3Com 9400 manual Contents

CONTENTS

ABOUT THIS GUIDE

Introduction	7
Finding Specific Information in This Guide			7
Conventions	8
CoreBuilder 9400 Documentation 9
Paper Documents		9
Software and Documents on CD-ROM			10
Documentation Comments 10
Year 2000 Compliance		10

1SYSTEM AND SETUP OVERVIEW

CoreBuilder 9400 Intelligent Switch 11

System Features and Benefits	11
System Management 12
Network Configuration Example	12
Speeding Up Server Access	12
System Overview — Front Panel	13
System Overview — Back Panel	14

System Overview — Sample Application 15

2INSTALLING THE SYSTEM

Before You Begin 17

Installing the System on a Table Top 17 Installing the System in a Distribution Rack 18

3CABLING COREBUILDER 9400 PORTS

	Overview of Cabling	19
	Fiber Safety Precautions		19
	Cabling Gigabit Ethernet Ports 20
	Guidelines for Gigabit Ethernet Cabling				20
	Recommended Distances for 1000BASE-SX Ports or
	Transceivers	20
	Recommended Distances for
	1000BASE-LX Transceivers			20
	Cabling 1000BASE-SX Ports			21
	Cabling 1000BASE GBIC Ports			22
	Connecting the LX Transceiver to MMF				24
	Cabling the Console Port		26
	Console Port Pin Assignments			27
	Cabling the Out-of-Band Management Port				27
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	SYSTEM POWER UP
	Power Up 29
	Power-up Diagnostics	30
	System Diagnostics	30
	Power LED Activity		30
	Fault LED Activity		30
	Gigabit Ethernet Port Diagnostics 30
	Packet LED Activity		30
	Status LED Activity		30
	System Checks 31
	Next Step: Software Configuration			31