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ATM Cable Specifications

Cisco ATM devices support the cable types listed in Table 7-11: ATM Cable Types and the cable connectors listed in Table 7-12: ATM Cable Connectors . The ATM cables listed in Table 7-11: ATM Cable Types are industry standard unless otherwise specified.

Table 7-11: ATM Cable Types

Media Type	ATM Forum Specification	Cisco 7500 Series	Cisco 4500-M and 4700-M	LightStream 1010	Catalyst 5000 Family	ATM SBus Adapter
SONET MM	62.5/125 m	62.5/125 m	62.5/125 m	62.5/125 m	62.5/125 m	62.5/125 m
SONET SM	8.5/125 m	8.5/125 m	8.5/125 m	8.5/125 m	-	-
SONET TP	150-ohm STP	-	-	100-ohm UTP	100-ohm UTP	SJ-45
TAXI	62.5/125 m	62.5/125 m	-	62.5/125 m	-	-
DS3/E3	75-ohm coaxial	75-ohm coaxial	75-ohm coaxial	75-ohm coaxial	-	-

Table 7-12: ATM Cable Connectors lists the following connector types:

• ST — round, bayonet, or twistlock coupling connector.

• SC — push/pull coupling connector similar to ST connector except for a more square form.

• FSD (also called MIC) — fixed shroud duplex system is specified for FDDI interface. Because TAXI is 100 Mbps derived from the physical media FDDI, it was kept the same for ATM TAXI mode.

• BNC — standard connector used to connect IEEE 802.3 10Base2 coaxial cable to a transceiver.

• RJ-45 — standard 8-wire connector for IEEE 802.3 StarLAN networks. Used also as a telephone line in some cases.

Posted: Wed Sep 27 05:13:16 PDT 2000
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