Nortel Networks 10396EA Switch User Manual


 
Chapter 3 Installing the shelf, OADM, and OMUX 41
Installation and Networking Guidelines for Optical Routing
Cabling a four-channel CWDM OMUX
This section describes how to cable the following:
CWDM GBIC to a CWDM OMUX-4 (Figure 17)
CWDM OMUX-4 to west and east network backbone interfaces (Figure 17)
To connect fiber optic cables to a CWDM OMUX-4:
1 Insert the wavelength-specific CWDM GBICs into their respective network
device(s). To install a CWDM GBIC, see Installing CWDM Gigabit Interface
Converters, part number 212256-B.
2 Clean all fiber optic connectors on the cabling (see “Handling and cleaning
fiber optic equipment” on page 49).
3 Connect the fiber optic cables from the CWDM GBIC TX and RX to the
CWDM OMUX-4 Equipment RX and TX equipment connectors (Figure 17).
Figure 17 Cabling a CWDM OMUX-4
10329EA
1490
1530
TX
RX
1570
1610
TX TX TXTX
RX RX RX RX
NETWORK
MUX/
DEMUX-4
1490
1530
1570
1610
TX TX TX TXTX
RX RX RX RX RX
NETWORK
MUX/
DEMUX-4