Cabletron Systems manual 2H28-08R Overview

Chapter 1: Introduction

Appendix B, FE-100TX,FE-100FX and FE-100F3 Specifications, contains information about FE-100TX pinouts and information concerning cable types used with the FE-100FX and FE-100F3.

Appendix C, Optional Installations and Mode Switch Bank Settings, describes how to install optional Fast Ethernet Interface Modules and how to set the Mode Switch.

1.32H28-08R OVERVIEW

The 2H28-08R (Figure 1-1) is a switching device that provides six fixed 100BASE-FX Fast Ethernet ports using multimode fiber optic cable. Each Ethernet segment supports 802.1D switching (bridging), IEEE 802.1Q switching, and Cabletron Systems SecureFast Switching Virtual Network technology.

		Optional Fast
		Ethernet Interface
Port LEDs	Switched Ethernet Ports	Module Ports 7 & 8

System LEDs
COM Port	Receive (RX)
RESET Button	Transmit (TX)	2380_02
	LEDs

Figure 1-1 2H28-08R

The 2H28-08R also has two slots (7 and 8) for optional Fast Ethernet Interface Modules.

The device bridges each Ethernet segment to the other switch ports, and to the optional interface modules in port slots 7 and 8. The optional Fast Ethernet Interface Modules provide uplinks to 100BASE-TX or 100BASE-FX Fast Ethernet networks, and connectivity to 10BASE-T.

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