Cisco GBIC 1000BASE-SX transceiver - cracked housing

Having never worked with fiber I did a very stupid thing today. I
plugged in the SC cable not respecting the notches on the transceiver
and cracked the perimeter housing. Please don't flame me, I realize it
was a stupid thing to do.

My question is:

Will the cracked external plastic perimeter housing affect the
connection adversly? Will the transeiver still work? Is the housing
simply there as a means of properly respecting polarity or does it
play a role in securing the SC patch cord to transceiver?

I noticed that the cable still plugs in very snug despite the breakage
I caused.

PhoBix

PhoBix wrote:
> Having never worked with fiber I did a very stupid thing today. I
> plugged in the SC cable not respecting the notches on the transceiver
> and cracked the perimeter housing. Please don't flame me, I realize it
> was a stupid thing to do.
>
> My question is:
>
> Will the cracked external plastic perimeter housing affect the
> connection adversly? Will the transeiver still work? Is the housing
> simply there as a means of properly respecting polarity or does it
> play a role in securing the SC patch cord to transceiver?
it's just for securing the patch cord.

>
> I noticed that the cable still plugs in very snug despite the breakage
> I caused.
you should however check on your interface to see if there are errors or
carrier loss.

maybe a not with "do not touch" would help

Alin Baltaru