3Com 6200 Additional Equipment Required Equipment, Tools, Cables, 1 Cable Distance Limitations

Installation

Additional Equipment

Required Equipment

•PC running RedHat Linux 6.2 or greater software. This software is

used to support the Security Switch 6200 Graphical User Interface (GUI) and for hosting the Check Point™ FireWall-1®Management Server.

•PC running WinNT4/Win2K software. This software is used for launching the Check Point FireWall-1 GUI and the system’s embedded

WEB GUI.

•Security applications licenses to activate installed software on the system.

To install the chassis in a standard rack you need certain hand tools, appropriate cabling, and additional hardware not included in the chassis shipment.

Tools

To install the chassis into a standard rack you need, as a minimum, a Phillips screwdriver (9” minimum, #2).

Cables

Cabling requirements are installation-specific. Prior to installation you should know:

•The kind and number of cables required for each type of interface.

•The distance limitations for each signal type. Table 2-1:provides the approximate cable distance limitations.

Table 2-1: Cable Distance Limitations

Cable Description	Distance Limitation
Craft port: RS-232 DB9 directly	15 meters maximum
from the system	(50 feet maximum)
Management Link port: 10/100	Cat 5 cable, 100 meters (328 feet)
Copper Ethernet Link Port: 10/100/	Cat 5 cable, 100 meters (328 feet)
1000
Fiber Ethernet Link Port: Gigabit	62.5 micro-fiber - 275 meters
	(902 feet)
	50 micro-fiber - 550 meters
	(1805 feet)

Table 2-2:shows the cables that ship with chassis.

	Table 2-2: System Cables
Cable	Description
Power Cabling	Standard AC power cable.
Console Port	Serial shielded straight-through 9-pin D-sub female to 9-
	pin male cable.

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