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1. Good things small packages The media converters are easy to install literally plug and play tiny enough to fit in anywhere and very economical Use them to bring fiber to the desktop or add fiber segments to your network to gain extra distance up to 43 5 miles 70 km with single mode fiber blackbox com Twice the conversion power An Industrial MultiPower Media Converter enables you to connect 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps twisted pair network segments to fiber optic cabling It s both a media and data rate converter with 10 100 auto negotiation on the twisted pair port The fiber port operates at 100 Mbps You can also choose Gigabit models to link 1000BASE TX twisted pair network segments to 1OOOBASE LX fiber optic cabling All Industrial MultiPower Media Converters have an HDX FDX function for half and full duplex autosensing Installation is easy Just connect an Industrial MultiPower Media Converter to the RJ 45 connector on your PC s 10 or 100 Mbps Ethernet port using CAT5e cable then connect fiber optic cable to the other side of the media converter What s more these tiny converters tuck unobtrusively behind your PC lt gt BLACK BOX NETWORK SERVICES 10 2 2012 27201 724 746 5500 blackbox com Go the distance with fiber The converters using multimode fiber support distances of up to 984 2 feet 300 m or 1 2 miles 2 km enough distance for most LAN applications Fo2. 802 3ab might not sound like much compared to fiber it s the same distance limit as Fast Ethernet on Category 5 cabling But what can do with it At a billion bits per second Gigabit Ethernet has the potential to blow through virtually any bandwidth bottleneck continued on page 6 lt gt BLACK BOX NETWORK SERVICES 10 2 2012 27201 724 746 5500 Technically Speaking continued from page 5 Gigabit Ethernet makes it possible to blast packets through even the most congested links Gigabit Ethernet can be used to build enormous switched networks and move traffic through them at blinding speed It s a perfect choice for delay sensitive applications such as voice and video Gigabit Ethernet makes sense when you re using switched Ethernet or switched Fast Ethernet and when a bottleneck forms Recognize any of these situations e You wait more than 30 minutes to get through to a vendor s tech support e The so called tech can t help you or gives you the wrong answer e You don t have a purchase order number and the tech refuses to help you e t s9 p m and you need help but your vendor s tech support line is closed above the LAN based hubs The Gigabit per second speed opens a fat pipe where all LAN traffic can flow freely Gigabit over copper will probably find its place in server connections and intrabuilding backbones areas that are still largely the domain of Category 5 cabling Instead
3. KS BLACK BOX FREE 24 hour Tech Support 724 746 5500 NETWORK SERVICES blackbox com 2012 All rights reserved Black Box Corporation Tee a epee Pee Ae rra Faia Boo T iiare Rae forte te et Miniature B im ober ac Fie Fa 2 eo a e CH 10 2 2012 27201 10 2 2012 27201 724 746 5500 Industrial Multi Power Media Converters extend your 10 100BASE T network beyond the 328 foot 100 m limit perfect for connecting remote workstations Duplex Single Mode Fiber Optic Cable up to 43 5 miles 70 km Industrial Multi Power Media Converter LGC320A R2 CATx Cable 8 Port Hardened Gigabit Switch LGHO08A 7 CATx Cable Industrial Multi Power Media Converter LGC320A R2 Industrial Multi Power Media Converter LGC320A R2 Industrial Device CATx Cable Industrial Device CATx Cable Industrial Multi Power Media Converter LGC320A R2 Duplex Single Mode Fiber Optic Cable up to 43 5 miles 70 km Now it s easier than ever to bring fiber to your network no matter if your network is soread across a business campus a large industrial site or over great distances and or subjected to temperature extremes Industrial MultiPower Media Converters bring fiber to the desktop These hardened media converters can be powered up one of four ways and operate in temperature extremes from 13 to 158 F 25 to 70 C
4. TX 100 m 328 ft Why replace 10BASE T Ethernet Fast Ethernet hasn t come close to completely replacing 10BASE T Ethernet but in some cases 10BASE T simply can t keep up with new multimedia applications and large files that have become a large part of many corporate networks And with increased network density data throughput suffers greatly Some earlier solutions to lagging network throughput looked promising For example using full duplex switches on a 10 Mbps network known as switched Ethernet effectively increased data rates to 20 Mbps However many high bandwidth applications and large data files have since outgrown switched Ethernet The solution In light of these issues adding 100 Mbps network segments or islands to existing 1OBASE T networks has become a popular method of improving network throughput and some features of Fast Ethernet make this option an attractive one First because the data is constructed the same way for both 10BASE T and 100BASE T 100BASE T is interoperable with 10BASE T through the use of 10 100 Mbps devices Plus the cost of adding these 100 Mbps network islands to your Ethernet is minimal especially when compared to the cost of a full blown network upgrade How do add 100BASE T to my Ethernet LAN You can add a 100BASE T island to your 10BASE T network with a 10 100 Mbps Ethernet hub or a 10 100 Mbps Ethernet switch If you use a hub to incorporate Fast Ethernet
5. if you order an LICO52A R2 for one end of your 20 kilometer link you must order an LICO53A R2 for the other end of the link Duplex Fiber Multimode 1300 nm 2 km s USB port SIS LIC022A R2 AEI SC LIC023A R2 USB Power Adapter Cable CLC Single Mode 1310 nm 40 km ot ER nting and powering Indus riral MultiPower Media ST LIC024A R2 IIVET TETO OTAR a SC LIC025A R2 Miniature Media Converter Power Tray 18 Slot Single Mode Long 1310 nm 80 km AC Power__ LHC018A AC R2 ST LIC026A R2 SE OPA PET TAANE AAA EN SE OE SC LIC027A R2 GigaBase 350 CAT5e Patch Cable 4 Pair Straight Single Strand Fiber Pinned PVC 10 ft 3 0 m EVNSL85 0010 Single Mode 1310 nm TX 1550 nm RX 20 km Premium Ceramic Multimode 62 5 Micron SC LICO52A R2 Fiber Optic Patch Cable Duplex Riser ST ST Single Mode 1550 nm TX 1310 nm RX 20 km _ Custom Lengths EFN110 STST SC LIC053A R2 Single Mode Duplex Fiber Optic Cable PVC SC SC Single Mode 1310 nm TX 1550 nnm RX 40 km Custom Lengths EFN5010 L LICO54A R2 l Single Mode 1550 nm TX 1310 nm RX 40 km NOTE Single Strand Fiber Media Converters must be used in matched pairs SC LICO55A R2 NOTE These media converters may also be ordered without a power supply Single Mode 1310 nm TX 1550 nm RX 60 km SC LICO56A R2 Single Mode 1550 nm TX 1310 nm RX 60 km SC LICO57A R2 10 2 2012 724 746 5500 blackbox com lt gt BLACK BOX 27201 NETWORK SERVICES
6. into your network the hub will simply provide a link between the 10 Mbps network and the 100 Mbps network islands However hubs have no addressing features and do not differentiate among destinations for information packets In this case the network is simply extended and you may experience inefficiencies in data transfer between the two sides Switches are usually a far more effective choice for building Fast Ethernet islands because they have addressing features that retime filter forward and drop network packets When you use switches your network is actually segmented into separate collision domains The rules of the game There are a few rules to remember when you re incorporating Fast Ethernet into existing 10 Mbps networks 1 Make sure you use the same 100BASE T standard on your network For example if you re connecting a PC with a 100BASE TX NIC to a hub the hub must also support 100BASE TX Also some implementations of 100BASE T aren t interoperable For example 100BASE TX won t work with 100BASE T4 2 Make sure that your network hardware PCs printers servers hubs switches and routers uses dual speed autosensing architecture This feature enables ports to sense the speed of the devices to which they re connected and distinguish between 10 and 100 Mbps For example Ethernet print servers in a Fast Ethernet environment should be linked with a dual speed autosensing extender to convert between 10 and 100 Mbp
7. ion over single mode or multimode duplex fiber optic cable Because fiber optic cable has such a high performance capacity IOOBASE FX is ideally suited for use as a backbone cable or an extra long Ethernet connection for example a building to building link Over fiber the maximum distance for a cable is 412 meters 1351 7 ft in half duplex mode and 2 kilometers 1 2 mi in full duplex mode 100BASE T4 This is the least popular of the 1OOBASE T standards 1OOBASE T4 uses only three pairs of wires for data transfer and one for collision detection So unlike 100BASE TX and 100BASE FX 100BASE T4 can only support half duplex network operation This significantly limits its use because 100 Mbps islands are normally added to networks to support high bandwidth full duplex network applications According to some sources less than 1 of 100BASE T applications use 1OOBASE T4 and many manufacturers have completely discontinued 100BASE T4 product lines The advantage of 100BASE T4 is that it operates over Category 3 4 and 5 cable and functions quite well in noisy environments giving the standard an element of flexibility in UTP Fast Ethernet applications not shared by 100BASE TX continued on page 4 lt gt BLACK BOX NETWORK SERVICES 10 2 2012 27201 724 746 5500 blackbox com Technically Speaking continued from page 3 or 100BASE FX The distance limitations for the 100BASE T4 standard is the same as 100BASE
8. lf and full duplex operation Because Category 5 or higher cable is used in many existing 10BASE T networks 10OBASE TX is also the most convenient way to implement Fast Ethernet into an existing 10 Mbps network As with 10BASE T distances between devices in a 100BASE TX network cannot exceed 100 meters 328 ft though the use of extenders and line drivers can increase this distance somewhat This distance limitation applies to both full and half duplex operation The AC power supply is a universal external transformer that requires a nearby AC power outlet The PowerTray provides power for up to 18 converters in only 1 5U of rack space Rackmount ears are included You can even use multiple power options at the same time to provide maximum redundancy and ensure that your mission critical applications remain up and running For instance you can connect a converter to a 5 50 VDC power source while also using AC adapter power and USB bus power Then if any one of these power sources fails the other sources will continue to supply power to the converter seamlessly The converters come with DIN clips so you can attach them to a DIN rail When installing multiple Industrial MultiPower Media Converters on a DIN rail use one DC input source then cascade from one DC block to the next until you reach the maximum current available 100BASE FX 1OOBASE FX the fiber version of Fast Ethernet supports half and full duplex network operat
9. n the half duplex mode commonly found in 10 and 100 Mbps Ethernet Full duplex means a lot more bandwidth A single Gigabit Ethernet switch port can handle traffic from as many as 20 half duplex fast Ethernet links or up to 200 half duplex Ethernet ports When Gigabit Ethernet first appeared fiber was crucial to running Gigabit Ethernet effectively Since then the IEEE 802 3ab standard for Gigabit over Category 5 cable has been approved enabling short stretches of Gigabit soeed over existing copper cable The First Gigabit Standards 1000BASE X 1OOOBASE X refers collectively to the 1OOOBASE LX 1000BASE SX and 1000BASE CX Gigabit Ethernet standards ratified in 1998 IOOOBASE LX and 1000BASE SX are fiber standards 1OOOBASE CX is an early copper standard that enabled Gigabit Ethernet to run over twinax cable 1000BASE LX The L stands for long and it uses long wavelength lasers operating in the range of 1270 to 1355 nanometers to transmit data over fiber optic cable IOOOBASE LX supports both single mode and multimode fiber The L could just as well stand for long distance 1000BASE LX supports longer distances than shorter wavelength standards up to 550 meters 1804 ft full duplex over multimode fiber and up to 5000 meters 16 404 ft full duplex over single mode fiber At half duplex 1OOOBASE LX goes up to 316 meters 1000BASE SX The S in 1000BASE SX stands for short 1000BASE SX u
10. oadcast storm protection supports oversized packets up to 1916 bytes CE Approval Yes RoHS All except LICO54A R2 LICO55A R2 Connectors All 1 RJ 45 with autocross for MDI II MDI X LICO22A R2 LICO2Z4A R2 LICO26A R2 1 pair of ST LICO23A R2 LICO25A R2 LICO27A R2 LGC320A R2 LGC323A R2 1 pair of SC LICO52A R2 LICO57A R2 LGC324A0 R2 LGC331A R2 1 SC Power From the included external 100 240 VAC 50 60 Hz adapter Via the terminal block 5 to 50 VDC Via the USB Power Adapter Cable LHC021A connected to a computer s USB port Size 0 8 H x 1 8 W x 3 4 D 2 x 4 6 x 8 6 cm Industrial MultiPower Media Converters 10 100 Mbps Copper to 100 Mbps Fiber 10 100 1000 Mbps Copper to 1000 Mbps Duplex Fiber Multimode 850 nm 300 m SC LGC320A R2 Single Mode 1310 nm 10 km SC LGC321A R2 Single Mode 1310 nm 40 km SC LGC322A R2 Single Mode 1550 nm 70 km SC LGC323A R2 Single Strand Fiber Single Mode 1310 nm 1550 nm 10 km SC LGC324A R2 Single Mode 1550 nm 1310 nm 10 km SC LGC325A R2 Single Mode 1310 nm 1550 nm 40 km SC LGC326A R2 Single Mode 1550 nm 1310 nm 40 km SC LGC327A R2 Single Mode 1310 nm 1550 nm 60 km SC LGC328A R2 Single Mode 1550 nm 1310 nm 60 km SC LGC329A R2 Single Mode 1490 nm 1550 nm 80 km SC LGC330A R2 Single Mode 1550 nm 1490 nm 80 km SC LGC331A R2 NOTE All single strand Industrial MultiPower Media Converters must be used in matched pairs For example
11. of adding expensive fiber to create a Gigabit Ethernet backbone companies can use their existing infrastructure According to a survey by Data Communications magazine 90 of network managers surveyed say that getting the technical support they need is extremely important when choosing a vendor But even though network managers pay anywhere from 10 to 20 of their overall purchase price for a basic service and support contract the technical support and service they receive falls far short of their expectations and certainly isn t worth what they paid At Black Box we guarantee the best value and the best support You can even consult our Technical Support Experts before you buy if you need help selecting just the right component for your application Don t waste time and money call Black Box today blackbox com lt gt BLACK BOX NETWORK SERVICES TECH SPECS Cable Requirements Twisted pair CAT5 or above shielded or unshielded Multimode fiber 50 125 um or 62 5 125 um duplex Single mode fiber 9 125 um duplex or single strand Environmental Temperature Using AC adapter 32 to 122 F O to 50 C Using other available power sources 13 to 158 F 25 to 70 C Humidity 5 to 95 noncondensing Mounting With included DIN clip on DIN 35 rails Standards IEEE 802 3 10BASE T IEEE 802 3u 100BASE TX 100BASE FX Switching Engine Store and forward autonegotiating br
12. r more extensive campus applications choose Single Mode or Single Mode Single Strand models for long distance runs of up to 6 2 12 4 24 8 or 43 5 miles 10 20 40 or 70 km More power to you Industrial MultiPower Media Converters can be powered one of four ways by an external AC power supply included with each unit by using 5 50 VDC terminal block power by an optional USB Power Adapter Cable that plugs into a PC s USB port or by an optional rackmount PowerTray Plus Industrial MultiPower Media Converters are designed for use in harsh industrial environments Technically Speaking 100 Mbps Ethernet 100BASE T an overview 1OOBASE T also known as Fast Ethernet is a high speed version of the 10BASE T Ethernet standard 10BASE T data and 1OOBASE T data are essentially the same The only difference is that to attain higher data throughput the 1OOBASE T standard reduces the latency period between data bits This increases data throughput from 10 to 100 Mbps You can build a network that s entirely Fast Ethernet you can use it as a VLAN or you can deploy Fast Ethernet as an island within your 10 Mbps Ethernet network Here are the most common 100BASE T standards endorsed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IEEE 100BASE TX 1OOBASE TX is the most popular Fast Ethernet standard 1OOBASE TX operates over Category 5 or higher cable and uses two pairs of wires which enables it to support both ha
13. s 3 Although many networks are linked with Category 5 or higher cable some 10 Mbps networks use Category 3 cable which doesn t support 100 Mbps operation If this is the case you will have to upgrade your cabling plant to support Fast Ethernet 1000 Mbps Ethernet The Gigabit Ethernet standard boasts a speed of 1000 Mbps 100 times faster than 10BASE T And it works as promised boasting speed stability true quality of service QOS and compatibility with older Ethernet standards Gigabit Ethernet is generally used to provide the high bandwidth needed for high speed network backbones and servers The Gigabit Ethernet standard was approved in June 1998 A mere one year later the IEEE 802 3ab standard for Gigabit over Category 5 twisted pair cable was approved Gigabit uplink ports are now a common feature in Ethernet switches Gigabit is popping up left and right So what exactly is Gigabit Ethernet anyway and how can you use it continued on page 5 lt gt BLACK BOX NETWORK SERVICES 10 2 2012 27201 724 746 5500 blackbox com Technically Speaking continued from page 4 First of all Gigabit Ethernet is a true Ethernet standard and is compatible with both 10 and 100 Mbps Ethernet Because it uses the same frame formats and flow control methods as earlier Ethernet versions networks readily recognize it The primary difference is that Gigabit Ethernet almost always runs in full duplex mode rather tha
14. ses short wavelength lasers operating in the 770 to 860 nanometer range to transmit data over fiber It has the advantage of being less expensive than 1000BASE LX but operates only over multimode fiber at distances up to 316 meters half duplex or 550 meters full duplex 1000BASE CX The C stands for copper and 1000BASE CX operates over copper twinax cable at distances of up to 25 meters This standard never caught on largely because of the short distance it covers In addition twinax cable is only slightly less expensive than fiber optic cable and is difficult to install Gigabit over CAT5 1000BASE T The relatively new IEEE 802 3ab standard approved in June 1999 defines running Gigabit Ethernet over Category 5 copper wiring The importance of this is that now you can run IEEE compliant Gigabit Ethernet over existing copper cable at distances of up to 100 meters This results in a significant savings over the cost of fiber because not only is copper twisted pair less expensive to install it s also often already installed The 802 3ab specification works with any existing Category 5 cable as long as it s been tested and certified However Gigabit Ethernet uses all four twisted pairs within the cable unlike 1OBASE T and 100BASE TX which only use two of the four pairs 1000BASE T works by transmitting 250 Mbps over each of the four pairs in 4 pair Category 5 UTP cable And although the 100 meter maximum defined by
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