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Routing Engine Interface Cable and Wire Specifications
For management and service operations, you connect the Routing Engine
to an external console or management network through ports on the Connector Interface Panel (CIP).
You can also connect the router to external alarm-reporting devices through
the alarm relay contacts on the CIP. (For more information,
see Connector Interface Panel (CIP).)
Table 19 lists the specifications for
the cables that connect to management ports and the wires that connect to
the alarm relay contacts.
Table 19: Cable and Wire Specifications for Routing Engine Management and Alarm
Interfaces
|
Port
|
Cable Specification
|
Cable/Wire Supplied
|
Maximum Length
|
Router Receptacle
|
|
Routing Engine console or auxiliary interface
|
RS-232 (EIA-232) serial cable
|
One 6-ft (1.83-m) length with DB-9/DB-9 connectors
|
6 ft (1.83 m)
|
DB-9 male
|
|
Routing Engine Ethernet interface
|
Category 5 cable or equivalent suitable for 100BaseT operation
|
One 15-ft (4.57-m) length with RJ-45/RJ-45 connectors
|
328 ft (100 m)
|
RJ-45 autosensing
|
|
Alarm relay contacts
|
Wire with gauge between 24-AWG and 12-AWG (0.20 and 3.33 mm2)
|
No
|
None
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