User Guide
SuperStack  II Hub 1000 SX
A member of the 3Com SuperStack II System
 3Com Corporation 5400 Bayfront Plaza Santa Clara, California
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LEGENDS
 2 INSTALLING THE HUB
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS GUIDE 1 INTRODUCTION
 3 MAKING CONNECTIONS
A USING THE CONSOLE PORT
POST Messages
 TECHNICAL SUPPORT
SPECIFICATIONS
GLOSSARY INDEX 3COM CORPORATION LIMITED WARRANTY
FCC CLASS A VERIFICATION STATEMENT
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 FIGURES
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 TABLES
Port Configuration Menu
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 Notice Type
ABOUT THIS GUIDE
Icon
Description
 Menu commands
Commands
SETDEFAULT !0 -IP NETaddr =
and buttons
 Hub 1000 SX
INTRODUCTION
General Description
 Full-Duplex
Downlinks
and Uplink
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
 Maximum Cable
Connector
Table 2-1 Downlink Connections
Type
 Color
Table 2-2 Hub 1000 SX Indicators
Indicator
Status
 GBIC Module
Connecting a
The gigabit interface connector GBIC port on the rear panel of the
 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
 Servers
Power Workgroup
Aggregating
connecting to the network backbone. See Figure
 The Hub 1000 SX does not support bandwidth aggregation trunking
Switches
You can use the Hub 1000 SX downlinks to aggregate 10/100 Mbps
 Figure 3-3 Aggregated Switches Connection
3-4 CHAPTER 3 MAKING CONNECTIONS
 Figure 3-4 Mixed Connection
Connecting
The best use of the hub uplink is as a backbone connection to a 3Com
 Symptom
Figure 3-6 Uplink Connection to a 10/100 Mbps Switch
Table 3-2 Troubleshooting Tips
Solution
 USING THE CONSOLE PORT
 Requirements
Connecting the
With Power
Console Port
 Connecting the Console Port A-3
from power
To connect the console port when the hub is disconnected
Disconnected
 message, return the hub to the supplier
Logging On
After 4 minutes of inactivity, the CLI logs off automatically
 Changing the
Password
Port Settings
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
 matrix, Y indicates yes and n indicates no. See Table A-3
Displaying
Hub Status
Table A-3 Hub Status Information
 Displaying Hub Status A-13
 Restoring the Factory Default Settings
A-14 APPENDIX A USING THE CONSOLE PORT
 entering option
Updating the
Firmware Image
Checking the
 Xmodem-CRC To transfer the firmware image file
 Logging Off
during a firmware update, the CLI displays the following message
log in again. To restart the file transfer, repeat steps 6 and
 Table A-5 Fatal Error Messages
Table A-4 File Transfer Error Messages
While saving port settings or
 Physical Dimensions
SPECIFICATIONS
Environmental Operating Ranges
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 TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Services
Board Service
Online Technical
 1 408 654
Access by Analog Modem
Access by Digital Modem
C-2 APPENDIX C TECHNICAL SUPPORT
 Local access numbers are available within the following countries
 Central European HQ
Santa Clara, California
Czech Republic/Slovak
305 261 3266 Miami, Florida
 To obtain an RMA number, call or fax
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 GLOSSARY
 access method
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection. Channel access
cable is based on CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision
transmission of light signals
 flow control
IEEE
incoming
Mbps
 control. See also asymmetric flow control, flow control, pause frame
 INDEX
Symbols
Numbers
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 Switch 9300 3-2, 3-3
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 HARDWARE
3Com Corporation LIMITED WARRANTY
STANDARD WARRANTY SERVICE
SOFTWARE
 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
FCC CLASS A VERIFICATION STATEMENT
GOVERNING LAW