Allied Telesis GS900/8POE Cabling and Powering on the Switch, Cabling the Twisted Pair Ports

AT-GS900/8POE Gigabit Ethernet Switch Installation Guide

Cabling and Powering on the Switch

Cabling the

Twisted Pair

Ports

This section contains the following procedures:

ˆ“Cabling the Twisted Pair Ports,” next

ˆ“Cabling an SFP Transceiver” on page 44

ˆ“Powering on the Switch” on page 45

To connect to the 10/100Base-T twisted pair ports on the AT-FS708/POE switch, perform the following procedure:

1.Connect the twisted pair data cables to the RJ-45 ports on the switch, as shown in Figure 11.

AT-	GS	900/8
8 Port
	10/100/1000		MpbsPOE
		1	POE S
			witch
P			2
OWER

with 1	SFP
	Port
	3

PoE

4

5

6

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Figure 11. Connecting the Twisted Pair Data Cables

2.Power on the end nodes. For more information, refer to “Powering on the Switch” on page 45.

When connecting a twisted pair cable to a port, observe the following guidelines:

ˆAn RJ-45 connector should fit snugly into the port on the switch. The tab on the connector should lock the connector into place.

ˆThe ports on the switch are auto-MDI/MDI-X. You can use either a straight-through or crossover twisted pair cable to connect any type of network device to a port on the switch.

ˆThe network should not contain data loops, which can adversely affect network performance. A data loop exists when two or more network devices can communicate with each other over more than one data path.

Warning: To reduce the risk of electric shock, the PoE ports on this product must not connect to cabling that is routed outside the building where this device is located.  E40

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