GarrettCom 4K16 Manual De Usuario

Magnum 4K16 Switches    Installation and User Guide       

(12/05) 

 

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There are no collision-domain restrictions or limitations.  

The Magnum 4K-Series Switches perform half- or full-duplex mode auto-

negotiation independently on all switched ports. If the device or node on the other end of 

a port’s attached cable supports auto-negotiation or is set to operate as full-duplex, the 

Magnum 4K16 Switch will negotiate to run full-duplex.  If the attached device or node 

doesn’t support F/H mode or fixed at Full or Half duplex (for example, if it is a 10 Mb 

repeater or a standard 10 Mb hub or older Switch with Fixed full duplex mode), the 

4K16-Switch’s RJ-45 ports will default to operate at half-duplex. 

 Magnum 4K- Series Switches incorporate a flow-control mechanism for Full-

Duplex mode. The purpose of flow-control is to reduce the risk of data loss if a long 

burst of activity causes the switch to save frames until its buffer memory is full. This is 

most likely to occur when data is moving from a 100Mb port to a 10 Mb port, and the 

speed difference makes the 10Mb port unable to keep up. It can also occur when multiple 

100Mb ports are attempting to transmit to one 100Mb port, and in other protracted heavy 

traffic situations.  

Magnum 4K-Series Fiber Switches implement the 802.3x flow control (non-

blocking) on Full-Duplex ports, which provides for a “PAUSE” packet to be transmitted 

to the sender when the packet buffer is nearly filled and there is danger of lost packets. 

The transmitting device is commanded to stop transmitting into the switched  port for 

sufficient time to let the Switch reduce the buffer space used. When the available free-

buffer queue increases, the Switch will send a “RESUME" packet to indicate the 

transmitter to start sending the packets. Of course, the transmitting device must also 

support the 802.3x flow control standard in order to communicate properly during 

normal operation. 

Note: 

When in Half-Duplex mode, the 4K16-switch implements a back-

pressure algorithm on 10/100 Mb ports for flow control. That is, the switch prevents 
frames from entering the device by forcing a collision indication on the half-duplex ports 
that are receiving. This temporary “collision” delay allows the available buffer space to 
improve, as the switch catches up with the traffic flow. 

Receiver Sensitivity and Transmitter Power are the parameters necessary to 

compute the power budget. To calculate the power budget of different fiber media 
installations using Magnum products, the following equations should be used: 
OPB (Optical Power Budget) = P

T

(min) - P

R

(min) 

      

 where P

T 

= Transmitter Output Power, and P

R

 = Receiver Sensitivity