in the FRM220 chassis or for the "Remote" or fiber 
connected stand-alone converter. 
Type 
The field just tells the type of card installed in the slot (for local) or attached by fiber (for remote). 
Version 
The version parameter is broken into four fields as follows: 1.100-1.001-0.000-0.000 
The first field represents the hardware version (version 1.1 in this case), the second field shows the firmware 
or software version (version 1.001 shown here), the third field shows the CPLD version and the forth field the 
FPGA version where applicable. The 10/100i has no CPLD or FPGA so those fields are shown as zeros. 
A.3.4.2 FX Information 
The FX Information shows the current state and settings of the optical interface of the media converter. 
Link 
This field represents the fiber link state, either 'Up' or 'Down'. 
FEF 
FEF or Far End Fault uses a combination of standard IEEE802.3u and OAM to detect faults originating from 
the remote or "far end" unit. If the remote has LLF enabled and its UTP link goes down, the local side will receive 
the FEF code and FEF will be 'On'. If the remote unit is powered off, the local will also receive FEF code as well as 
dying gasp (see Remote PWR). 
Remote PWR 
In a normal link this field will have a status of 'Ok'. If a remote converter experiences a power failure, it will 
issue a FEF in what is commonly referred to as "dying gasp" to the local unit. In this case the administrator will be 
able to distinguish between a fiber down from broken fiber or fiber down because of remote power failure. 
SFP 
This field will be 'No' if the converter is using a standard fixed (1x9) transceiver and will be 'Yes' if the converter 
uses an SFP for optical connection (FRM220-10/100iS model). 
DD 
Digital Diagnostics is an extended function of SFP modules that is specified in MSA (Multi-Source Agreements). 
Standard information that can be read from SFP includes the manufacture's name, model and serial number of the 
SFP. DD includes real time values for transmit and receive power and temperature within the SFP. 
Examples of SFP without and with DD function. 










