Specifications

Hardware Overview
28 Enterasys Xpedition 8000/8600 Getting Started Guide
Cabling and Connector Specifications
The following table lists the media specifications for the 1000Base-LX (T-Series) line card.
LEDs
The 1000Base-LX (T-Series) line card uses the following LEDs.
Port type Specification
1000Base-LX • 802.3z standard (also uses 802.3x for flow control)
• SC-style Media Interface Connector (MIC); either connection pin
in the MIC can be used for transmit or receive; see 1000Base-LX
Line Card on page 71 for attaching cables
• 62.5 micron or 50 micron multimode fiber-optic cable
• 9.5 micron singlemode fiber-optic cable
• Maximum 550 meters (1804 feet)
1
segment length for 62.5 micron
multimode fiber-optic cable
• Maximum 550 meters (1804 feet)
1
segment length for 50 micron
multimode fiber-optic cable
• Maximum 5 kilometers (229,659 feet) segment length for 10
micron singlemode fiber-optic cable
1. Mode Conditioning Patch cord required.
LED Description
Offline When lit, this amber LED on the left side of the line card
indicates that the line card is offline (powered off) but is ready
for hot swap.
The Offline LED also is lit briefly during a reboot or reset of the
XP but goes out as soon as the control module discovers the
line card.
Online When lit, this green LED indicates that the line card is online
and is ready to receive, process, and send packets if configured
to do so.