Military Target Range Application

At the network core shown at the top of the illustration, two copper UTP links from a UTP switch are converted to two fiber links via a 5-Module iConverter Chassis of fast Ethernet media converters.

At Targets 1-4, the fiber link connects to an iConverter 2Fx fiber-to-fiber switch module installed in a 2-Module chassis. The data travels across the Ethernet b¬ uplink port, a fiber downlink port and four 10/100 copper ports connected to target sensors.

At Targets 5-8, the fiber link connects to another iConverter 2-Module chassis with the same configuration. The fiber segment from the second port of the 2Fx cascades back to the iConverter 5-Module Chassis of media converters at the network core.

Note: This application can be achieved with a star configuration and a direct fiber link to each 2-module chassis.

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Mission Critical Redundant Links Application

Mission critical network connections to user groups, servers or switches to the network can be protected using redundant copper or fiber links with rapid response time switching recovery.

At the network core shown at the top of the illustration, a single UTP port from a core switch is converted to redundant fiber links with an iConverter Tx/2Fx redundant media converter. The redundant links travel diverse paths to an iConverter Tx/2Fx redundant media converter installed in a 1-Module chassis at the other end of the critical network link connects to a departmental switch.

If one fiber connection in the redundant pair breaks or fails, the standby link automatically takes over in less than 100 microseconds.

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