Cabletron Systems NB25 E, NB20E Contents, Chapter, Introduction, Installation Requirements

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1		INTRODUCTION
1.1	USING THIS MANUAL		1-1
1.2	GETTING HELP		1-2
1.3	THE NB20E AND NB25E TWO PORT ETHERNET BRIDGE ....		1-2
1.4	THE BRIDGE FILTERING METHOD		1-3
1.5	MULTIPLE BRIDGE ENVIRONMENTS		1-5
	1.5.1	The Root Bridge	1-5
	1.5.2 Primary and Redundant Data Paths		1-6
1.6	REMOTE LANVIEW		1-7
1.7	RELATED MANUALS		1-8

CHAPTER 2		INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS/
		SPECIFICATIONS
2.1	LOCATION REQUIREMENTS		2-1
2.2	NETWORK REQUIREMENTS		2-1
2.3	OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS		2-2

CHAPTER 3		INSTALLING THE NB20E OR NB25E BRIDGE
3.1	UNPACKING THE NB20E OR NB25E BRIDGE		3-1
3.2	INSTALLING THE BRIDGE		3-1
	3.2.1 Installing the Rack Mount Brackets		3-2
	3.2.2	Cable Support Installation	3-3
	3.2.3 Connecting The Bridge To The Network		3-3
	3.2.4 Setting The Mode Switches		3-4

3.2.5Connecting The NB20E or NB25E To

		The Power Source	3-5
CHAPTER 4		TESTING AND LANVIEW
4.1	INSTALLATION CHECK-OUT		4-1
4.2	USING LANVIEW		4-2
4.3	USING THE FORWARD BROADCAST SWITCH		4-3
4.4	USING THE ROOT SWITCH		4-4

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