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Connecting to an Ethernet network
Connecting to an Ethernet network
Supported Ethernet
connections
The appliance has two onboard 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet ports. It also
supports the following Ethernet network interface cards (NICs) in the internal
PCI riser:
◆
10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) NIC, with an
RJ45 connection
◆
GbE NIC, with a fiber optic connection
Note
See the System Configuration Guide at http://now.netapp.com for slot
assignments.
Cabling
requirements
The following table lists the cabling requirements for the system Ethernet
connections.
For detailed
information
For detailed information about network connections, see the following sections:
◆
“
Connecting through an RJ45 connection
” on page 13
◆
“
Connecting through a fiber optic GbE network
” on page 14
Ethernet
adapter type
Type of cable used
Maximum
distance
10Base-T/
100Base-TX
Category 3 (10Base-T only) or 5 (10Base-
T/100Base-TX) unshielded twisted-pair
(UTP) cable with RJ-45 connectors
100m
10Base-T/
100Base-TX/
1000Base-T GbE
Category 5 UTP cable with RJ-45
connector for the copper GbE adapter
only
100m
GbE fiber optic
connection
50 micron multimode fiber optic cable,
SC connector
550m
62.5 micron multimode fiber optic cable,
SC connector
220m
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