Cabletron Systems pmn manual 1.3 2M46-04R OVERVIEW

Chapter 1: Introduction

Appendix A, Specifications, contains information on functionality and operating specifications, connector pinouts, environmental requirements, and physical properties.

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.

1.32M46-04R OVERVIEW

The 2M46-04R, shown in Figure 1-1, is a 4-port high-speed network switching device that supports traditional switching (bridging), IEEE 802.1Q switching (port based VLANs), and Cabletron Systems SecureFast Switching Virtual Network technology. The 2M46-04R also has redundant power supplies.

Ports 1 and 2 on the 2M46-04R support optional Fast Ethernet Interface Modules and can provide uplinks to 100BASE-TX or 100BASE-FX Fast Ethernet networks. There are also two HSIM slots that support optional High Speed Interface Modules (HSIMs) that provide additional connectivity to various networking technologies such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Wide Area Networks (WANs), and Fiber Distribution Data Interface (FDDI).

Optional HSIM Slots

RESET Button

4

2M46-04R RESET

COM

HSIM 2 HSIM 1

PWR

CPU

1 2

System LEDs

Port Status LEDs

COM Port	Optional Fast Ethernet Interface
	Module Ports 1 and 2

2M46-04R

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Figure 1-1 The 2M46-04R

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