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Summary of Contents for GSD-800

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Page 2: ...8 Port 10 100 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Switch GSD 800 User s Manual ...

Page 3: ...n the part of PLANET PLANET assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this User s Manual PLANET makes no commitment to update or keep current the information in this User s Manual and reserves the right to make improvements to this User s Manual and or to the products described in this User s Manual at any time without notice If you find information in this manual tha...

Page 4: ...dequate measures WEEE Warning To avoid the potential effects on the environment and human health as a result of the presence of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment end users of electrical and electronic equipment should understand the meaning of the crossed out wheeled bin symbol Do not dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and have to collect such WEEE separately Rev...

Page 5: ...ew 8 2 1 2 Switch Front Panel 9 2 1 3 LED Indicators 9 2 1 4 Switch Rear Panel 9 2 2 Installing the Switch 10 2 2 1 Desktop Installation 10 3 Switch Operation 12 3 1 Address Table 12 3 2 Learning 12 3 3 Forwarding Filtering 12 3 4 Store and Forward 12 3 5 Auto Negotiation 13 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 14 APPENDIX A NETWORKING CONNECTION 15 A 1 Switch s RJ 45 Pin Assignments 15 A 2 RJ 45 cable Pin Assignmen...

Page 6: ...o us for repair 1 2 How to Use This Manual This Gigabit Ethernet Switch User Manual is structured as follows Chapter 2 Installation The chapter explains the feature functionality and the physical installation of the Gigabit Ethernet Switch Chapter 3 Switch operation The chapter explains the Gigabit Ethernet Switch transmit operation Chapter 4 Troubleshooting The chapter explains the troubleshootin...

Page 7: ...ll z z duplex mode flow control and auto negotiation IEEE 802 3x flow control for full duplex operation and Backpressure z z for half duplex operation Integrated address look up engine support 8K absolute MAC z z addresses 9K Jumbo packet support z z Automatic address learning and address aging z z Supports Auto MDI MDI X function z z Support CSMA CD protocol z z FCC CE class A compliant z z ...

Page 8: ...o learning aging Shared Data Buffer 144K byte packet memory Flow Control Back pressure for half duplex IEEE 802 3x Pause Frame for full duplex Packet Control Runt CRC filtering Broadcast storm control Switch Throughput 11 9Mpps Switch Fabric 16Gbps Standards Conformance Network Standards IEEE 802 3 Ethernet IEEE 802 3u Fast Ethernet IEEE 802 3ab Giga Ethernet IEEE 802 3x Flow control Operation Tem...

Page 9: ... throughput of Switch makes it ideal for most Gigabit environments especially while network upgrades to a Gigabit environment All RJ 45 copper interfaces support 10 100 1000Mbps Auto Negotiation for optimal speed detection through RJ 45 Category 6 5 or 5e cables Support is standard for Auto MDI MDI X that can detect the type of connection to any Ethernet device without requiring special straight o...

Page 10: ...ure 2 1 shows a front panel of GSD 800 Figure 2 1 GSD 800 front panel 2 1 3 LED Indicators LED Color Function PWR Green Lights to indicate that the Switch is powered on 1000 Green Lights Blinks to indicate that the Switch is successfully connecting to the network at 1000Mbps to indicate the Switch is receiving or sending data 10 100 Green Lights Blinks to indicate that the Switch is successfully c...

Page 11: ...ections to it Please read the following topics and perform the procedures in the order being presented Note This Switch does not need software configuration 2 2 1 Desktop Installation To install the Switch on desktop simply follow the next steps Step 1 Attach the rubber feet to the recessed areas on the bottom of the Switch Step 2 Place the Switch on desktop near an AC power source Step 3 Keep eno...

Page 12: ...requires UTP Category 5 network cabling with RJ 45 tips For more information please see the Cabling Specification in Appendix A Step 5 Supply power to the Switch A Connect one end of the power cable to the Switch B Connect the 100 240V AC power cord to a standard wall outlet When the Switch receives power the Power LED should remain solid Green ...

Page 13: ...ill lookup the address table for the destination address If not found this packet will be forwarded to all the other ports except the port which this packet comes in And these ports will transmit this packet to the network it connected If found and the destination address is located at different port from this packet comes in the Ethernet Switching will forward this packet to the port where this d...

Page 14: ...umber of each incoming and outgoing packet are stored in a routing table This information is subsequently used to filter packets whose destination address is on the same segment as the source address This confines network traffic to its respective domain reducing the overall load on the network The Switch performs Store and Forward therefore no error packets occur More reliably it reduces the re t...

Page 15: ...tiation mode and if the partner is set to half duplex then the performance will be poor Per port LED is lit but the traffic is irregular Solution Check that the attached device is not set to dedicate full duplex Some devices use a physical or software switch to change duplex modes Auto negotiation may not recognize this type of full duplex setting Why the Switch doesn t connect to the network Solu...

Page 16: ...2 BI_DA BI_DB 3 BI_DB BI_DA 4 BI_DC BI_DD 5 BI_DC BI_DD 6 BI_DB BI_DA 7 BI_DD BI_DC 8 BI_DD BI_DC 10 100Mbps 10 100Base TX Contact MDI Media Dependant Interface MDI X Media Dependant Interface Cross 1 Tx transmit Rx receive 2 Tx transmit Rx receive 3 Rx receive Tx transmit 4 5 Not used 6 Rx receive Tx transmit 7 8 Not used ...

Page 17: ...ble and each wire is color coded The following shows the pin allocation and color of straight cable and crossover cable connection Figure A 1 Straight Through and Crossover Cable Please make sure your connected cables are with same pin assignment and color as above picture before deploying the cables into your network ...

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