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0 ABOUT THIS GUIDE............................................................................................................................................. 10
C
ONVENTIONS
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O
VERVIEW OF THIS
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SER
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S
G
UIDE
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1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................... 11
F
AST
E
THERNET
T
ECHNOLOGY
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G
IGABIT
E
THERNET
T
ECHNOLOGY
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S
WITCHING
T
ECHNOLOGY
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F
EATURES
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Ports........................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Performance features................................................................................................................................................. 13
Management............................................................................................................................................................... 13
2 UNPACKING AND SETUP.................................................................................................................................... 14
U
NPACKING
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S
ETUP
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D
ESKTOP OR
S
HELF
I
NSTALLATION
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R
ACK
I
NSTALLATION
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P
OWER
O
N
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Power Failure ............................................................................................................................................................ 16
3 IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMPONENTS..................................................................................................... 17
F
RONT
P
ANEL
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R
EAR
P
ANEL
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S
IDE
P
ANELS
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S
TACK
O
PERATION
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O
PTIONAL
P
LUG
-
IN
M
ODULES
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100BASE-FX (MT-RJ) Module .................................................................................................................................. 21
100BASE-FX (SC) Module......................................................................................................................................... 21
100BASE-TX Module ................................................................................................................................................. 22
1000BASE-SX Gigabit Module .................................................................................................................................. 22
1000BASE-LX Gigabit Module .................................................................................................................................. 23
1000BASE-T Copper Gigabit Module........................................................................................................................ 23
LED I
NDICATORS
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4 CONNECTING THE SWITCH.............................................................................................................................. 26
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WITCH TO
E
ND
N
ODE
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S
WITCH TO
H
UB OR
S
WITCH
........................................................................................................................................... 26
10BASE-T Device....................................................................................................................................................... 27
100BASE-TX Device .................................................................................................................................................. 27
5 SWITCH MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS.............................................................................................................. 28
L
OCAL
C
ONSOLE
M
ANAGEMENT
.................................................................................................................................... 28
Diagnostic (Console) Port (RS-232 DCE) ................................................................................................................. 28
IP A
DDRESSES AND
SNMP C
OMMUNITY
N
AMES
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T
RAPS
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MIB
S
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P
ACKET
F
ORWARDING
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Aging Time ................................................................................................................................................................. 30
Filtering Database ..................................................................................................................................................... 31
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PANNING
T
REE
A
LGORITHM
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