Quick View, AsantéBridge, Front Panel | Asante Technologies 1012

Chapter 1 — Quick Start

	Quick View	Before you install the AsantéBridge 1012, you should become
	Quick View	familiar with both the front and rear panels.The following illustra-

		tions show the front and rear panels. Sit down in front of your
		unit and ﬁnd each of the items shown in the illustrations, then
		locate the item in the following text.
	AsantéBridge 1012	Look at the AsantéBridge front panel as shown in Figure 1-3.All
	Front Panel	controls and indicators are labeled with a brief deﬁnition.

CPU Activity

LED

Power LED

Reset

Button

ASANTE

RESET

0000944007B3

Physical

Address

SNMP Agent Activity

MSG LED

Bridge Spanning Tree

Status LEDs

Hub Utilization

Uplink

Port

Bridge External

Bridge Hub

LEDs

Partition LED

Partition LEDs

Port Status LEDs

Port Status LEDs

UTILIZATION

PARTITION

BRIDGE

FWD

COL

STATUS STANDBY ACTIVE

RCV

FWD COL

AsantéHub 1012

RCV

%

EXT PORT

HUB

PWR CPU

1 3 5

10 20

30

50

65+

BRDG UPLINK

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

SNMP MSG

Late Collision

1

3

5

10+

1 2

3

4

5 6

7

8

9 10 11

12

Misaligned CRC

%

LINK/RECEIVE

Short Event/Missing SFD

COLLISION

10BASE-T PORTS

BRIDGE

Runts/Fragments

Hub Status LEDs

Port Link/Receive LEDs

Bridge/Uplink Link/Receive LEDs

RJ45 Port Connectors

Figure 1-3 AsantéBridge 1012 Front Panel

Physical Address

This is the physical address of this AsantéBridge 1012; preset at the factory and cannot be modiﬁed.

Reset button

Allows you to reset all bridge and hub software.Any packets currently buffered are lost.When the bridge resets, power on diagnostics run automatically.The power LED goes off momen- tarily when the diagnostics run.

Power LED

Lights when the AsantéBridge 1012 is turned on.

CPU Activity LED

This LED ﬂashes when bridge or hub activity occurs; if the LED remains off, a hardware problem exists.

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Asante Technologies 1012 manual Quick View, AsantéBridge, Front Panel

Contents

AsantéBridge Users’ Guide Trademarks Tell Us What You Think Page Table of Contents Connecting a VT100 Terminal Default Settings Configuring a Redundant LinkSetting Up Out-of-Band Links AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management List of Figures Figure C-4 Crossover RJ-45 Cable page C-4 Introduction About This ManualIntroduction Intended Audience Conventions Used In This Manual Intended Audience Tell Us What You Think Technical Support Quick Start Before You StartQuick Start Introducing AsantéBridge Introducing the AsantéBridge Bridging Between Two Segments AsantéBridge Features Snmp Quick View AsantéBridgeFront Panel Quick View Bridge Spanning Tree Status LEDs RJ45 Port ConnectorsBridge External Port Status LED Bridge Hub Port Status LEDs RJ21 Port Connector AsantéBridge 1012 Rear Panel3in1 Port Bridge External Port Link/Receive LED Through/End DIP SwitchBridge External Port AUI Bridge External Port Collision LED On/Off Switch PC/Terminal DIP SwitchAC Power Connector Fan Interpreting LEDs Flashing Installing AsantéBridge 1012 Preparing for the InstallationInstalling the AsantéBridge Basic Installation Procedures ToolsUnpacking the AsantéBridge Positioning the AsantéBridge Asante´Hub Rack-mounting the AsantéBridge Page Connecting Two Segments to the AsantéBridge Dividing the Network into Segments Shown below About Spanning Trees Connecting Devices to the AsantéBridge Using the front panel RJ45 portsWhat You Need Using the rear panel RJ21 connector Conﬁguration Options Quick Start Connecting to the Network Connecting to the Network Before You Start About Bridging About Bridging Simple Transparent Bridge Bridging between segments About Bridging Spanning Tree Like this Redundant bridging Using the 3in1 Port Connecting to the BNC Port Using the 3in1 Port Interconnecting Hubs on Thin Ethernet Backbone Connecting to the AUI Port Interconnecting Using Foirl Fiber Optic Inter-Repeater Link Interconnecting to Thick Ethernet Backbone Connecting to the RJ45 in and Out Ports Connecting an In-Band Daisychaining Conﬁguring a Redundant Link Checking the Link10BaseT Conﬁguring a Redundant Link An Example Conﬁguration If the Main Hub Goes Down If a Link Goes Down to the Main Hub Setting Up Out-of-Band Links Setting Up Out-of-Band LinksInterconnecting Hubs 10 Connecting the Asanté Management Station for Out-of-Band Recommended Method Distance Restrictions Conﬁguring Hub DIP Switches PC/Terminal SwitchThrough/End Switch Connecting a VT100 Terminal Connecting a VT100 Terminal Default Settings Lists the factory default settings AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management These functions, use the following ﬂow chart AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management Bridge Diagnostics Bridge Diagnostics Local Management Local Management Main Menu Local Management Menu System General Help Menu Local Management Help Window Accessing the Conﬁguration Menu system Conﬁguration Menu SystemConﬁguration Menu System Reset System item is a command. Selecting this item System Information Menu Password Menu Password Menu Snmp Agent Parameters Menu SystemBridge Snmp agent menu has the following four submenus TCP/IP Parameters Menu TCP/IP Parameters Menu Software Update Menu Software Update Menu About the Software Update function Conﬁguration Menu System 10 System Update Status Window Menu without taking any action Conﬁguration Menu System Snmp Trap Receiver Table 11 Snmp Trap Receiver Table Snmp Community Name Table 12 Snmp Community Name Table This table allows you to control access to Snmp MIB objects Out-of-Band Parameters Menu 13 Out-of-Band Parameters Menu Enter control-z to return to the Conﬁguration Menu Bridge Parameters Menu System 14 Bridge Parameters Menu Spanning Tree Bridge Parameters Menu 15 Spanning Tree Bridge Parameters Menu Activity.To update the window, enter control-r Spanning Tree Port Setting Menu 16 Spanning Tree Port Setting Menu Bridge Forwarding Table About Forwarding Exit returns you to the Bridge Parameters Menu Alphabetic portion of the ﬁeld deﬁnes the type of entry About dynamic and static table entries AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management Using the Edit Function 18 Editing the Forwarding Table Using the Search Function 19 Searching for an Address Bridge Filtering Table About the Filtering Table 20 Bridge Filtering Table Conﬁguration Menu System Resetting the Bridge 21 Resetting the Bridge Menu Statistics Menu System 22 Bridge Statistics Support for Pre 10BaseT Devices Appendix a Support for Pre 10BaseT Devices Technical Speciﬁcations Appendix B Technical Speciﬁcations B-3 B-4 Pinouts and Cable Speciﬁcations Appendix C Pinouts and Cable Speciﬁcations RJ-45 to RJ-21 Pinouts Amphenol to Modular Jack C-3 RJ-45 Modular Jack to Wall Jack Pinouts RJ-45 to RJ-45 Crossover Cable AUI DB-15 Pinouts Table C-1 AUI Pinouts C-6 AsantéBridge 1012 Index LED Numerics Manual P/N