Allied Telesis AT-x510-28GTX User Manual

Chapter 1: Overview

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The MDI and MDI-X settings do not apply when ports are operating at 
1000 Mbps.

The ports have a maximum operating distance of 100 meters (328 feet).

The cable requirements of the ports are given in Table 1.

For the cable requirements for the ports on the AT-x510-28GPX and 
AT-x510-52GPX Switches for PoE devices, refer to Table 3 on 
page 26.

Refer to Table 18 on page 87 and Table 19 on page 88 for the port pinouts 
of the 10/100/1000Base-T twisted pair ports.

Table 1. Twisted Pair Cable for the 10/100/1000Base-T Ports

Standard TIA/EIA 568-B-
compliant Category 3 shielded 
or unshielded cabling with 100 
ohm impedance and a 
frequency of 16 MHz.

Yes

Yes

No

Standard TIA/EIA 568-A-
compliant Category 5 or TIA/
EIA 568-B-compliant Enhanced 
Category 5 (Cat 5e) shielded or 
unshielded cabling with 100 
ohm impedance and a 
frequency of 100 MHz.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Standard TIA/EIA 568-B-
compliant Category 6 or 6a 
shielded cabling.

Yes

Yes

Yes