3Com 100 TX manual Connecting a Hub Stack to a Management Unit

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Making Network Connections

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Hub to You can connect the hub (or a hub stack) to a Management Unit by using Management Unit the expansion cable. Connect the UP expansion port on the hub’s rear panel

to the DOWN expansion port on the Management Unit’s rear panel, as shown in Figure 3-5.

3Com strongly recommends that you place the Management Unit on top of the hub stack, so it will be unit number 1. This will ensure that existing nonvolatile port configuration information is applied to the correct physical unit in the stack.

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Figure 3-5 Connecting a Hub Stack to a Management Unit

The maximum number of units in a stack is eight including the Management Unit. If you wish, you can add two Redundant Power Systems to a stack of eight units (seven hubs and one Management Unit, or eight hubs with no other device).

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3Com 100 TX manual Connecting a Hub Stack to a Management Unit

100 TX specifications

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