User guide

Who Should Read this Manual? About This Guide
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Who Should Read this Manual?
The audience for this user guide is network administrators and IT support personnel who need to provide
network connectivity using SFP transceivers on an OmniSwitch.
When Should I Read this Manual?
Read this guide as soon as you are ready to integrate your OmniSwitch into your network and you are
ready to provide connectivity using the supported transceivers. You should have already stepped through
the first login procedures and read the brief software overviews in the appropriate OmniSwitch 6250/6450
Getting Started Guide and OmniSwitch 6250/6450 Hardware Guide.
This guide includes information about the supported OmniSwitch transceivers.
• SFP specifications
• SFP compatibility information
What is Not in this Manual?
Procedures for switch management methods, such as CLI, web-based (WebView or OmniVista) or SNMP,
are outside the scope of this guide.
For information on WebView and SNMP switch management methods consult the OmniSwitch 6250/6450
Switch Management Guide. Information on using WebView and OmniVista can be found in the context-
sensitive on-line help available with those network management applications.
This guide is designed to provide transceiver specification and compatibility information only and is not
intended as a reference for any CLI commands or configuration information. Refer to the Documentation
Roadmap for a list of available user guides.
How is the Information Organized?
Chapters in this guide are broken down by transceiver type, SFP or XPF. Additional sub-sections are
provided for the various types of transceivers.
Specification Information. Each transceiver has an associated table providing individual specifications
for all supported transceivers.
Compatibility Information. A compatibility chart is provided for each transceiver specifying which
modules or switch the transceiver is supported on.