Installation guide

Connectivity
1-4 Introduction
Connectivity
TheswitchconnectstoEthernetnetworksorworkstationsviathefixedfrontpanelRJ45
connectorsandfouruplinkportsthatsupportoptionalMini‐GBICs.
Atthetimeofthisprinting,theMini‐GBICsthatareavailablefromEnterasysand
supportedbyC3switchesaredescribedinTable 1‐1below.TheseMini‐
GBICsmeetor
exceedtheIEEE802.3z‐1998standard.
Management
Managementofthemodulecanbeeitherin‐bandorout‐of‐band.In‐bandremote
managementispossibleusingTelnet,Enterasys Networks’NetSight
®
management
application,ortheWebViewapplication.Out‐of‐bandmanagementisprovidedthrough
theDB9ConsoleportconnectoronthefrontpanelusingaVT100terminaloraVT 100
terminalemulator.
Switch Configuration Using WebView
Enterasys Networks’HTTP‐basedWebmanagementapplication(WebView)isan
intuitivewebtoolforsimplemanagementtasks.
Table 1-1 Description of Mini-GBICs
Mini-GBIC Specification
MGBIC-LC01 Provides one 1000BASE-SX compliant LC fiber-optic multimode port and a
standard LC connector. For optical and operating range specifications, refer to
“MGBIC-LC01/MGBIC-MT01 Specifications (1000BASE-SX)” on page A-4.
MGBIC-LC03 Provides one 1000BASE-SX compliant LC fiber-optic multimode port with a
standard LC duplex connector. For optical and operating range specifications,
refer to “MGBIC-LC03 Specifications (1000BASE-SX)” on page A-4.
MGBIC-LC09 Provides one 1000BASE-LX compliant LC fiber-optic single-mode port with a
standard LC connector. For optical and operating range specifications, refer to
“MGBIC-LC09 Specifications (1000BASE-LX)” on page A-5.
MGBIC-MT01 Provides one 1000BASE-SX compliant LC fiber-optic multimode port with a
standard MT-RJ connector. For optical and operating range specifications,
refer to “MGBIC-LC01/MGBIC-MT01 Specifications (1000BASE-SX)” on
page A-4.
MGBIC-08 Provides one 1000BASE-ELX compliant LC fiber-optic single-mode port with a
standard LC connector. For optical and operating range specifications, refer to
“MGBIC-08 Specifications (1000BASE-ELX)” on page A-5.
MGBIC-02 Provides one RJ45 copper connection that is compliant with the 1000BASE-T
standard RJ45 connector. For operating range specifications, refer to
“MGBIC-02 Specifications (1000BASE-T)” on page A-6.