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QUICKSTART GUIDE

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Main MultiLink Ethernet Communications Switch Quickstart Guide *1601-0220-A3* IISO9001:2000 Digital Energy Multilin Page Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 9. TAGGED VLANS & RING ONLY MODE- ..........................................................42 Multilink Ethernet Communications Switch QuickStart Guide Digital Energy Multilin 1 Preparation 1.1 Precautions 1.2 Determining Mounting Location Page 2 Mechanical Installation 2.1 Table-top or Shelf Mounting 2.2 Rack Mounting - ML2400 2.3 DIN-Rail / Panel Mounting - ML1600 Page 2.3.1 Mounting Dimensions with Metal Brackets 2.4 DIN-Rail / Panel Mounting - ML1200/ML800 2.4.1 Mounting Dimensions for ML1200/ML800 with metal brackets Page 3 Electrical Installation 3.1 Powering the Unit - ML2400 3.2 Powering the Unit - ML1600 3.3 Powering the Unit - ML1200/ML800 3.4 UL Requirements for DC-Powered Units 3.5 Alarm Contacts Page 4 Connecting a Management Console Terminal to the Unit 4.1 Description 4.1.1 ML2400/ML1600 4.1.2 ML1200/ML800 5 Introduction to Twisted Pair and Fiber Optic Ethernet LANs 5.1 Ethernet Physical Layer: Twisted Pair Copper vs Fiber Optic 5.1.1 Twisted Pair copper cable 5.1.2 Fiber 5.2 Supported Network Topologies 5.2.1 Star Architecture 5.2.2 Mesh Architecture 5.2.3 Ring Architecture 5.3 10BASE T and 100BaseT Media 5.3.1 Unshielded Twisted Pair cable: 5.3.2 Ethernet: Unshielded Twisted Pair Page 6 Connecting Ethernet Media 6.1 Description 6.2 Connecting ST-type Fiber Optics (twist-lock) 6.3 Connecting SC-type Fiber Optics (snap-in) 6.4 Connecting Single-mode Fiber Optics 6.5 Connecting RJ45 Twisted Pair 6.6 Connecting Gigabit Media using GBICs 7 Hubs and Switches 7.1 Fiber Optic Ethernet: 7.1.1 Wavelengths of light 820nm X X 1300nm X X 1550nm N/A X 7.2 Single and Multi-mode cable 7.2.1 Fiber Cable Cross Section and Physical Specifications 7.2.2 Single mode fiber - Less attenuation per unit distance 8 Optical Power Budget 8.1 Assigning an IP address to the Multilin Switch Page Page Page Page Page 8.2 Assigning a static IP Address to a personnel computer Page Page Page Page Page 8.3 Configuring the switch ports for UR redundant operation Page Page 9 Tagged VLANs & Ring Only Mode 9.0.1 Background: VLAN 2 9.1 Configuring Tagged VLANs VLAN 3 9.1.1 Configuring a VLAN within the switch Page Page Page Page Page 9.2 Configuring the Multilink switch for Ring Only Mode Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 10 Multilink Firmware Updates 10.1 Updating MultiLink Firmware 10.2 Selecting the Proper Version 10.3 Upgrading Using a Serial Connection- Command Line Interface Page Page Page Page 10.4 Updating Using the EnerVista Web Interface Software 10.4.1 Using FTP 10.4.2 Using TFTP