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INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................................................................................1
FAST ETHERNET TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................................................................................................... 1
GIGABIT ETHERNET TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................................................................. 1
SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2
FEATURES......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Ports...............................................................................................................................................................................................................2
Performance features ..................................................................................................................................................................................3
Management.................................................................................................................................................................................................3
UNPACKING AND SETUP...............................................................................................................................................................................4
UNPACKING...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Desktop or Shelf Installation ....................................................................................................................................................................4
Rack Installation.........................................................................................................................................................................................5
POWER ON ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Power Failure ..............................................................................................................................................................................................6
IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMPONENTS................................................................................................................................................7
FRONT PANEL.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
REAR PANEL..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
SIDE PANELS.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
OPTIONAL PLUG-IN MODULES..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
100BASE-TX Module..................................................................................................................................................................................9
100BASE-FX (SC) Fiber Module.............................................................................................................................................................9
100BASE-FX (MT-RJ) Fiber Module ......................................................................................................................................................9
1000BASE-SX Gigabit Module...............................................................................................................................................................10
1000BASE-LX Gigabit Module...............................................................................................................................................................10
1000BASE-T Copper Gigabit Module...................................................................................................................................................11
LED INDICATORS........................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
CONNECTING THE SWITCH.......................................................................................................................................................................12
SWITCH TO END NODE ................................................................................................................................................................................ 12
SWITCH TO HUB OR SWITCH...................................................................................................................................................................... 12
10BASE-T Device.......................................................................................................................................................................................13
100BASE-TX Device..................................................................................................................................................................................13
SWITCH MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS ......................................................................................................................................................14
LOCAL CONSOLE MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................................... 14
Diagnostic (console) port (RS-232 DCE) ............................................................................................................................................14
IP ADDRESSES AND SNMP COMMUNITY NAMES.................................................................................................................................... 15
TRAPS.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
MIBS................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
PACKET FORWARDING................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Aging Time ..................................................................................................................................................................................................16
Filtering Database....................................................................................................................................................................................17
SPANNING TREE ALGORITHM .................................................................................................................................................................... 17
STA Operation Levels ...............................................................................................................................................................................17
On the Bridge Level................................................................................................................................................................................ 18
On the Port Level.................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
User-Changeable STA Parameters.........................................................................................................................................................18
Illustration of STA .....................................................................................................................................................................................19