TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS GUIDE | 10 |
CONVENTIONS | 10 |
OVERVIEW OF THIS USER’S 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 | 20 |
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LED INDICATORS | 24 |
CONNECTING THE SWITCH | 26 |
SWITCH TO END NODE | 26 |
SWITCH TO HUB OR SWITCH | 26 |
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SWITCH MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS | 28 |
LOCAL CONSOLE MANAGEMENT | 28 |
Diagnostic (Console) Port | 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 |