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Contents
Quick Start
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Chapter 1
Hardware Installation and Network Topology
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Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 3
Installation and Setup ....................................................................................................................... 4
Using the Switch ............................................................................................................................... 5
Port status LEDs ........................................................................................................................ 5
Management status LEDs .......................................................................................................... 6
Cabling Requirements ....................................................................................................................... 7
UTP requirements ...................................................................................................................... 7
Fiber optic requirements ............................................................................................................ 7
Straight-through vs. crossover cables ......................................................................................... 8
Typical Configurations ................................................................................................................... 10
Configuring the mixed 10 and 100 Mbps workgroup environment ........................................... 10
Configuring the Wide Area Network (WAN) or multi-floor environment ................................ 12
Repeater count limitations ....................................................................................................... 14
Chapter 2
Configuring and Managing the Switch
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Accessing the Console Manager ..................................................................................................... 16
Using the Console Manager ............................................................................................................ 17
Entering commands ................................................................................................................. 17
Console Manager command groups .......................................................................................... 19
Sample Console Manager Session ................................................................................................... 20
Configuring the SNMP agent for IP ......................................................................................... 21
Configuring a port for full duplex ............................................................................................ 22
Creating Virtual LANs (VLANs) ............................................................................................. 23
Monitoring traffic .................................................................................................................... 25
Chapter 3
Console Command Reference
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Console Command-line Summary ................................................................................................... 32
Console Commands ........................................................................................................................ 38
System Commands ......................................................................................................................... 39
IP Commands ................................................................................................................................. 43
IP configuration ....................................................................................................................... 43
Ping Commands ....................................................................................................................... 46
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Commands ....................................................................... 47
