Users Guide

4–Installing the Hardware

Installation of the Add-In NIC

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Fiber Optic

To connect a fiber optic cable:

1. Select an appropriate cable. Table 4-2 lists the fiber optic cable

requirements for connecting to 1000 and 2500BASE-X ports. See also the

tables in “Supported SFP+ Modules Per NIC” on page 260.

2. Connect one end of the cable to the fiber optic connector on the adapter.

3. Connect the other end of the cable to an fiber optic Ethernet network port.

Table 4-2. 1000/2500BASE-X Fiber Optic Specifications

Port Type Connector Media

Maximum

Distance

1000BASE-X Small form factor (SFF) transceiver

with LC™ connection system

(Infineon

part number

V23818-K305-L57)

Multimode fiber (MMF)

System optimized for

62.5/50µm graded index

fiber

550m (1804 ft)

2500BASE-X

Electricals are leveraged from IEEE 802.3ae-2002 (XAUI). 2500BASE-X is a term used by Marvell to describe 2.5Gbp

(3.125GBd) operation.

Small form factor (SFF) transceiver