Multiple-hub Networks—System 2000 Only
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Interconnecting Hubs Using the MDI Port 1
You can interconnect Model 281xSA hubs by connecting an MDI port 1
on one Model 281xSA hub to any MDI-X 10BASE-T port on another hub.
Figure 3-15 shows such a configuration, in which two Model 280x/2813SA
clusters are connected to a Model 2813SA hub. Port 1 on each cluster
Model 2813 hub is set to MDI, and a UTP patch cable is used to connect
each of these ports to an MDI-X port on the higher Model 2813SA hub.
Figure 3-15. Interconnecting hubs via the MDI port
To use the MDI port 1 for interconnecting hubs, follow these steps:
1.
Use a small flat-blade screwdriver to set the MDI-X/MDI switch on
a Model 281xSA hub to the MDI position (see Figure 3-16). This
adjustment sets port 1 as an MDI port.
NOTE:
Interconnections through the MDI-X/MDI ports must always be from
MDI to MDI-X. Ports 2 through 16 are internally configured as MDI-X ports,
and the switchable port 1 is factory-set to be an MDI-X port. If you intercon-
nect two Model 281xSA hubs through port 1 on both hubs, you must change
one port (but only one) to the MDI setting.
MDI-X (ports 2-16)
UTP cable
UTP cable
Switch set
to MDI
Model 2813SA hub
Model 2803 hubs
UTP cables to
Ethernet stations
Switch set
to MDI
Model 2813SA
Ethernet Hub
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LattisHub 2813SA
LattisHub 2813SA
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