Preface

Audience

This guide is for the networking or computer technician responsible for installing the Cisco ME 4924-10GE Ethernet switch. We assume that you are familiar with the concepts and terminology of Ethernet and local area networking.

Purpose

This guide documents the hardware features of the Cisco ME 4924-10GE Ethernet switch. It describes the physical and performance characteristics of the switch, explains how to install it, and provides troubleshooting information.

This guide does not describe system messages that you might receive or how to configure your switch. For more information, refer to the switch software configuration guide, the switch command reference, and the switch system message guide on the Cisco.com Product Documentation home page. For information about the standard Cisco IOS Release 12.2 commands, refer to the Cisco IOS documentation set from the Cisco.com home page at Service and Support > Technical Documents. On the Cisco Product Documentation home page, select Release 12.2 from the Cisco IOS Software drop-down list.

Organization

This guide is organized into these chapters:

Chapter 1, “Product Overview,” is a physical and functional overview of the switch. This chapter describes the switch ports, the standards they support, and the switch LEDs.

Chapter 2, “Switch Installation,” has the procedures on how to power the switch, how to install the switch on a wall, a table, or a shelf, stack the switches, install the switch in a rack, on a wall, on a table, or shelf,, and how to make port connections.

Chapter 3, “Connecting the Power Supply,” describes how to connect the AC and DC power supply units and how to remove the units.

Chapter 4, “Troubleshooting,” describes how to identify and resolve some of the problems that might arise when installing the switch.

Appendix A, “Technical Specifications,” lists the physical and environmental specifications for the switches and the regulatory agency approvals.

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