October, 2011. IMC NetNews is issued quarterly. It is your source for news and information, delivering the latest in Company and product updates. This issue focuses on Power over Ethernet and how it works.

What's News...

Power over Ethernet (PoE) has been around for a number of years with proprietary, and often non-interoperable, implementation from various vendors to power devices. In June 2003, the IEEE ratified its 802.3af power of Ethernet standard which spurred a revolution of standard-compliant 802.3af products. In 2009, the IEEE ratified the 802.3at PoE Standard, commonly known at PoE+. Which do you need? Read more

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The Company

Made in the USA

Since 1988, IMC Networks’ complete line of fiber connectivity solutions has proudly displayed a “Made in the USA” label. This label ensures that these products are designed, developed and manufactured in the USA and are approved for purchase by the United States Government. As a Made in America manufacturer, the Company’s products support a variety of applications that are likely to be installed inside a building infrastructure, street lamppost or inside other products. You will find IMC Networks’ product helping preserve America’s history at the United States national Archives, increasing the transmission rate of a local telephone company in Iowa, and facilitating major cable networks to lower the cost of broadband services to its business customers. Read more

Government Support

IMC proudly supports U.S. Federal, State and Local Government agencies with a direct GSA purchasing program and through partnerships with some of the leading Government IT distributors and systems integrators. Read more

SFP and Compatibility

IMC Networks offers a large selection of copper and fiber SFPs that are MSA-compliant. In addition, we also offer Cisco-compatible SFPs. SFPs are compact modular transceivers and come in a variety of modes, wavelengths and data rates. Recently, we have discovered that some switch and router manufacturers (Cisco, HP, Extreme, Juniper, etc) have chosen to enforce proprietary ‘lock-in’ on SFP slots, causing an industry SFP compatibility dilemma. We do not currently maintain an SFP compatibility log as the number products that support SFPs are too voluminous to acquire for testing. However, we assure you that when you purchase IMC-branded SFPs that you are receiving the highest quality products that include a 1 year warranty. What do we recommend? Read more

New IMC Networks Visio Stencils are now available

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New Products

PoE & PoE+ Giga-MiniMcThe new PSE-based media converters provide up to two PSE 10/100/1000Base-T cooper ports and one SFP uplink port. These products are ideal for the Fiber-to-the-Desktop market where PoE phones require power sourcing or in building security applications where reach must extend beyond 100 meters. Read more

IE-iMcV-MultiWay & IE-MultiWay 

IE-iMcV-MultiWay Released in a modular form factor, the uniqueness of the new IE-iMcV-MultiWay offers numerous features similar to the popular IE-MultiWay. Both products support new feature enhancement, including support for point-to-point and end-to-end OAM (802.3ah and 802.1ag). They are SNMP managed Gigabit Ethernet multi-function network devices that perform several task to meet customer CPE/fiber operations. Both products were designed with a simple upgrade path that is available through the company’s free software download site. 

The new IE-iMcV-MultiWay can be installed in the MediaChassis, the IE-MediaChassis and iMediaChassis’ series. The chassis’ options provide variable operating temperatures (IE) and both AC and DC power. Read more

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Featured Products

GigaMiniMc  is now available in SFP and 1X9 connector types and includes features such as Link Fault Pass-Through and Fiber Speed Detect, a function that reads information about the speed value of an SFP then automatically establishes the link LEDs on the fiber port at 100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps. The product can extend networks over fiber using SFP ports and features support for jumbo frames up to 10240 bytes. Read more

IE-MiniMc Telco w/LFPT

With the introduction of the Telco powered IE-MiniMc media converter product line, IMC’s MiniMc is one of the most popular and versatile fiber optic NID devices available on the market today.  This product offers Link Fault Pass-Through, a feature that provides fault-detection monitoring on a network line where service provider access is minimal; such as in areas where the POP or Telco box reside.  Read more

IE-MiniFiberLinX-II Telco and Telco w/Last Gasp 

The IE-MiniFiberLinX-II now offers Telco power and Last Gasp. The new line is designed to work with -48 VDC power that is compliant with the Bellcore GR-499 specification, supporting the minimum and maximum transient voltages typically required by transport equipment used in Telco environments. Features include, Last Gasp; a Trap notification feature that identifies when power is lost, carrier grade remote SNMP management, extra tagging using Q-in-Q and PoE. Read more

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More Product News

An End-of-Life (EOL) notice for the PS/300 DC Module (for chassis 850-10954-2DC) was sent to customers in July. This product is no longer available from IMC Networks. However, we are recommending that you order the Conversion kit (06-00403LF-APS) and new spare parts (806-39960-DC. An instructional video has been created for your convenience. See EOL Notice

Wall mount brackets are now available for the IE-MultiWay, MiniMc, IE-MediaChassis, PoE and PoE+ GigaMiniMcand other media converter product lines. These brackets offer an additional mounting option (other than DIN Rail or double backed Velcro) for your media converters.

DIN-mounting Clips are no longer included with DIN-mountable products due to the discovery that very few customers were using them. This includes product families: MiniMc, IE-MiniMc, Giga-MiniMc, IE-Giga-MiniMC, MiniMc-Giga, IE-MiniFiberLinX-II and IE-MultiWay. To order the DIN clip (includes screws); use part number 806-39105, your cost is $1.

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Product Enhancements

Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM )

IMC Networks’ iMcV-FiberLinX-II, iMcV-Giga-FiberLinX-II, IE-MultiWay and IE-iMcV-MultiWay now support IEEE 802.3ah IE-MultiWay now supports IEEE 802.1ag.

iView2 Version 3.0. Improving our customers’ ability to manage their web-based network management system, IMC Networks offers FREE of charge, iView2 Version 3.0, an all-in-one SNMP management application similar to the current iView2 version 1.8.x desktop application.

Last Gasp

Now a standard feature for a lot of Telco equipment, IMC Networks includes Last Gasp in its products. Last Gasp is a Trap notification feature that identifies when power to a media converter is lost. It is typically available in SNMP applications. Available in the following products:

• IE-MiniFiberLinX-II
• IE-MultiWay
• IE-iMcV-T1 Mux
• iMcV-FiberLinX-II
• All the iMediaChassis 3/6/20 when used with a SNMP card

LFPT

Link Fault Pass-Through (LFPT) is a troubleshooting feature that monitors the copper (TXLL) and fiber (FXLL) ports of the unit; if a port loses link, the LEDs extinguish down the line to indicate failure on a segment. Some of our product lines allow the end user to enable/disable the LinkLoss feature; on other products it is permanently enabled.

Did you know?  IMC Networks provides a complimentary Fiber Consulting Service to assist network managers and system integrators with the design and development of their fiber-based networks?  See how you can utilize IMC Networks’ media converters in your next networking project by contacting one of our Fiber Consulting Specialists today at fcs@imcnetworks.com or call us at 800-624-1070.