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SuperStack  II Hub 1000 SX
User Guide
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LEGENDS
 ABOUT THIS GUIDE 1 INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
2 INSTALLING THE HUB
 POST Messages
A USING THE CONSOLE PORT
3 MAKING CONNECTIONS
 SPECIFICATIONS
GLOSSARY INDEX 3COM CORPORATION LIMITED WARRANTY
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
FCC CLASS A VERIFICATION STATEMENT
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 FIGURES
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 TABLES
Port Configuration Menu
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 ABOUT THIS GUIDE
Icon
Notice Type
Description
 Commands
SETDEFAULT !0 -IP NETaddr =
Menu commands
and buttons
 General Description
INTRODUCTION
Hub 1000 SX
 Downlinks
and Uplink
Full-Duplex
Operation
 Flow Control
 Features and
Functions
 INSTALLING THE HUB
SuperStack II Hub 1000 SX User Guide
 Hub Description The hub’s front and rear panels are shown in Figure
 Installing and
Connecting the Hub
 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the other side of the hub
 Connector
Table 2-1 Downlink Connections
Maximum Cable
Type
 Table 2-2 Hub 1000 SX Indicators
Indicator
Color
Status
 The gigabit interface connector GBIC port on the rear panel of the
Connecting a
GBIC Module
 Using Optional
Power Systems
 Power Modules
Cabling Options
 A hub connects to a UPS unit through the hub’s AC power cord
Table 2-4 Advanced RPS Configuration Options
 You can connect a UPS unit to an Advanced RPS unit as long as you do not exceed the maximum wattage 325 watts for the UPS unit. To verify that the UPS unit’s maximum wattage is not exceeded, calculate the total power consumption of all units connected to the Advanced RPS. If the result is less than 325 watts, your configuration is safe if the result is greater than 325 watts, then there are too many units connected to the Advanced RPS
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 MAKING CONNECTIONS
Table 3-1 Gigabit Ethernet Maximum Cable Lengths
 Power Workgroup
Aggregating
Servers
connecting to the network backbone. See Figure
 You can use the Hub 1000 SX downlinks to aggregate 10/100 Mbps
Switches
The Hub 1000 SX does not support bandwidth aggregation trunking
 Figure 3-3 Aggregated Switches Connection
3-4 CHAPTER 3 MAKING CONNECTIONS
 The best use of the hub uplink is as a backbone connection to a 3Com
Connecting
Figure 3-4 Mixed Connection
 Figure 3-6 Uplink Connection to a 10/100 Mbps Switch
Table 3-2 Troubleshooting Tips
Symptom
Solution
 USING THE CONSOLE PORT
 Connecting the
With Power
Requirements
Console Port
 from power
To connect the console port when the hub is disconnected
Connecting the Console Port A-3
Disconnected
 After 4 minutes of inactivity, the CLI logs off automatically
Logging On
message, return the hub to the supplier
 Password
Port Settings
Changing the
Configuring
 To display the Port Configuration menu
 Configuring Port Settings
Table A-2 Port Configuration Menu
 A-8 APPENDIX A USING THE CONSOLE PORT
 Configuring Port Settings
 and be configured to receive pause frames
 Configuring Port Settings A-11
 Displaying
Hub Status
matrix, Y indicates yes and n indicates no. See Table A-3
Table A-3 Hub Status Information
 Displaying Hub Status A-13
 Restoring the Factory Default Settings
A-14 APPENDIX A USING THE CONSOLE PORT
 Updating the
Firmware Image
entering option
Checking the
 Xmodem-CRC To transfer the firmware image file
 log in again. To restart the file transfer, repeat steps 6 and
during a firmware update, the CLI displays the following message
Logging Off
 While saving port settings or
Table A-4 File Transfer Error Messages
Table A-5 Fatal Error Messages
 Environmental Operating Ranges
SPECIFICATIONS
Physical Dimensions
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 Services
Board Service
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Online Technical
 Access by Analog Modem
Access by Digital Modem
1 408 654
C-2 APPENDIX C TECHNICAL SUPPORT
 Local access numbers are available within the following countries
 Santa Clara, California
Czech Republic/Slovak
Central European HQ
305 261 3266 Miami, Florida
 To obtain an RMA number, call or fax
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 GLOSSARY
 Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection. Channel access
cable is based on CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision
access method
transmission of light signals
 IEEE
incoming
flow control
Mbps
 control. See also asymmetric flow control, flow control, pause frame
 Numbers
Symbols
INDEX
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 Switch 9300 3-2, 3-3
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 3Com Corporation LIMITED WARRANTY
STANDARD WARRANTY SERVICE
HARDWARE
SOFTWARE
 GOVERNING LAW
FCC CLASS A VERIFICATION STATEMENT
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY