Two-Port Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Interface Modules

This chapter describes the two-port Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet interface module supported by the following systems:

• Catalyst 8540 MSR
  
  
• Catalyst 8540 CSR
  
  

This chapter includes the following sections:

• About Two-Port Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Interface Modules
  
  
• Cabling Two-Port Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Interface Modules
  
  

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Note   All information pertains to both the ATM and Layer 3 platforms, unless differences between the platforms or individual systems are noted in the text.

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About Two-Port Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Interface Modules

The Catalyst 8540 supports a two-port enhanced Gigabit Ethernet interface module. It consists of two one-port Gigabit Ethernet port adapters attached to a carrier module. The port adapters are not hot swappable, but the complete interface module is hot swappable. The interface module is full-duplex, supports Fast EtherChannel operation, and provides built-in ACL functionality. It is available with 16 KB, 64 KB, or 256 KB of memory.

Note   The port adapters within the two-port interface modules must have matching routing table memory. That is, if the ATM OC-12c port adapter has 64 KB of routing table memory, the Gigabit Ethernet port adapter must have 64 KB of routing table memory for the interface module to function properly.

Interface Ports Supported

Table 24-1 identifies the maximum number of two-port enhanced Gigabit Ethernet interface ports supported in each system.

Figure 24-1 shows a two-port enhanced Gigabit Ethernet interface module.

Figure 24-1: Two-Port Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Interface Module

Connections supported

The two-port enhanced Gigabit Ethernet interface module with GBIC technology for flexible port interface types use the following connections:

• Short wavelength multimode fiber
  
  
• Long wavelength multimode fiber
  
  
• Single-mode fiber
  
  
• Gigabit Ethernet over UTP
  
  

Cabling Two-Port Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Interface Modules

This section describes supported cabling configurations for the enhanced two-port interface module that provides 1000-Mbps multimode and single-mode fiber-optic connections. It provides two Gigabit Ethernet ports that have Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) modular transceivers and SC-type fiber connectors.

The port adapters have GBIC modular transceivers and SC-type fiber connectors.

Note   See "Connectors and Connector Pinouts," for cabling requirements.

Two-Port Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Interface Module Connectors

To connect the two-port enhanced Gigabit Ethernet interface module to an external device, use an SC-type connector for multimode and single-mode fiber-optic traffic. (See Figure 24-2.)

Figure 24-2: Two-Port Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Connections and LEDs

Note   See "Connectors and Connector Pinouts," for SC-type connector information. Figure 2-12 shows a GBIC.

Two-Port Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Interface Module LEDs

Figure 24-2 shows the LEDs for the two-port enhanced Gigabit Ethernet interface module. Table 24-2 describes the LEDs.

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