How to Use This Guide
How to Use This Guide
Read through this guide completely to familiarize yourself with its contents and to gain an understanding of the features and capabilities of the DFE‐Gold modules. A general working knowledge of data communications networks is helpful when setting up these modules.
This preface provides an overview of this guide and the DFE‐Gold Series manual set, a brief summary of each chapter, and defines the conventions used in this document. To locate information about various subjects in this guide, refer to the following table.
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An overview of the | Chapter 1, Introduction |
instructions to obtain technical support from |
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Enterasys Networks |
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Network requirements that must be met before | Chapter 2, Network Requirements |
installing the |
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Instructions to install the | Chapter 3, Installation |
hardware and optional Ethernet interface module |
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Troubleshooting installation problems and | Chapter 4, Troubleshooting |
diagnosing network/operational problems using the |
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LANVIEW LEDs |
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Specifications, environmental requirements, and | Appendix A, Specifications |
physical properties of the |
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interface modules, and |
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Instructions to set the mode switches when | Appendix B, Mode Switch Bank Settings |
necessary and remove/replace DRAM SIMM and | and Optional Installations |
DIMM memory |
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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
•Matrix DFE‐Gold Series Configuration Guide provides information on how to use the Command Line Interface to set up and manage the DFE‐Gold modules.
•Cabling Guide provides information on dB loss and cable specifications.
Unlike the Matrix DFE‐Gold Series Configuration 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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