FIC-GBE Modules of H3C Series Routers

FIC-GBE Modules of H3C Series Routers

I.          Introduction

FIC-1GBE/FIC-2GBE is the short of 1/2-port 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T Ethernet electric interface card, where GBE is the abbreviation of Gigabit Ethernet. FIC-GBE is primarily used for the communications between a router and LAN.

FIC-GBE supports the following functions:

l              Support a maximum of 100m transmission distance when using CAT5 cable.

l              The interface works at 1000Mbps, 100Mbps and 10Mbps three rates and enables adaptive.

l              Support half duplex/full duplex self negotiation.

II.      Interface Attributes

The following table shows FIC-1GBE/FIC-2GBE interface attributes:

Table 1 FIC-1GBE/FIC-2GBE interface attributes

III.   Panel and Interface Indicators

The following figure shows FIC-1GBE/FIC-2GBE panel:

Figure1 FIC-1GBE panel

Figure2 FIC-2GBE panel

The following provides the implication of indicators on FIC-1GBE/FIC-2GBE panel:

Table 8-2  Implication of FIC-1GBE/FIC-2GBE indicators

IV.    Interface Cable

FIC-1GBE/FIC-2GBE interface cable employs either crossover cable or standard cable.

Figure3 Ethernet cable

V.       Connection of Interface Cable

Step 1: Attach one side of a cable to the Ethernet port of a router, and another side to the peer.

Step 2: After powered on, examine the state of LINK indicator of GBE interface card panel. Lighting represents that a link is connected; extinguished represents that a link is not connected, please examine lines.