Overview Of The 8-Port Ethernet Adapter Card And 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Card; 8-Port Ethernet Adapter Card Versions - Alcatel-Lucent 7705 Installation Manual

Overview of the 8-port Ethernet Adapter Card and 8-port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Card

Overview of the 8-port Ethernet Adapter Card and
8-port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Card
The 8-port Ethernet Adapter card has six RJ-45 ports and two small form-factor pluggable
(SFP) ports on its faceplate. The six RJ-45 ports are 10/100 Mb/s-capable ports that support
auto-sense and auto-negotiation.The two SFP ports are for 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet SFPs
(optical or electrical) and T3 SFPs. SFPs are hot-swappable input/output devices that plug
into the adapter card ports, linking the ports to fiber-optic or copper networks. See
a list of supported SFP modules.
The 8-port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter card is designed to complement or replace the 8-port
Ethernet Adapter card in situations where greater processing power and higher throughput
capacity are required. The 8-port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter card has eight small form-factor
pluggable (SFP) ports on its faceplate. The eight SFP ports are for 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet
optical or electrical SFPs. See
The 8-port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter card is equipped with a universal -48 VDC to +24 VDC
power supply and is capable of a 1 or 2.5 Gb/s fabric interface. On the 7705 SAR-8, the card
supports a 1 Gb/s fabric interface. On the 7705 SAR-8 v2, the card supports a 1 or 2.5 Gb/s
fabric interface. Support for 2.5-Gb/s on the 7705 SAR-8 v2 requires use of the CSMv2. On
the 7705 SAR-18, the card supports a 2.5 Gb/s fabric interface.

8-port Ethernet Adapter Card Versions

There are two versions of the 8-port Ethernet Adapter card. The CLI identifier for version 1
is a8-eth and for version 2 it is a8-ethv2. Both versions are supported on the
7705 SAR-8. On the 7705 SAR-18, only version 2 is supported. The two versions are
identical except that version 2 adds support for synchronous Ethernet as a timing source, has
more memory for storage of MPLS labels, and supports a +24 VDC variant (+24 VDC power
is not supported on the 7705 SAR-18). For more information on synchronous Ethernet, refer
to the 7705 SAR OS Basic System Configuration Guide.
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Note: Unless otherwise stated in this guide, the 8-port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter card
supports the same functions as the 8-port Ethernet Adapter card.
7705 SAR Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Card Installation Guide
SFPs for a list of supported SFP modules.
SFPs for