TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT THIS GUIDE

10

CONVENTIONS

10

OVERVIEW OF THIS USERS GUIDE

10

INTRODUCTION

11

FAST ETHERNET TECHNOLOGY

11

GIGABIT ETHERNET TECHNOLOGY

11

SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY

12

FEATURES

12

Ports

12

Performance features

13

Management

13

UNPACKING AND SETUP

14

UNPACKING

14

SETUP

14

DESKTOP OR SHELF INSTALLATION

14

RACK INSTALLATION

15

POWER ON

16

Power Failure

16

IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMPONENTS

17

FRONT PANEL

17

REAR PANEL

18

SIDE PANELS

18

STACK OPERATION

19

OPTIONAL PLUG-INMODULES

20

100BASE-FX (MT-RJ) Module

21

100BASE-FX (SC) Module

21

100BASE-TX Module

22

1000BASE-SX Gigabit Module

22

1000BASE-LX Gigabit Module

23

1000BASE-T Copper Gigabit Module

23

LED INDICATORS

24

CONNECTING THE SWITCH

26

SWITCH TO END NODE

26

SWITCH TO HUB OR SWITCH

26

10BASE-T Device

27

100BASE-TX Device

27

SWITCH MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS

28

LOCAL CONSOLE MANAGEMENT

28

Diagnostic (Console) Port (RS-232 DCE)

28

IP ADDRESSES AND SNMP COMMUNITY NAMES

29

TRAPS

29

MIBS

30

PACKET FORWARDING

30

Aging Time

30

Filtering Database

31

SPANNING TREE ALGORITHM

31

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