CONTENTS
Preface ....................................................................................................................................... vi
I
NTENDED
R
EADERS
..........................................................................................................................................
VII
Typographical Conventions ..................................................................................................... vii
Notes, Notices, and Cautions ..................................................................................................viii
Safety Instructions..................................................................................................................... ix
Safety Cautions................................................................................................................................................ix
General Precautions for Rack-Mountable Products .......................................................................................xi
Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge...................................................................................................xii
Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1
E
THERNET
T
ECHNOLOGY
......................................................................................................................................1
Fast Ethernet Technology ................................................................................................................................1
Gigabit Ethernet Technology ...........................................................................................................................1
S
WITCHING
T
ECHNOLOGY
....................................................................................................................................2
S
WITCH
D
ESCRIPTION
...........................................................................................................................................2
Features ...........................................................................................................................................................3
Ports .................................................................................................................................................................4
F
RONT
-P
ANEL
C
OMPONENTS
................................................................................................................................4
LED Indicators.................................................................................................................................................5
R
EAR
P
ANEL
D
ESCRIPTION
...................................................................................................................................6
S
IDE
P
ANEL
D
ESCRIPTION
.....................................................................................................................................6
G
IGABIT
C
OMBO
P
ORTS
........................................................................................................................................6
Installation .................................................................................................................................. 8
Package Contents.............................................................................................................................................8
B
EFORE
Y
OU
C
ONNECT TO THE
N
ETWORK
...........................................................................................................8
I
NSTALLING THE
S
WITCH
W
ITHOUT THE
R
ACK
.....................................................................................................9
I
NSTALLING THE
S
WITCH IN A
R
ACK
.....................................................................................................................9
Mounting the Switch in a standard 19” rack. ................................................................................................10
P
OWER
O
N
..........................................................................................................................................................10
Power Failure ................................................................................................................................................10
Connecting The Switch ............................................................................................................ 11
S
WITCH
T
O
E
ND
N
ODE
.......................................................................................................................................11
S
WITCH TO
H
UB OR
S
WITCH
...............................................................................................................................11
C
ONNECTING
T
O
N
ETWORK
B
ACKBONE OR
S
ERVER
..........................................................................................12
Introduction To Switch Management....................................................................................... 13
M
ANAGEMENT
O
PTIONS
.....................................................................................................................................13
Web-based Management Interface.................................................................................................................13
SNMP-Based Management ............................................................................................................................13
Command Line Console Interface Through The Serial Port..........................................................................13
Connecting the Console Port (RS-232 DCE) .................................................................................................14
First Time Connecting to The Switch .............................................................................................................15
P
ASSWORD
P
ROTECTION
.....................................................................................................................................17
SNMP Settings................................................................................................................................................18
IP A
DDRESS
A
SSIGNMENT
..................................................................................................................................19
C
ONNECTING
D
EVICES TO THE
S
WITCH
..............................................................................................................21
Introduction to Web-based Switch Configuration.................................................................... 22
Web-based User Interface..............................................................................................................................24
Basic Setup ............................................................................................................................... 26
S
WITCH
I
NFORMATION
........................................................................................................................................26
B
ASIC
S
WITCH
S
ETUP
.........................................................................................................................................27
S
ERIAL
P
ORT
S
ETTINGS
......................................................................................................................................30
P
ORT
C
ONFIGURATIONS
......................................................................................................................................31
U
SER
A
CCOUNTS
................................................................................................................................................33
Admin and User Privileges ............................................................................................................................34
N
ETWORK
M
ANAGEMENT
...................................................................................................................................34
