Chapter 2: Installation
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Connecting the Ports and Powering On the Switch
To connect to the ports on the switch, perform the following procedure:
1. Connect the twisted-pair data cables to the RJ-45 ports on the switch,
as shown in Figure 14.
Figure 14. Connecting the Twisted-twisted-pairPair Data Cables
When connecting a twisted-pair cable to a port, observe the following
guidelines:
An RJ-45 connector should fit snugly into the port on the switch.
The tab on the connector should lock the connector into place.
The ports on the switch are auto-MDI/MDI-X. You can use either a
straight-through or crossover twisted-pair cable to connect any
type of network device to a port on the switch.
The network should not contain data loops, which can adversely
affect network performance. A data loop exists when two or more
network devices can communicate with each other over more than
one data path.
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