Network Interface Cards
  
Network Interface Cards
This appendix describes the network installation cards (NIC) supported in the SteelFusion Edge appliances and includes the following sections:
•  Four-Port 1-GbE Copper Bypass card
•  Two-Port 1-GbE Fiber SX card
•  Two-Port 1-GbE Fiber LX card
•  Four-Port 1-GbE Fiber LX card
•  Four-Port 1-GbE Fiber SX card
•  Two-Port 10-GbE Fiber SR card
•  Two-Port 10-GbE Fiber LR card
•  Two-Port 10-GbE TX Copper card
•  Four-Port 1-GbE Copper Base-T card
•  Two-Port 10-GbE Fiber SFP+ card
•  Four-Port 10-GbE Fiber SFP+ card
•  Four-Port 10-GbE Copper card
•  Four-Port 1-GbE Fiber/Copper SFP card
Four-Port 1-GbE Copper Bypass card
There are two types of Four-Port 1-GbE Copper Bypass cards available.
Figure: Four-Port Copper Bypass card (NIC-1-001G-4TX-BP)
 
Figure: Four-Port Copper Bypass (Type 2) NIC-2-001G-4TX-BP
 
Port
Description
L0, W0, L1, W1
or
1 to 4
Provides access to 10/100/1000 Base-TX
 
LED
Type 1 definitions
Type 2 definitions
LINK/ACT
Link = Green
Activity = Blinking green
Link = Green
Activity = Blinking green
BYP/DISC. SPD
1000Mbit/s = Yellow
100Mbit/s = Green
10Mbit/s = Off
Bypass = Blinks green
Disconnect = Blinks yellow
N/A
SPD
N/A
1000Mbit/s = Orange
100Mbit/s = Green
10Mbit/s = Off
BYP1, BYP0
N/A
Disconnect = Yellow
Bypass = Green
Normal: Off
 
Specification
Descriptions
Connectors
Four shielded RJ-45
Cables and operating distance
10 Base-T Category 3, 4, or 5 maximum 50m *
100 Base-TX Category 5 maximum 50m *
1000 Base-T Category 5E maximum 50m *
*Theoretical Distance – Defined as half a distance as stated by the IEEE 802.3 standard
Two-Port 1-GbE Fiber SX card
Figure: Two-Port 1-GbE Fiber SX card (NIC-1-001G-2SX-BP)
 
Port
Description
TX, RX
Input and output data
L0, W1
Provides access to 10/100/1000 Base-TX
 
LED
Definition
ACT
Activity = blinks green
BYP/DSC
Normal = off
Disconnect = yellow
Bypass = green
LNK
Link = yellow
 
Specification
Description
Connectors
Two small form factor (SFF) LC fiber connectors
Cables and operating distance
Multimode fiber: 137 m maximum at 62.5 um (half of theoretical distance of IEEE 802.3 standard)
Two-Port 1-GbE Fiber LX card
Figure: Two-Port 1-GbE Fiber LX card (NIC-1-001G-2LX-BP)
 
Port
Description
TX, RX
Output and input data
P0 ACT, P1 ACT
Activity status of the port
 
LED
Definition
LNK
Link = yellow
ACT
Activity = blinks green
BYP/DSC
Normal = off
Disconnect = yellow
Bypass = green
 
Specification
Description
Connectors
Two small form factor (SFF) LC fiber connectors
Cables and operating distance
Multimode fiber: 137 m maximum at 62.5 um *

* Theoretical Distance - Defined as half a distance as stated by the IEEE 802.3 standard
Four-Port 1-GbE Fiber LX card
Figure: Four-Port 1-GbE Fiber LX card (NIC-1-001G-4LX-BP)
 
Port
Description
TX0, TX1, TX2, TX3
Output data
RX0, RX1, RX2, RX3
Input data
 
LED
Definition
LINK/ACT
Link = Green
Activity = Blinks green
BYP/DSC
Normal = Off
Disconnect = Yellow
Bypass = Green
 
Specifications
Description
Connectors
Four small form factor (SFF) LC fiber connectors
Cables and operating distance
Single mode fiber: 9 um
2500 m maximum at 9 um *
* Theoretical Distance - Defined as half a distance as stated by the IEEE 802.3 standard
Four-Port 1-GbE Fiber SX card
Figure: Four-Port 1-GbE Fiber SX (Type 1) NIC-1-001G-4SX-BP
Port
Description
L0, W0, L1, W1
TX and RX provides access to 1000 Base-SX
 
LED
Type 1 definitions
Type 2 definitions
LNK
N/A
Link = Green
LNK/ACT
Link = Green
Activity = Blinks green
N/A
BYP/DSC
Normal = Off
Disconnect = Yellow
Bypass = Green
Normal = Off
Disconnect = Yellow
Bypass = Green
ACT
N/A
On = Blinking orange
 
Specification
Definition
Connectors
4 small form factor (SFF) LC fiber connectors
Cables and operating distance
Multimode fiber = 137 m maximum at 62.5 um cable (half of theoretical distance of IEEE 802.3 standard)
Two-Port 10-GbE Fiber SR card
Figure: Two-Port 10-GbE Fiber SR card (NIC-1-010G-2SR-BP)
 
Port
Description
TX
Output data
RX
Input data
 
LED
Definition
LNK
Link = yellow
ACT
Activity = blinks green
BYP/DSC
Normal = off
Disconnect = yellow
Bypass = green
 
Specification
Definition
Connectors
Two small form factor (SFF) LC fiber connectors
Cables and operating distance
Multimode fiber: 62.5 um, 160 MHz/km 13 m
62.5 um, (OM1) 200 MHz/km 16.5 m
50 um, 400 MHz/km 33 m
50 um, (OM2) 500 MHz/km 41 m
50 um, (OM3) 2000 MHz/km 150 m
* Theoretical Distance - Defined as half a distance as specified in the optical transceiver
Two-Port 10-GbE Fiber LR card
Figure: Two-Port 10-GbE Fiber LR card(NIC-1-010G-2LR-BP)
 
Port
Description
TX
Output data
RX
Input data
 
LED
Definition
LNK
Link = yellow
ACT
Activity = blinks green
BYP/DSC
Normal = off
Disconnect = yellow
Bypass = green
 
Specification
Definition
Connectors
Two small form factor (SFF) LC fiber connectors
Cables and operating distance
Single mode fiber: 9 u, Max 5 km
*Theoretical Distance - Defined as half a distance as specified in the optical transceiver
Two-Port 10-GbE TX Copper card
Figure: Two-Port 10-GbE TX Copper card(NIC-1-010G-2TX)
 
Port
Description
P0, P1
Provides access to 10/100/1000 Base-TX
 
LED
Description
10G=GRN
1G=YLW
(LED1)
10 G = green
1 G = yellow
100 M = off
LINK/ACT=GRN
(LED2)
Link = green
Activity = blinks green
 
Specification
Description
Connectors
Two shielded RJ-45
Cables and operating distance
100 Base-Tx Category 5 maximum 100 m
1000 Base-T Category 5E maximum 100 m
10G Base-T Category 6A maximum 100 m
Four-Port 1-GbE Copper Base-T card
Figure: Four-Port 1-GbE Copper Base-T card(NIC-1-001G-4TX)
 
Port
Description
P0, P1, P2, P3
Provides access to 10/100/1000 Base-TX
 
LED
Description
Link/Activity
(LED1)
Link = Green
Activity = blinks green
Speed
(LED2)
1 G = yellow
100 M = green
10 M = off
 
 
 
Connectors
Four shielded RJ-45
Cables and operating distance
10 Base-T Category 3, 4, or 5 maximum 100 m
100 Base-TX Category 5 maximum 100 m
1000 Base-T Category 5E maximum 100 m
Two-Port 10-GbE Fiber SFP+ card
Figure: Two-Port 10-GbE Fiber SFP+ card (NIC-1-010G-2SFPP)
 
Port
Description
P0, P1
Provides access to 10/100/1000 Base-TX
LED
Description
Speed
green
Link/Activity
Link = green
Activity = blinks
 
Specification
Definition
Connectors
Two small form factor pluggable (SFP+) cage
SFP
Manufacturing Part #
Orderable Part #
SFP 1-GbE LX
410-00140-01
TRC-1-SFP-LX
SFP+ 10-GbE SR
410-00143-01
TRC-1-SFPP-SR
SFP+ 10-GbE LR
410-00144-01
TRC-1-SFPP-LR
Four-Port 10-GbE Fiber SFP+ card
Figure: Four-Port 10-GbE Fiber SFP+ card (NIC-1-010G-4SFPP)
 
Port
Description
P0, P1, P2, P3
Provides access to 10/100/1000 Base-TX
LED
Description
Speed
Blue = 10 G
Yellow = 1 G
Link/Activity
Link = green
Activity = blinks
 
Specification
Definition
Connectors
Four small form factor pluggable (SFP+) Cage
SFP
Manufacturing Part #
Orderable Part #
SFP 1-GbE LX
410-00140-01
TRC-1-SFP-LX
SFP+ 10-GbE SR
410-00143-01
TRC-1-SFPP-SR
SFP+ 10-GbE LR
410-00144-01
TRC-1-SFPP-LR
Four-Port 10-GbE Copper card
Figure: Four-Port 10-GbE Copper (NIC-1-010G-4TX)
 
Port
Description
P0, P1, P2, P3
Provides access to 100/1000/10G Base-T
 
LED
Description
10G=GRN
1G=YLW
(LED1)
10 G = Green
1 G = Yellow
100 M = Off
LINK/ACT=GRN (LED2)
Link = Green
Activity = Blinking green
 
Specification
Description
Connectors
Four shielded RJ-45
Cables and operating distance
100Base-TX Category 5 maximum 100m
1000Base-T Category 5E maximum 100m
10GBase-T Category 6A maximum 100m
Four-Port 1-GbE Fiber/Copper SFP card
Figure: Four-Port 1-GbE Fiber/Copper SFP Card (NIC-1-001G-4SFP)
 
Port
Description
P0, P1, P2, P3
Provides access to 1000 Base-TX, LX, or SX
 
LED
Description
LNK
Yellow
LNK/ACT
Link Green
Activity: Blinking green
 
Specification
Description
Connectors
Four small form factor pluggable (SFP) cage
Cables and operating distances
SFP 1GBase-Copper module
1000 Base-T Category 5E maximum 100 m
SFP 1GBase-SX module
Multimode Fiber:
220 m using 62.5 um
550 m using 50 um
SFP 1GBase-LX module
Single-mode Fiber: 5000 m using 9 um
Multimode Fiber: 550 m using 50 um
550 m using 62.5 um
 
Supported SFPs
Manufacturing part #
Orderable part #
SFP 1 GbE Copper module
410-00138-01
TRC-1-SFP-TX-C
SFP 1 GbE SX
410-00139-01
TRC-1-SFP-SX
SFP 1 GbE LX
410-00140-01
TRC-1-SFP-LX