08-30-2012
Corona688 is correct in principle but Cat-5 cable is only good for 100 Mbits/sec over 100 metres. Cat-6 cable is good for 1000 Mbits/sec over 100 metres.
RJ-45 is the name of the type of connector each end of the cable. If this is Cat-6 cable they will be 8P8C connectors. We need to know the line speed and cable Category to advise properly.
You have 200 ft of cable to cover 100 ft of distance. In principle there is no problem providing that you do not coil the excess. Also, avoid tight bends and lay out the whole cable in a wide curve, or a large rectangle, or an even snake shape. Avoid sources of interference along the cable route.
Support and tie the cable (particularly near the sockets). Cat-5 cable is heavy and Cat-6 cable is even more heavy.
Personally I would cut the cable to size and terminate with proper sockets rather than use a long flylead.
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scconf_transp_adap_ge
scconf_transp_adap_ge(1M) System Administration Commands scconf_transp_adap_ge(1M)
NAME
scconf_transp_adap_ge - configure the Gigabit Ethernet (ge) transport adapter
DESCRIPTION
Note -
Beginning with the Sun Cluster 3.2 release, Sun Cluster software includes an object-oriented command set. Although Sun Cluster software
still supports the original command set, Sun Cluster procedural documentation uses only the object-oriented command set. For more infor-
mation about the object-oriented command set, see the Intro(1CL) man page.
You can configure ge adapters as cluster transport adapters. These adapters can only be used with transport type dlpi.
The ge adapter connects to a transport switch or to another ge adapter on a different node. In either case, the connection is made through
a transport cable.
When a transport switch is used and the endpoints of the transport cable are configured using scconf, scinstall, or other tools, you are
asked to specify a port name on the transport switch. You can provide any port name, or accept the default, as long as the name is unique
for the switch.
The default is to set the port name to the node ID hosting the adapter at the other end of the cable.
There are no user configurable properties for cluster transport adapters of this type.
SEE ALSO
clinterconnect(1CL), clnode(1CL), scconf(1M), scinstall(1M), ge(7D)
Sun Cluster 3.2 4 May 2006 scconf_transp_adap_ge(1M)