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Numerics

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Numerics

1000BaseLX/LH ports

: connectors A-7

1000BaseSX ports

: connectors 3-20, A-7
: description 1-17

1000 Mbps LED 1-13

100BaseFX ports

: connectors A-7

100BaseTX cabling

: Fast Ethernet ports 1-17

100BaseTX ports

: connectors, RJ-45 MDIX or 4-pin MII 3-20
: pinouts A-5

100 Mbps LED 1-13

40-pin MII connectors

: connecting 3-20

A

ACTIVE LED 1-13

address allocator 1-23

air temperature, monitoring 1-21

alarms, status conditions 1-20

alarm status levels 1-20

auxiliary ports

: support (note) 1-15, A-2

AUX ports

: See auxiliary ports

B

baud rate

: distance relationship 2-3
: terminal 3-19

BER, preventing (note) 2-5

bit error rate

: See BER

BOOT environment variable

: setting 3-10

booting

after upgrade

: software release requirements 3-10

boot process

: observing LEDs 3-25

C

cabling

available transceivers for 2-10

components 2-2

connecting switch and remote DCE device 3-17

determining distances 2-3

fiber-optic distances 2-7

specifications

: GBIC port A-8
: uplink modules A-4

unconditioned laser source on SMF B-1

cards

: EARL, removing 3-11
: installing NFFC 3-11
: optional daughter card 1-18

compliance specifications, standards A-9

connections, planning 2-10

connectors

: 100BaseTX MII 3-21
: 100BaseTX RJ-45 3-20
: DCE and DTE 3-17
: interfaces 1-3
: MT-RJ fiber-optic 3-22
: RJ-45 MDIX 1-2, 3-20, A-6
: SC fiber-optic 3-21

console ports

configuring baud rate 3-19

connecting terminals 3-16

description 1-14

mode switch 1-16

Supervisor Engine III

: description 1-15
: pinouts A-2

Supervisor Engines I and II

: description 1-15, A-1
: pinouts A-1

Supervisor Engines II G and III G

: pinouts A-3

conventions, document xiii

copy command 1-23

core-switching logic

: description 1-18
: Supervisor Engine II feature 1-2

critical status level 1-21

D

diagnostic tests

: during hot swapping 1-20

differential mode delay

: See DMD

dispersion limit, power budget example 2-8

distances

: cabling 2-3
: EIA/TIA-232 signals 2-3
: fiber-optic cabling 2-7
: serial signals 2-3

DMD

: description B-1

DRAM default software 1-22

E

EARL

: removing existing card 3-11
: with Supervisor Engine III 1-5

EEPROM

: description 1-23

EIA/TIA-232 signal distances 2-3

ejector levers 3-2

Enhanced Address Recognition Logic

: See EARL

environmental monitoring

: system status levels 1-20

erroneous failure messages (caution) 1-20

estimating link loss 2-10

Ethernet transceivers 2-10

examples

: configuration using patch cord 2-6
: dispersion limit, multimode power budget 2-8

excessive link spans B-3

F

faceplates

: uplink modules 1-7

failure messages, erroneous (caution) 1-20

FAN LED 1-11, 3-25

Fast Ethernet

: connector interfaces 1-3
: ports 1-17

features

: hardware-based switching 1-18
: hot swapping 1-19
: redundancy and load-sharing 1-19

fiber-optic cabling

: distance specifications 2-7
: multimode power budgeting 2-7

fiber-optic connectors 3-21

: interface connections 1-3

file management commands 1-23

Flash file system

: managing 1-23

Flash memory

: description 1-23

Flash PC cards

: installing 3-15
: removing 3-16
: sizes (note) 3-14
: slots, Supervisor Engine III 1-16
: using 3-14
: write protection switch (figure) 3-15

front panels

: supervisor engine modules 1-9

full-duplex operation

: Fast Ethernet ports 1-17
: Gigabit Ethernet ports 1-17

G

GBIC

: cabling specifications A-7
: description 3-22
: uplink ports 1-6
: with Gigabit Ethernet ports 1-17

Gigabit Ethernet

: DMD occurences B-2
: module, installing GBICs into A-7
: ports 1-17

Gigabit Interface Converter

: See GBIC

H

half-duplex operation

: Fast Ethernet ports 1-17

hardware-based switching 1-18

higher order loss 2-9

high-speed switching 1-17

hot swapping

: description 1-19
: system operation during 1-20

I

IEEE specification B-1

initialization operations 3-26

installing

: NFFC/NFFC II 3-10
: RSFCs 3-12
: supervisor engine 3-5
: uplink modules 3-7

installing the supervisor engine

: avoiding problems 3-2
: connecting interface ports 3-19
: connecting terminals to console ports 3-16
: Flash PC cards 3-15
: preparing for 2-1
: removing 3-3
: required tools 3-2
: verifying system operation 3-24

interface

: equipment, planning 2-10
: ports A-4

IOS software

: configuring RSFCs 1-16

L

lasers B-2

LEDs

: 1000 Mbps 1-13
: 100 Mbps 1-13
: ACTIVE 1-13
: FAN 1-11, 3-25
: LINK 1-13, 3-25
: power budgeting 2-9
: PS1 1-12, 3-25
: PS2 1-12, 3-25
: SLOT 1 1-13
: SLOT 2 1-13
: SWITCH LOAD 1-13
: SYSTEM STATUS 1-11, 1-21, 3-25

LED transmission B-2

light pathways

: See modes

LINK LED 1-13, 3-25

link loss

: determining 2-8
: estimating 2-10

link spans, excessive B-3

M

MAC addresses

: EEPROM address allocator 1-23
: in bridge address table 1-2
: learning 1-18

maximum cable distances 2-4

Media Access Control

: See MAC addresses

memory 1-22

messages

: erroneous failure (caution) 1-20

MII connectors

: connecting 3-20
: interfaces 1-3
: locations 1-5
: pinouts A-5

MMF connectors

: connecting 3-21

modes

: fiber B-1

modules

: interface addresses 1-22
: power margin 2-9

monitoring

: air temperature 1-21
: environmental conditions 1-20

MT-RJ fiber-optic connectors 3-22

multimode fiber connectors

: See MMF connectors

multimode fiber-optic connectors

: interfaces 1-3
: locations 1-5

multimode power budgeting

: calculations 2-7
: dispersion limit example 2-8

multiprotocol routing

: RSFC console port 1-16

N

NetFlow Feature Card

: See NFFCs

NFFCs 3-10

normal status level 1-20

NVRAM

: using 1-22

O

: out-of-tolerance condition 1-20
: overfilled launch condition B-2

P

patch cords

: compliance requirements (note) 2-6
: installing 2-5

PCMCIA

: See Flash PC cards

physical interface addresses 1-22

ports

auxiliary A-2

connecting interface ports 3-19

connecting terminals 3-16

console

: Supervisor Engine I and II A-1
: Supervisor Engine III A-2

interface A-4

power budgeting

: approximating power margin 2-9
: estimating 2-8
: multimode 2-7

powering on 3-25

power supply

: automatic shutdown 1-21
: voltage level monitoring 1-20

PS1 LED 1-12, 3-25

PS2 LED 1-12, 3-25

R

redundant supervisor engines 1-24

reinitializing, system (caution) 1-20

removing and replacing

: required tools 3-2
: supervisor engine 3-1
: uplink modules 3-7

Reset button 1-13

RJ-45 MDIX connectors

: connecting 3-20
: interfaces 1-3
: locations 1-5
: pinouts A-6
: Supervisor Engine I and II 1-2

Route Switch Feature Cards

: See RSFCs

routing, multiprotocol 1-16

RSFCs

: console ports 1-15
: installing 3-12

S

SC fiber-optic connectors

: connecting 3-21

T

temperature, out-of-tolerance 1-20

terminal

: configuring baud rate 3-19
: connecting to 3-16

tools, required for installation 3-2

traffic load

: See Switch Load display 1-14

transceivers

: Ethernet 2-10

transmission speeds

: See baud rate

U

upgrade, NFFC/NFFC II 3-10

uplink modules

: adding 3-9
: availability (table) 1-7
: cabling specifications A-4
: configuring with Supervisor Engine III 1-5
: faceplates (figures) 1-7
: removing and replacing 3-7

V

: voltage, out-of-tolerance 1-20

W

: write-protect switch location 3-15

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