FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual (620-000171-010, April 2005)

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McDATA Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual
General Information
Tools Supplied with
the Switch
The following tools are supplied with the switch. Use of the tools
may be required to perform one or more installation, test, service, or
verification tasks.
• Loopback plug - An SFP multimode (shortwave laser) or
singlemode (longwave laser) loopback plug (Figure 1-5) is
required to perform port loopback diagnostic tests. One loopback
plug is shipped with the switch, depending on the type of port
transceivers installed. Both plugs are shipped if shortwave laser
and longwave laser transceivers are installed.
Figure 1-5 Loopback Plug
• Fiber-optic protective plug - For safety and port transceiver
protection, fiber-optic protective plugs (Figure 1-6) must be
inserted in all switch ports without fiber-optic cables attached.
The switch is shipped with protective plugs installed in all ports.
Figure 1-6 Fiber-Optic Protective Plug
• Null modem cable - An asynchronous RS-232 null modem cable
(Figure 1-7 on page 1-15) is required to configure switch network
addresses and acquire event log information through the
maintenance port. The cable has nine conductors and DB-9 male
and female connectors.