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System Hardware Features

Figure 1-6

Identifying a Rollover Cable by Inspection

Pin 1

Network Cables

Cisco Content Engine 500 Series Hardware Installation Guide

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You can identify a rollover cable by comparing the two modular ends of the cable,

as shown in

Figure

1-6. Holding the cable ends in your hands, side by side, with

the tab at the back, the wire connected to the pin on the outside of the left

connector (pin 1) should be the same color as the pin on the outside of the right

connector (pin 8).

Pin 1 and pin 8

should be the

same color

An Ethernet cable is required to connect the Content Engine to your network. To

connect the Content Engine to your network, you must use one of the following

types of cables:

Unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) straight-through cable with RJ-45 connectors

•

to connect the Content Engine to a Medium Dependent Interface-crossover

(MDI-X) port

UTP crossover cable with RJ-45 connectors to connect the Content Engine to

•

another MDI port

Chapter 1

Introducing the Content Engine

Pin 8

78-11199-03