Kingston Technology KNE16TP/RS Hardware Installation, Front Panel, Power LED, Utilization LEDs

Hardware Installation 5

Hardware Installation

Before you begin installing network cables, please take a few moments to familiarize yourself with the EtheRx 16-Port and 24-Port Ethernet Hubs. The functions on the front and rear panels are illustrated below.

Front Panel

Utilization LEDs																UTP Ports
			Collision LEDs
							KNE16TP/RS					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Pro-Series Ethernet Hub							LINK / ACT / PARTITION													CABLE TYPE
						1	2 3 4	5 6 7 8
	UTIL %
PWR		AUI	BNC
	COLL %					9	10 11 12	13 14 15 16				9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	CASCADE
								1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
							KNE24TP/RS
Pro-Series Ethernet Hub						LINK / ACT / PARTITION														CABLE TYPE
			1	2 3	4	5	6 7 8	9 10 11 12
	UTIL %
PWR		AUI	BNC
	COLL %		13 14 15 16			17 18 19 20		21 22 23 24	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
								13												CASCADE
Power	AUI
	LED																	Cascade Switch
LED		BNC					Link /Activity / Partition					UTP Ports
		LED						LEDs											(MDI-X or MDI)

Fig. 1. Hub Front Panels

Power LED

The green LED indicates the power status. The LED will light when the AC power cord is connected from a power source to the hub and the power switch is turned on.

Utilization LEDs

Kingston’s Smart Monitor™ bar-graph LEDs for utilization and collision provide easy monitoring of network traffic. There are five Utilization LEDs to display the amount of network traffic in five percentage levels. The amount of data traffic is measured in frames per second (FPS), then calculated into the following percentage forms: 1%, 7%, 15%, 30%, and 60%. The LEDs will light in a bar-graph fashion based on the network activity.

Collision LEDs

There are five Collision LEDs to display the amount of data packet collisions in five percentage levels. The amount of data collisions is measured in collisions per second (CPS), then calculated into the following percentage levels: 1%, 7%, 15%, 30%, and 60%. The LEDs will light in a bar-graph fashion based on the amount of collisions.

KNE24TP/RS User’s Guide - Rev. A01 Kingston Technology Company