How to Use This Guide
How to Use This Guide
This preface provides an overview of this guide and the DFE‐Gold Series manual set, and a brief summary of each chapter; defines the conventions used in this document; and instructs how to obtain technical support from Enterasys Networks. To locate information about various subjects in this guide, refer to the following table:
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An overview of the DFE module | Chapter 1, Introduction |
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Network requirements that must be met before | Chapter 2, Network Requirements |
installing the DFE module |
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Instructions to install the DFE module hardware | Chapter 3, Installation |
and optional interface card |
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Troubleshooting installation problems and | Chapter 4, Troubleshooting |
diagnosing network/operational problems using the |
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LANVIEW LEDs in either the RX/TX port status |
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mode or PoE port status mode |
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Specifications, environmental requirements, and | Appendix A, Specifications |
physical properties of the |
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Instructions to set the mode switches when | Appendix B, Mode Switch Settings and |
necessary and remove and replace the DRAM | Option Installations |
SIMM or DIMM memory |
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Overview of Power over Ethernet technology and | Appendix C, About PoE (Power over |
how it is implemented in relation to the | Ethernet) |
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Related Documents
The manuals listed below can be obtained from the World Wide Web in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) at the following site:
http://www.enterasys.com/support/manuals
•Enterasys Matrix DFE‐Gold Series Configuration Guide provides information on how to use the Command Line Interface to set up and manage the DFE modules.
•Matrix N‐Series N‐POE Power System Installation Guide describes how to implement PoE and connect to the 48 Vdc Optional Power connector of the DFE module.
•Cabling Guide provides information on dB loss and cable specifications.
Unlike the Enterasys Matrix DFE‐Gold Series Configuration Guide and the
Matrix N‐Series N‐POE Power System Installation Guide, the Cabling Guide is not listed alphabetically on the web site. Instead, it is listed under the Overview Guides link.
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