T
ABLE OF
C
ONTENTS
ABOUT THIS GUIDE................................................................................................................................................................V
C
ONVENTIONS
............................................................................................................................................................................
V
O
VERVIEW OF THIS
U
SER
’
S
G
UIDE
..............................................................................................................................................
V
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................................................1
F
AST
E
THERNET
T
ECHNOLOGY
....................................................................................................................................................1
G
IGABIT
E
THERNET
T
ECHNOLOGY
..............................................................................................................................................1
S
WITCHING
T
ECHNOLOGY
...........................................................................................................................................................2
F
EATURES
....................................................................................................................................................................................2
Chassis.....................................................................................................................................................................................2
Modules....................................................................................................................................................................................3
CPU Module .............................................................................................................................................................................................3
10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Module............................................................................................................................................................3
100BASE-FX (MT-RJ) Module................................................................................................................................................................4
1000BASE-T (RJ-45) Module
..................................................................................................................................................................4
1000BASE-SX (SC) Module ....................................................................................................................................................................4
1000BASE-LX (SC) Module ....................................................................................................................................................................4
Power Supply Modules .............................................................................................................................................................................4
UNPACKING AND SETUP........................................................................................................................................................6
U
NPACKING
.................................................................................................................................................................................6
S
ETUP
..........................................................................................................................................................................................6
D
ESKTOP OR
S
HELF
I
NSTALLATION
.............................................................................................................................................7
R
ACK
I
NSTALLATION
...................................................................................................................................................................7
I
NSTALLING
M
ODULES
.................................................................................................................................................................8
C
ONNECTING A
T
ERMINAL
...........................................................................................................................................................9
P
OWER ON
....................................................................................................................................................................................9
Power Failure ........................................................................................................................................................................10
IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMPONENTS ......................................................................................................................11
F
RONT
P
ANEL
............................................................................................................................................................................11
S
IDE
P
ANELS
..............................................................................................................................................................................11
O
PTIONAL
P
LUG
-
IN
M
ODULES
...................................................................................................................................................12
10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Module...........................................................................................................................................12
100BASE-FX (MT-RJ) Module ..............................................................................................................................................12
1000BASE-T (RJ-45) Module
................................................................................................................................................13
1000BASE-SX (MT-RJ) Gigabit Module ...............................................................................................................................13
1000BASE-SX (SC) Gigabit Module......................................................................................................................................14
1000BASE-LX (SC) Gigabit Module .....................................................................................................................................14
Power Supply Modules ..........................................................................................................................................................15
LED I
NDICATORS
......................................................................................................................................................................15
CONNECTING THE SWITCH ...............................................................................................................................................16
S
WITCH TO
E
ND
N
ODE
...............................................................................................................................................................16
S
WITCH TO
H
UB OR
S
WITCH
......................................................................................................................................................16
10BASE-T Device ..................................................................................................................................................................17
100BASE-TX Device ..............................................................................................................................................................17
1000BASE-T Device
..............................................................................................................................................................17
C
ABLE
L
ENGTHS
........................................................................................................................................................................18
SWITCH MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS................................................................................................................................19