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CONTENTS 

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

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Overview

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Features

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Package Contents

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Verify that your package contains the following:

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CHAPTER 2: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

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Front Panels

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10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 Ports

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GBIC Module Bays

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LED Descriptions

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Console Port

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CHAPTER 3: APPLICATIONS

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Desktop Switching

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Backbone Switching

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CHAPTER 4: INSTALLATION

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Step 1: Preparing the Site

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Step 2: Installing the Switch

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Step 3: Installing a GBIC Module

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Step 4: Checking the Installation

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Step 5: Applying AC Power

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Step 6: Connecting to the Console Port to Manage the Switch (initial configuration)

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Step 7: Connecting Devices to the Switch

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CHAPTER 5: SWITCH MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW

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Management Access Overview

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SNMP Access

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Protocols

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Software Upgrade Procedure

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CHAPTER 6: ADMINISTRATION CONSOLE ACCESS

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Main Menu

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Main Menu> System Information

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Main Menu> Status

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Main Menu> Set-Up

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Main Menu> Tools

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Main Menu> Security

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Main Menu> Advanced Menu

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CHAPTER 7: WEB MANAGEMENT ACCESS

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System

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Status

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Set-up

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Tools

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Security

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Advanced

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APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY

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APPENDIX B: TROUBLESHOOTING

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Troubleshooting Chart

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Additional Troubleshooting Suggestions

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APPENDIX C: VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORK (VLAN)

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APPENDIX D: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

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APPENDIX E: CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENTS

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Summary of Contents for GSM712

Page 1: ...E L Managed Gigabit Switch Installation Guide 12 PORT 10 100 1000Mbps NETGEAR Inc 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara CA 95054 USA Phone 1 888 NETGEAR www NETGEAR com M GSM712NA 0 M G S M 7 1 2 N...

Page 2: ...used in a residential area or in an adjacent area thereto radio interference may be caused to equipment such as radios and TV receivers Federal Communications Commission FCC Compliance Notice Radio Fr...

Page 3: ...reils num riques de classe A prescrites dans le R glement sur le brouillage radio lectrique du minist re des Communications du Canada Customer Support For assistance with installing and configuring yo...

Page 4: ...e Port to Manage the Switch initial configuration 17 Step 7 Connecting Devices to the Switch 21 CHAPTER 5 SWITCH MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW 22 Management Access Overview 22 SNMP Access 23 Protocols 23 Softwa...

Page 5: ...Page 4 of 105 APPENDIX F CABLING GUIDELINES 103...

Page 6: ...7 FIGURE 6 13 PORT MIRRORING 38 FIGURE 6 14 PORT TRUNKING 39 FIGURE 6 15 MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT IGMP 40 FIGURE 6 16 TRAFFIC PRIORITIZATION 41 FIGURE 6 17 VLANS SET UP 42 FIGURE 6 18 VLAN ADMINISTRATION 43...

Page 7: ...RE 7 25 ADDRESS MANAGER AGING TIME 83 FIGURE 7 26 ADDRESS MANAGER STATIC ADDRESS 84 FIGURE 7 27 SNMP MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY TABLE 85 FIGURE 7 28 SNMP MANAGEMENT HOST TABLE 86 FIGURE 7 29 SNMP MANAGEMENT...

Page 8: ...22 TABLE 6 1 STP PORT SETTING PARAMETERS 48 TABLE 7 1 STP PORT SETTING PARAMETERS 82 TABLE B 1 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART 91 TABLE E 1 10 100 MBPS RJ 45 PLUG AND RJ 45 CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENTS 102 TABLE E...

Page 9: ...the front or via Telenet The switch s management features include SNMP and RMON for port and switch information VLAN for traffic control port trunking for increased bandwidth and Class of Service CoS...

Page 10: ...k on all ports to make the right connection Automatic address learning function to build the packet forwarding information table The table contains up to 8 000 media access control MAC addresses that...

Page 11: ...2 Managed Gigabit Switch Rubber footpads for tabletop installation Power cord One null modem cable Rack mount kit for installing the switch in a 19 inch rack This user s guide Support Information Card...

Page 12: ...o Uplink This technology lets you attach devices to the RJ 45 ports using either straight through or crossover cables When you insert a cable into the switch s RJ 45 port the switch automatically Sens...

Page 13: ...quick and accurate display of port speed activity collisions and duplex mode Table 2 1 summarizes the LEDs on the switch and Gigabit Ethernet module Table 2 1 Front Panel LEDs Label Color Activity De...

Page 14: ...l modem cable supplied with your switch The console port is configured to use the following settings Baud rate 9 600 bps Data bits 8 Parity none Stop bit 1 Flow control none These settings appear belo...

Page 15: ...network environments Desktop Switching Your NETGEAR Model GSM712 Managed Gigabit Switch can be used as desktop switch to build a small network that enables users to have 1000 Mbps access to a file se...

Page 16: ...switch in a dry area with ambient temperature between 0 and 40 C 32 and 104 F Keep the switch away from heat sources such as direct sunlight warm air exhausts hot air vents and heaters Operating humi...

Page 17: ...nstallation Before you apply power o Inspect the equipment thoroughly o Verify that all cables are installed correctly o Check cable routing to make sure cables are not damaged or create a safety haza...

Page 18: ...r a PC Apple Macintosh or UNIX workstation that is directly connected to the switch s console port Thereafter you can assign an IP address subnet mask and gateway address to the switch and manage it t...

Page 19: ...Page 18 of 105 13 The terminal emulation program should display the System Description page Hit the ESC key to get to the Main Menu page Figure 4 4 Main Menu...

Page 20: ...Page 19 of 105 14 On the Main Menu page hit the C key to select the Set Up page Figure 4 5 Set Up...

Page 21: ...key 18 Now type in the desired Default Gateway followed by the Enter key 19 Use Ctrl W to save these new settings Hit the Y key or Enter to confirm saving the new settings to NVRAM The switch will no...

Page 22: ...you to attach devices using either straight through or crossover cables Figure 4 7 Connecting Devices to the Switch 20 Connect each device to an RJ 45 network port on the switch s front panel see Fig...

Page 23: ...needed Menu based HyperTerminal access to full functionality HyperTerminal are built into Microsoft Windows 95 98 NT 2000 operating systems Secure MAKE SURE THE AREA WHERE THE SWITCH IS INSTALLED IS...

Page 24: ...GEAR Model GSM712 Managed Gigabit Switch before you can establish access to it with a virtual terminal protocol Terminal emulation differs from a virtual terminal protocol in that you must connect a t...

Page 25: ...trl W and confirm the change to NVRAM 5 Restart the system via the Tools Reset command 6 Bootstrap will retrieve the new image then pass control to it 7 The system executes the new software image Note...

Page 26: ...This connection is made using the null modem cable supplied with the switch The following list provides examples of terminal emulation programs HyperTerminal which is built into the Microsoft Windows...

Page 27: ...row keys may be used to move within menus and sub screens At the bottom of every screen are some key commands available to the user for that particular screen as well as some helpful information The c...

Page 28: ...ystem the Main Menu will be displayed and access is granted immediately By default password protection is disabled If enabled the default password is 1234 To enable password protection o Choose Securi...

Page 29: ...ter in front of each menu option can also be typed to directly choose that option As shown in Figure 6 3 there are six menu items to choose from o System o Status o Set Up o Tools o Security o Advance...

Page 30: ...enu System Information This screen displays the following System Uptime System Description System Name user definable System Contact user definable System Location user definable MAC Address Figure 6...

Page 31: ...Statistics There are two sections in this screen The left side Port ID field allows you to choose a port to be observed To get to the left side use Ctrl M to move to that field The central portion of...

Page 32: ...sses that are currently in the address database When addresses are in the database the packets intended for those addresses are forwarded directly to those ports You can filter out addresses in the ta...

Page 33: ...eld Rate Duplex Offers the choice of Full duplex Half duplex or Auto negotiation Enabling auto negotiation on a port allows a port to sense the communication speed and negotiate the duplex mode full d...

Page 34: ...the IP related information of the system o Enter a site specific IP address Gateway Address and Network Mask or subnet mask Consult your network administrator for the information o Press Ctrl W to sa...

Page 35: ...g It requires a TFTP filename and a server IP address to retrieve the specified image from the given IP address The new image will not overwrite the one in non volatile memory Net save option This opt...

Page 36: ...e Configuration and then use either Enter or Y to save the configuration to NVRAM Restore Factory Values Select Restore Factory Values to reset the switch parameters to their original default settings...

Page 37: ...Page 36 of 105 Main Menu Tools Reset Reset Switch will restart the switch the equivalent of turning the power off and on Reset switch will clear the statistical counters to zero Figure 6 11 Reset...

Page 38: ...e the password for both the Console and Web sessions To use password protection you must enable Password Protection If you forget your password contact NETGEAR technical support at 1 888 NETGEAR Pleas...

Page 39: ...o VLAN o Spanning Tree o MAC Address Manager o SNMP Main Menu Advanced Menu Port Mirroring This menu option allows you to enable the Port Mirroring capability see Figure 6 13 You need to specify both...

Page 40: ...nk with a GIBC port Up to four trunks can be enabled at the same time To set up a trunk use the space bar to select the ports that will participate in the trunk Spanning Tree will treat trunked ports...

Page 41: ...rding that is otherwise broadcast to the whole network Enabling IGMP snooping will allow individual ports to detect IGMP snooping queries report packets and manage IP multicast traffic through the swi...

Page 42: ...et loss Port Priority allows the user to specify which ports have greater precedence in situations where traffic may be buffered in the switch due to congestion The ports with a setting of high will t...

Page 43: ...arate ports on the same switch from a single broadcast domain into separate broadcast domains By using VLAN users can group by logical function instead of physical location This switch supports up to...

Page 44: ...nd names can be added VLAN ID numbers must be in the range of 1 4094 Add a VLAN 1 Type a unique numeric VLAN ID and hit Enter 2 Type a unique VLAN name and hit Enter Remove a port or an entire VLAN To...

Page 45: ...the SPACE bar A U or T will be displayed for each port assigned to the VLAN see Figure 6 19 where U stands for untagged and T for tagged A _ space indicates that the port is not a member of the parti...

Page 46: ...ntagged packets entering the switch will by default be tagged with the ID specified by the port s PVID This screen allows you to specify the PVID for each port An X in the Port VLAN ID Setup page will...

Page 47: ...two network nodes There are maybe more than one physical path between any two nodes for redundant paths STP ensures only one physical path is active and the others are blocked STP will prevent an inad...

Page 48: ...llo Time Time between configuration messages sent by the Spanning Tree algorithm Max Age Amount of time before a configuration message is discarded by the system Forward Delay Amount of time system sp...

Page 49: ...ridge will be the active path Fastlink in STP mode When a port running the standard STP is connected it will go through the STP negotiation listening learning forwarding or blocking before it will be...

Page 50: ...Page 49 of 105 Main Menu Advanced Menu MAC Address Manager There are two advanced setup parameter can be configured here o Static Address o Address Aging Figure 6 24 Address Manager MAC...

Page 51: ...dress Aging The aging time is the amount of time that an entry is kept in the bridge tables prior to being purged or aged The range in parentheses represents the minimum and the maximum values that th...

Page 52: ...ry o Type the MAC address under the first column and hit Enter o Enter the port number which is associated with the MAC address If all the information is correct the new entry will appear in the list...

Page 53: ...t features on the switch include o Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP o Support Standard MIBs MIB II RFC1213 Ethernet Interface MIB RFC1643 Bridge MIB RFC1493 Enterprise MIB future release RMON R...

Page 54: ...nt community strings with combinations of GET SET and TRAP privileges These community strings need to be set prior to setting host access as the host table depends on the existence of community string...

Page 55: ...host table from accessing the switch If Host Authorization is enabled the host must be added to this table through the Console port connection in order for an end station to be access the switch via...

Page 56: ...Authentication Traps When on the system will generate an SNMP trap upon a host authorization failure This failure occurs when a host tries to gain access to the system but the host s IP is not in the...

Page 57: ...console port Figure 7 1 shows this management method Figure 7 1 Web Management Method Web Management requires either Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 0 or later or Netscape Navigator 6 0 or later Web Pa...

Page 58: ...s that screen s data from current values on the system Apply Submits change request to system and refreshes screen data Add Adds new entries to table information and refreshes screen data Remove Remov...

Page 59: ...iption o System Name o System Contact o System Location o Current Local Time o System Uptime o MAC Address o IP Address o Subnet Mask o Default Gateway o Software Version These parameters are not edit...

Page 60: ...mitted byte per second Outbound Unicast Packet Rate Transmitted unicast packet per second Outbound Non unicast Packet rate Transmitted non unicast packet per second Outbound Discard Rate Transmitted a...

Page 61: ...Page 60 of 105 Figure 7 4 Statistics Switch Statistics...

Page 62: ...t packet Inbound Discards Received and is being discarded packet Inbound Errors Received and is a error packet Outbound Octets Transmitted byte Outbound Unicast Packets Transmitted unicast packet Outb...

Page 63: ...isabled Dis o Speed Indicates the speed and duplex for the port The possible entries are Auto negotiation Auto 10 Mbps half duplex 10M Half 10 Mbps full duplex 10M Full 100 Mbps half duplex 100M Half...

Page 64: ...dynamic MAC addresses that are currently in the address database When addresses are in the database the packets intended for those addresses are forwarded directly to those ports You can filter the di...

Page 65: ...ts have a maximum ceiling of more than 2 1 billion 2 147 483 647 You can see the value of each bar or line in the chart by clicking on the bar The following will outline the settings for each type of...

Page 66: ...uration Set up System Configuration This page will allow access to the system information parameters o Enter System Name System Contact System Location o Click Apply to change the System Configuration...

Page 67: ...set in this menu There are three tunable parameters to be set by the system administrator o Enter site specific IP address Gateway address and Net mask o Click Apply to change the IP settings in the...

Page 68: ...rding Fwd or Disabled Dis Blk Blocking The port is either no link or only receiving PDU packets to monitor the Spanning Tree Fwd Forwarding The port is sending and receiving all traffic Lrn Learning T...

Page 69: ...witch Last Saved will boot from the boot image last saved in non volatile memory in the switch In order to boot from the network you must supply the TFTP server IP address and boot image file name in...

Page 70: ...changed settings to NVRAM If changes are not saved to NVRAM then they will be lost during the next switch reset or reboot Restore the factory configuration by selecting Restore Note network IP settin...

Page 71: ...f 105 Tools Device Reset In this screen the user can reset power cycle the switch This is primarily used to upgrade the firmware or restore defaults Reset the switch by selecting Reset Figure 7 14 Dev...

Page 72: ...administrator password in the New password field o Type the same password in the Verify field o Click Apply to activate the new password Note If you have enabled password protection without setting yo...

Page 73: ...rk devices to report multicast group membership By using this protocol networking devices can reduce broadcast traffic IGMP snooping is a way to participate in this protocol without interfering o Traf...

Page 74: ...pops up when an advanced feature is selected While this warning can be disabled when it appears for each advanced feature this screen allows experienced users to disable this warning for all of the ad...

Page 75: ...he debugging of a network This web interface page allows the enabling or disabling of port mirroring and the setting of source Mirrored and monitor Mirroring ports The monitor port will show a copy of...

Page 76: ...Trunks can be defined for similar port types only For example a 10 100 1000 port cannot form a Port Trunk with a GBIC port Up to four trunks can be enabled at the same time To set up a trunk use the p...

Page 77: ...ding that is otherwise broadcast to the whole network Enabling IGMP will allow individual ports to detect IGMP queries report packets and manage IP multicast traffic through the switch IGMP o Enable T...

Page 78: ...ttings on this page only affect ingress packets that are not already tagged for priority To raise the priority of a given port switch the port s setting from Normal to High The default and normal sett...

Page 79: ...an create a new VLAN add new ports to an existing VLAN remove ports from an existing VLAN or delete a VLAN Create a new VLAN Group o Under the Show VLAN drop down menu select Add a new VLAN o Enter th...

Page 80: ...LAN Port All untagged packets entering the switch will by default be tagged as specified by the port s Primary VLAN Identification PVID This screen allows you to specify the PVID for each port Figure...

Page 81: ...between any two nodes for redundant paths STP ensures only one physical path is active and the others are blocked STP will prevent an inadvertent loop in a network which can disable your network due...

Page 82: ...enabled Hello Time Interval between configuration messages sent by the Spanning Tree algorithm Max Age Amount of time before a configuration message is discarded by the system Forward Delay Amount of...

Page 83: ...t bridge will be the active path Fastlink in STP mode When a port running the standard STP is connected it will go through the STP negotiation listening learning forwarding or blocking before it will...

Page 84: ...the amount of time an entry is held in the forwarding tables while no activity occurs from that address Entries should be removed to update the table for MAC addresses that have moved or are turned o...

Page 85: ...creen will not be purged from the system s forwarding table by the aging process Add a new entry o Enter the MAC address and port in the appropriate boxes o Click Add Remove an exist entry o Highlight...

Page 86: ...ter release RMON RFC1757 groups 1 2 3 and 9 This page has three SNMP Settings o Community Table o Host Table o Trap Setting Advanced SNMP Community Table The administrator can create up to eight diffe...

Page 87: ...a community name and then these permissions are assigned to individual machines by adding those machines and their IP address to the appropriate community string Host Authorization can be Enabled or D...

Page 88: ...access to the system but the host s IP is not in the SNMP host table Authentication traps o Enable The system will generate a SNMP trap upon a host authorization failure o Disable The authentication...

Page 89: ...to describe treating different types of traffic with different levels of service priority Higher priority traffic gets faster treatment during times of switch congestion Collision A term used to descr...

Page 90: ...e MAC address Media Access Control address also called hardware or physical address Most devices that connect to a LAN have a MAC address assigned to them as they are used to identify other devices in...

Page 91: ...ce TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol Allows you to transfer files such as software upgrades from a remote device using the local management capabilities of the Switch Traffic prioritization Giving t...

Page 92: ...perating in half duplex mode Recheck the settings of the device attached to the RJ 45 port Make sure the attached device is set to auto negotiate ACT LED is flashing continuously on all connected port...

Page 93: ...anges can be dealt with quickly and conveniently from a management interface rather than the wiring closet Increased performance VLANs free up bandwidth by limiting node to node and broadcast traffic...

Page 94: ...AN setup Example 2 will step through a more elaborate setup illustrating all possible scenarios for a comprehensive understanding of tagged VLANs Example 1 This example shows the basics of setting up...

Page 95: ...Page 94 of 105 2 In the VLAN Membership page use the space bar to modify the matrix until the desired ports are all members of the selected VLAN as either tagged or untagged ports...

Page 96: ...agged packets to participate in the First VLAN make sure to change the Port VLAN IDs for the relevant ports Access the PVID Settings page then use the space bar to add an X indicating which Port VLAN...

Page 97: ...trates several scenarios of VLAN use and how the switch will handle VLAN and non VLAN traffic 1 Setup the following VLANs 2 Configure the VLAN membership Each image below shows a different VLAN to be...

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Page 100: ...N ID 1 default the packet will be dropped 2 If a tagged packet with a VLAN tag value 1 enters Port 4 the packet will have access to Ports 2 3 6 11 and 12 If the packet leaves Port 5 and or 1 it will b...

Page 101: ...Mode Max Speed Activity Full Duplex Per device Power Reset Performance Specifications Forwarding modes Store and forward Bandwidth 24 Gbps Non blocking Network latency Less than 80 microseconds for 6...

Page 102: ...82 1 EN 55024 Safety CE mark commercial CSA certified CSA 22 2 950 TUV licensed EN 60 950 UL listed UL 1950 CUL IEC950 EN60950 Modules AGM721F GBIC SX module for 1000BASE SX connections with SC connec...

Page 103: ...5 connector Figure E 1 RJ 45 Plug and RJ 45 Connector with Built in LEDs Table E 1 lists the pin assignments for a 10 100 Mbps RJ 45 plug and RJ 45 connector Table E 1 10 100 Mbps RJ 45 Plug and RJ 45...

Page 104: ...etween the hub and the patch panel if used 295 ft 90 m from the wiring closet to the wall outlet 10 ft 3 m from the wall outlet to the desktop device The patch panel and other connecting hardware must...

Page 105: ...in telephone cable may have the same RJ 45 plug However using telephone cable results in excessive collisions causing the attached port to be partitioned or disconnected from the network Using 1000BAS...

Page 106: ...another connector a patch panel or device at each transition point Removing the jacket that surrounds the four pairs of twisted cable It is highly recommended that when RJ 45 connections are made this...

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