
Foundry FastIron LS Layer 2 Compact Switch Hardware Installation Guide
iv
© 2007 Foundry Networks, Inc.
September 2007
P
OWER
P
RECAUTIONS
.........................................................................................................................3-4
P
REPARING
THE
I
NSTALLATION
S
ITE
............................................................................................................3-5
C
ABLING
I
NFRASTRUCTURE
..................................................................................................................3-5
I
NSTALLATION
L
OCATION
......................................................................................................................3-5
I
NSTALLING
THE
D
EVICE
.......................................................................................................................3-5
D
ESKTOP
I
NSTALLATION
.......................................................................................................................3-6
R
ACK
M
OUNT
I
NSTALLATION
.................................................................................................................3-6
W
ALL
M
OUNT
I
NSTALLATION
.................................................................................................................3-7
I
NSTALLING
A
R
EDUNDANT
P
OWER
S
UPPLY
.................................................................................................3-8
A
BOUT
THE
RPS2-EIF R
EDUNDANT
P
OWER
S
UPPLY
............................................................................3-8
I
NSTALLING
A
F
AST
I
RON
LS R
EDUNDANT
P
OWER
S
UPPLY
.........................................................................3-10
E
QUIPMENT
C
HECKLIST
......................................................................................................................3-10
M
OUNTING
.........................................................................................................................................3-10
C
ONNECTING
S
WITCHES
TO
THE
RPS ................................................................................................3-12
P
ORTS
P
IN
-O
UT
(RPS2-EIF) .............................................................................................................3-14
I
NSTALLING
AN
O
PTIONAL
M
ODULE
INTO
THE
S
WITCH
................................................................................3-14
I
NSTALLING
AN
SFP T
RANSCEIVER
............................................................................................................3-15
P
OWERING
O
N
THE
S
YSTEM
.....................................................................................................................3-16
V
ERIFYING
P
ROPER
O
PERATION
...............................................................................................................3-16
A
TTACHING
A
PC
OR
T
ERMINAL
................................................................................................................3-16
W
IRING
M
AP
FOR
S
ERIAL
C
ABLE
........................................................................................................3-17
C
HAPTER
4
C
ONNECTING
N
ETWORK
D
EVICES
AND
C
HECKING
C
ONNECTIVITY
........................................................................... 4-1
A
SSIGNING
P
ERMANENT
P
ASSWORDS
.........................................................................................................4-1
R
ECOVERING
FROM
A
L
OST
P
ASSWORD
................................................................................................4-2
C
ONFIGURING
IP A
DDRESSES
.....................................................................................................................4-3
D
EVICES
R
UNNING
L
AYER
2 S
OFTWARE
...............................................................................................4-3
C
ONNECTING
N
ETWORK
D
EVICES
...............................................................................................................4-4
C
ONNECTORS
......................................................................................................................................4-4
C
ABLE
S
PECIFICATIONS
........................................................................................................................4-4
C
ONNECTING
TO
E
THERNET
OR
F
AST
E
THERNET
H
UBS
.........................................................................4-4
C
ONNECTING
TO
W
ORKSTATIONS
, S
ERVERS
,
OR
R
OUTERS
...................................................................4-5
C
ONNECTING
A
N
ETWORK
D
EVICE
TO
A
F
IBER
P
ORT
.............................................................................4-5
T
ESTING
C
ONNECTIVITY
..............................................................................................................................4-6
O
BSERVING
LED
S
................................................................................................................................4-6
T
ROUBLESHOOTING
N
ETWORK
C
ONNECTIONS
.............................................................................................4-7
C
HAPTER
5
M
AINTAINING
THE
F
AST
I
RON
LS H
ARDWARE
............................................... 5-1
M
ANAGING
F
AST
I
RON
LS T
EMPERATURE
S
ETTINGS
.....................................................................................5-1
D
ISPLAYING
M
ANAGEMENT
M
ODULE
CPU U
SAGE
.......................................................................................5-4
H
ARDWARE
M
AINTENANCE
S
CHEDULE
.........................................................................................................5-4
I
NSTALLING
OR
R
EPLACING
A
10-G
IGABIT
E
THERNET
M
ODULE
.....................................................................5-4