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Contents
Quick Start 1
Chapter 1 Hardware Installation and Network Topology 3
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................3
Features.....................................................................................................................................................4
Installation and Setup ............................................................................................................................... 5
Using the Switch.......................................................................................................................................6
Port status LEDs ................................................................................................................................6
Management status LEDs..................................................................................................................7
Cabling Requirements .............................................................................................................................. 8
UTP requirements .............................................................................................................................8
Fiber optic requirements ...................................................................................................................9
Straight-through vs. crossover cables ...............................................................................................9
Typical Configurations...........................................................................................................................10
Configuring the 100 Mbps workgroup environment ......................................................................10
Configuring the Wide Area Network (WAN) environment ...........................................................11
Connecting to a 10 Mbps segment ..................................................................................................12
Excessive flow control problems ....................................................................................................13
Chapter 2 Configuring and Managing the Switch 15
Accessing the Console Manager ............................................................................................................16
Using the Console Manager ...................................................................................................................17
Entering commands.........................................................................................................................17
Console Manager command groups................................................................................................19
Configuring a port for full duplex...................................................................................................20
Configuring the SNMP agent for IP................................................................................................20
Monitoring traffic ............................................................................................................................21
Creating VLANs .............................................................................................................................23
Configuring the spanning tree .........................................................................................................24
Creating custom filters ....................................................................................................................25