Who Should Read this Manual? About This Guide
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Who Should Read this Manual?
The audience for this user guide is network administrators and IT support personnel who need to provide
network connectivity using SFP or XFP transceivers on an OmniSwitch.
When Should I Read this Manual?
Read this guide as soon as you are ready to integrate your OmniSwitch into your network and you are
ready to provide connectivity using the supported transceivers. You should have already stepped through
the first login procedures and read the brief software overviews in the OmniSwitch 6800 Family Getting
Started Guide, OmniSwitch 6850 Series Getting Started Guide, or OmniSwitch 9000 Series Getting Started
Guide.
What is in this Manual?
This guide includes information about the supported OmniSwitch transceivers.
• SFP and XFP specifications
• SFP and XFP compatibility information
What is Not in this Manual?
Procedures for switch management methods, such as CLI, web-based (WebView or OmniVista) or SNMP,
are outside the scope of this guide.
For information on WebView and SNMP switch management methods consult the OmniSwitch Switch
Management Guide. Information on using WebView and OmniVista can be found in the context-sensitive
on-line help available with those network management applications.
This guide is designed to provide transceiver specification and compatibility information only and is not
intended as a reference for any CLI commands or configuration information. Refer to the Documentation
Roadmap for a list of available user guides.