Connectivity Issue

[Greg Gilmour]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 02:37:41PM -0400, Mujahid Khan wrote:
> I would like to get some advice on a connectivity issue I am having with a
> Poweredge 905 connecting to a Cisco router.
> 
> We have a Cisco GSR GigE port conneting to the poweredge. Since the GigE
> port on the router is LC we have a multimode LC-SC fiber cable going to a
> media converter to convert it to RJ45. From the media converter its a
> straight thru cat 5 going to the Dell Poweredge server.
> 
> I have checked the light levels and the cat 5 and activated the gigE port on
> the Dell but the link is not coming up. The interface is showing down on the
> router (down/down).
> 
> Any ideas or things that I should look for?
> 
> Thanks....

Since you're just going through a fiber converter and not a switch first, try
a cross-over cable for the cat5 cable?  Or alternatively, flip-flop the
LC fiber on one end to be certain TX <-> RX are hitting the correct
ports.

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