8.3. FC-AL Hubs

Figure 8-10. A3724A/A4839A FC-AL Hub

The FC-AL hub is available in shortwave (S10) and longwave (L10) models. Both models have ten ports, and are available in standalone or factory-racked configurations. The AZ models are the factory-racked models.

8.3.1. Features

  • The shortwave hub has ten non-OFC, shortwave optical transceivers.

  • The longwave hub has nine non-OFC, shortwave optical transceivers and one non-OFC, longwave optical transceiver.

  • Local retime and regeneration of transmit signals to prevent accumulation of jitter and improve the signal.

  • Reliable, automatic bypass of failed nodes; dynamic recognition of newly added or ...

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