Installation guide

Connectivity
1-6 Introduction
Connectivity
7G4280-19
The7G428019DFE modulehas18,1000BASEXcompliant,SmallFormFactorPluggable
(SFP)fixedfrontpanelportslotsforGigabitEthernetconnectionsusingoptionalMini
GigabitInterfaceCards(MiniGBICs).Theportslotsenableyoutoinstalla
mixandmatchnumberofSFPstomeetaneedforvarious
GigabitEthernetconnections.
Thereisalsoaslotforanoptional7G6MGBIC/7G6MGBICAEthernetinterfacemodule.
The7G428019DFE modulecanbeinstalledinaMatrixE7, N7,N5,N3orN1chassis,but
onlysupportsFTM2databackplaneinterconnectionsintheMatrix E7chassis.Traffic flow
fromFTM2to
FTM1canonlybeaccomplishedwitha7H438225,7H 438249,7H438349,
or7H438549DFE module.
7G-6MGBIC/7G-6MGBIC-A
Theoptional7G6MGBIC/7G6MGBICAprovidesuptosixadditional1Gigabitport
slotsforamixandmatchnumberofoptionalMiniGBICs.
Mini-GBICs
AttheprintingofthisdocumentthefollowingsixMiniGBICstosupport1Gbps
fiberopticorcopperconnectionswereavailable.
•MGBICLC01fora1000BASESXcompliantLCfiberopticmultimodeconnection
•MGBICLC03fora1000BASESXcompliantLCfiberopticmultimodeconnection
•MGBICLC09fora1000BASELX
compliantLCfiberopticsinglemodeconnection
•MGBICMT01fora1000BAS ESXcompliantMTRJfiberopticsinglemode
connection
•MGBIC08fora1000BASE ELXcompliantLCfiberopticsinglemodeconnection
•MGBIC02fora1000BASE TcompliantRJ45copperconnection
Table 1-1 Optional Ethernet Interface Module, Compliance, and Physical
Connection
Ethernet Interface Module Compliant to Physical Connection
7G-6MGBIC (not supported on
all DFE modules)
1-Gigabit Ethernet Six port slots that support optional hot-
swappable Mini-GBICs.
7G-6MGBIC-A 1-Gigabit Ethernet Six port slots that support optional hot-
swappable Mini-GBICs.