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M-FS518NA-1
September 2000

NETGEAR

, Inc.

4500 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054
USA

Phone: 1-888-NETGEAR
E-mail: [email protected]
www.NETGEAR.com

Installation Guide for
the Model FS518
Fast Ethernet Switch
with Gigabit Uplinks

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Page 1: ...mber 2000 NETGEAR Inc 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara CA 95054 USA Phone 1 888 NETGEAR E mail support NETGEAR com www NETGEAR com Installation Guide for the Model FS518 Fast Ethernet Switch wit...

Page 2: ...of this equipment on the market and has been granted the right to test the series for compliance with the regulations Federal Communications Commission FCC Compliance Notice Radio Frequency Notice Not...

Page 3: ...A product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information Technology Equipment VCCI If this equipment is used in a domestic environment radio disturbance may ari...

Page 4: ...one number listed on the Support Information Card that shipped with your switch Defective or damaged merchandise can be returned to your point of purchase representative Internet World Wide Web NETGEA...

Page 5: ...nel 2 1 1000BASE SX Fiber Ports 2 3 Normal Uplink Push Button 2 3 LEDs 2 4 Rear Panel 2 6 Chapter 3 Applications Desktop Switching 3 2 Segment Switching 3 3 Chapter 4 Installation Preparing the Site 4...

Page 6: ...Appendix B Connector Pin Assignments RJ 45 Plug and Vista RJ 45 Connector B 1 Duplex SC Plug and Duplex SC Connector B 2 Appendix C Cabling Guidelines Fast Ethernet Cable Guidelines C 1 Category 5 Ca...

Page 7: ...ed as a Segment Switch 3 3 Figure 4 1 Attaching Mounting Brackets to the Model FS518 Switch 4 3 Figure 4 2 Tx Rx Connection Between Switches 4 5 Figure 4 3 Connecting to the Model FS518 Fast Ethernet...

Page 8: ...viii Figures...

Page 9: ...1 Troubleshooting Information 5 1 Table B 1 RJ 45 Plug and Vista RJ 45 Connector Pin Assignments B 2 Table C 1 Electrical Requirements of Category 5 Cable C 2 Table C 2 Electrical Requirements of Fibe...

Page 10: ...x Tables...

Page 11: ...ps of bandwidth per user On a 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet network the average bandwidth available to each of the 10 users is 100 10 Mbps which equals 10 Mbps of bandwidth per user Ethernet switches signifi...

Page 12: ...eed the full 10 Mbps network throughput to support the applications Often these switches support only a single MAC media access control address per port have high speed 100 Mbps ports to connect to fa...

Page 13: ...switch provides a built in upgrade path you can remove a 10 Mbps connection and replace the connection with a 100 Mbps connection with little or no change to the rest of the network The Model FS518 sw...

Page 14: ...gotiation supported by all 10 100 Mbps and Gigabit ports Automatic address learning function to build the packet forwarding information table The table contains up to 8 000 MAC addresses that is the s...

Page 15: ...ction 1 5 Conformity to standards IEEE 802 3u 100BASE TX standard ISO IEC 8802 3 and ANSI IEEE 802 3 10BASE T standards IEEE 802 3z 1000BASE SX standard Rack Mount Kit provided for installing the swit...

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Page 17: ...1 Power LED 2 RX TX LEDs 3 FDX COL LEDs 4 10 100 Mbps UTP ports with 10M or 100M Link LEDs on each port 5 Normal Uplink push button for port 16 6 Gigabit Ethernet 1000BASE SX SC fiber ports 7 Link LE...

Page 18: ...unshielded twisted pair UTP cable using an 8 pin RJ 45 plug Each of the 10 100 Mbps ports uses vista RJ 45 connectors that have built in LEDs as illustrated in Figure 2 2 The LEDs as described in Tabl...

Page 19: ...dix B Connector Pin Assignments and Appendix C Cabling Guidelines Figure 2 3 1000BASE SX Fiber Connection Normal Uplink Push Button The Normal Uplink push button on the front panel of the switch as il...

Page 20: ...w you to identify the following information Status of the power supply For each 10 100 Ethernet port Network link at 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Data transmission or receive activity Collision occurrence when...

Page 21: ...he port Yellow On A half duplex link is established on the port and the port is experiencing collisions Note that occasional collisions are normal Off No full duplex link is established or no collisio...

Page 22: ...al Description Rear Panel As illustrated in Figure 2 4 the rear panel of the Model FS518 switch has a cooling fan and a standard AC power receptacle Key 1 Cooling fan 2 AC power outlet Figure 2 4 Rear...

Page 23: ...itch can be used as a standalone device or can be used with 10 Mbps 100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps hubs or other interconnection devices in various configurations The configuration examples in this chapter ill...

Page 24: ...Mbps connection 1000 Mbps full duplex 2 Model FS518 Fast Ethernet Switch Normal Uplink push button set to Normal position 3 PC with 10 Mbps connection 4 PCs with 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet adapter cards...

Page 25: ...1 Server with 100 Mbps connection 2 Model FE508 Fast Ethernet Hub Normal Uplink push button set to Uplink position 3 PCs with network adapter installed enabling 100 Mbps connection 4 100 Mbps connect...

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Page 27: ...ribed in Appendix A Technical Specifications Checking Package Contents Unpack the contents of the package and verify them against the following list NETGEAR Model FS518 Fast Ethernet Switch Two 25 foo...

Page 28: ...in a rack 1 Unpack the switch 2 Choose a location near the devices to be connected and close to an electrical outlet 3 Proceed to Installing the Switch on a Flat Surface or Installing the Switch in a...

Page 29: ...from the Rack Mount Kit to attach the mounting brackets to the rack 1 Phillips screwdriver 2 Phillips screwdriver To install the switch in a rack 1 Attach the mounting brackets to the sides of the sw...

Page 30: ...gh each bracket and into the rack 6 Using a 2 Phillips screwdriver tighten the screws to secure the switch to the rack For proper ventilation make sure that the switch has at least 2 inches of space o...

Page 31: ...s illustrated in Figure 4 2 Be sure that the Rx Gigabit fiber connector of the switch is attached to the Tx Gigabit fiber connector of the remote partner using the other pair from the same fiber cable...

Page 32: ...at all connected resources can be accessed and that the LED indicators on the switch are functioning properly For additional information refer to Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Note The 1000 Mbps Gigabit E...

Page 33: ...plug is properly inserted and locked into the port at both the switch and the connecting device Make sure all cables used are correct and comply with Ethernet specifications All fiber cables must be c...

Page 34: ...s Switch Integrity If required verify the integrity of the switch by resetting the switch Turn power to the switch off and then back on If the problem continues and you have completed all the precedin...

Page 35: ...EE 802 3u 100BASE TX IEEE 802 3z 1000BASE SX Data Rate 10 Mbps differential Manchester encoded IEEE 802 3 100 Mbps with 4B 5B encoding and MLT 3 physical interface for 100BASE TX 1000 Mbps with 8B 10B...

Page 36: ...ty noncondensing Storage humidity 95 maximum relative humidity noncondensing Operating altitude 10 000 ft 3 000 m maximum Storage altitude 10 000 ft 3 000 m maximum Electromagnetic Emissions Meets req...

Page 37: ...rate 14 800 frames second maximum on 10 Mbps port 148 000 frames second maximum on 100 Mbps port 1 480 000 frames second maximum on 1000 Mbps port 10 100 buffer memory 8 MB for 16 ports 4 MB for 2 por...

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Page 39: ...ied Category 5 cabling use RJ 45 plugs The RJ 45 plug accepts 4 pair unshielded twisted pair UTP or shielded twisted pair STP 100 ohm cable and connects into the vista RJ 45 connector The vista RJ 45...

Page 40: ...r to transmit and receive data The duplex SC connector and duplex SC plug are illustrated in Figure B 2 Figure B 2 Duplex SC Connector and Duplex SC Plug Connection Table B 1 RJ 45 Plug and Vista RJ 4...

Page 41: ...certified up to 100 MHz bandwidth 100BASE TX operation uses one pair of wires for transmission and the other pair for receiving and for collision detection When installing Category 5 UTP cabling use t...

Page 42: ...necting hardware must meet the requirements for 100 Mbps operation Category 5 Only 0 5 inch 1 5 cm of untwist in the wire pair is allowed at any termination point Category 5 Cable Specifications Ensur...

Page 43: ...ed MDI or uplink ports Most repeaters and switch ports are configured as media dependent interfaces with built in crossover ports called MDI X or normal ports Figure C 1 illustrates straight through t...

Page 44: ...eets or exceeds the distribution cable rating To wire patch panels you need two Category 5 UTP cables with an RJ 45 plug at each end as shown in Figure C 3 Key 1 RJ 45 plug 2 Category 5 UTP patch cabl...

Page 45: ...e Fiber Cable Specifications Table C 2 lists the electrical requirements of fiber cable Gigabit Cable Guidelines Table C 3 lists the distance limitations for Gigabit fiber connections Table C 2 Electr...

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Page 47: ...3 termination method C 1 connections to other devices 4 5 crossover twisted pair cable C 3 customer support iv D desktop switching 1 2 3 2 F FDX LED 2 5 features 1 4 fiber optic cable C 5 front panel...

Page 48: ...witching 1 2 3 3 site preparation 4 1 straight through twisted pair cable C 3 switches overview 1 3 switching technology desktop switching 1 2 3 2 segment switching 1 2 3 3 T technical specifications...

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