Thanks Jon!!

I brain farted on that one. I had to flip the Tx/Rx from behind the panel.

All is golden now.




On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote:

> BTW if that does not work I would consider having the ends checked to
> verify that it is not the cable itself.
>
> Jon
>
>   On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Have your tried flipping one of the patch cables so that what was on the
>> right is now on the left?  Fiber is specific as to which one is transmitting
>> and which is receiving but I would hope you would have remembered this.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>   On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Harry Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> All:
>>>
>>> It's been ions since I've worked with Fiber and I'm stuck off-site trying
>>> to figure something out and could use some feedback. We ran Multi-Mode 62.5
>>> Microns 6 strand fiber between two remote locations. At each location is a
>>> 3com 4500 switch which has a dual-personality SFP slot and a SC 1000BASE-SFX
>>> Transeiver plugged-in and recognized by the switches. Specifically this
>>> transceiver:
>>> http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/detail.jsp?tab=features&pathtype=purchase&sku=3CSFP91
>>>
>>> The fiber runs (not my doing) were run with LC connectors and the switch
>>> supports SC only. I've purchased a single LC->SC patch cable and have it
>>> plugged up on both ends, but no dice.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if i'm forgetting a fundamental connection requirement with
>>> MMF, but hoping a few of you could shed some light. I've copied a link to
>>> the image of the Fiber termination in my rack at the bottom of this email.
>>>
>>> There are 3 LC connections in the picture. I have a LC/LC patch connected
>>> between, for this discussion, the LC1 and LC3 while LC2 is connected into
>>> the switch via the LC/SC patch. This connection topology is mirrored on the
>>> remote side and no dice. I figure to connect the LC cables from LC1 to LC3
>>> to complete the loop, per se. I've tried direct connections from all LC
>>> ports into the switch without the rest of the cables connected and nothing
>>> happens. e.g. I can't ping any devices on the either side and i don't see an
>>> activity light on the switchport (FYI ports have been set as trunk ports and
>>> permitting all vlans)
>>>
>>>
>>> http://s396.photobucket.com/albums/pp44/sipe3202/Tech/?action=view&current=IMG00086-20100324-1340.jpg
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Harry
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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