3Com 16985ua.bk manual

http://www.3com.com/ Par t No. DU A169 8-8AAA 0 2 Publ ished Augus t 2000 Sup erStac k ® 3 Swit ch 330 0 MM User Gui de 3C16988A 169 85ua .bk Page 1 Thurs da y, Sep temb er 7, 200 0 9:15 A M[...]

3Com Cor porat ion 5400 Bayfr ont Pl aza Santa Cl ara, Calif or nia 95052- 8145 Copyri ght © 20 00, 3Com T e chn olog ies. All rights reserve d. No part of this docume ntation ma y be reproduced in any for m or by a ny mea ns or used to make any deriva tive work (such as translat ion, tra nsforma tion, or adapta tion) withou t writt en permi ssion[...]

C ONTENT S A BOUT T HIS G UID E Conventions 8 Related Doc umentation 9 Y ear 2 000 Compliance 10 Documentation Comm ents 10 Product Registration 10 1 I NTR O DUCING TH E S WITCH 3300 MM About the SuperStack 3 Sw itch 3300 MM 12 Summary of Fea tures 12 Switch 33 00 MM — F ront View Detail 13 10BASE- T/ 100BASE-T X Ports 13 LED s 13 Switch 33 00 MM[...]

2 I NSTALLING THE S WITC H Choosin g a Su itable Site 24 Rack-mounting 2 4 Placing Units On T op of Each Other 25 St ac kin g Units 26 St ac kin g T wo Units 26 St ac kin g Up T o F o ur Units 27 The Power -up Sequence 29 Connectin g a Re dundant Pow er System 29 Powering-up the Sw itch 3300 MM 29 Checki ng for Correc t Operation 29 Choosing the Co[...]

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A BO UT T HI S G UIDE This gui d e pro vides all the in formation yo u need to i n stall and use a Super Stack ® 3 S witc h 330 0 M M (3C1 6988A) unit with d efault settings. If you w ant to ch ange t he w a y th e Sw itch work s using manage me nt soft ware, ref er to the “ Su p erSta ck Switch Manag em ent Guide ” . The gu ide is intend ed f[...]

8 A BOU T T HIS G UI DE Conve ntions Ta b l e 1 an d Ta b l e 2 list co n venti o ns th at are used throu g ho u t th is guide. Ta b l e 1 N otice Icons Ic on Notice Ty pe Descripti on In format io n note In format ion that desc ribes im porta nt fe atu res o r ins truc tio ns Cauti on Inform at ion th at alerts y ou to pot ential loss of d ata or [...]

Relat ed Documenta tion 9 Related Do cumen tati on In addit ion t o this gu ide , each Sw itch 330 0 M M do cum ent se t include s th e fo ll ow in g : ■ Ma na gemen t Gui de This gu ide contai ns all th e ma na gem ent inform ation for the Switc h. ■ Qui c k Refe rence Gui d e This g u ide cont ains a quick su m mary of the h ardwar e an d so [...]

10 A BOU T T HIS G UI DE Y ear 200 0 Compli ance Fo r infor mat ion on Y e ar 2000 com plian ce a nd 3C om p roduc ts, vi sit the 3Co m Y e ar 2000 Web page: http :/ /w ww.3c om .c om/p ro du cts/y r2 000. ht ml Do cum en tation Comme nts Y our suggest ions ar e ver y important t o us. Th ey will help make our docum en tat ion m ore usef ul to you.[...]

1 I NTR ODUCING TH E S WI TCH 3300 M M This c h apt er contains int ro d ucto ry i n for m atio n a b out the Swit ch and how it ca n be u sed in y our ne tw ork. I t cov ers the f ollow ing topi cs : ■ Abo ut th e Su perSta ck 3 Sw itch 33 00 M M ■ Switch 33 00 M M — Fr ont Vi ew Det ail ■ Switch 33 00 M M — Rear View Detail ■ Netwo rk[...]

12 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 3300 MM Ab out the Su per S tac k 3 Sw it ch 33 0 0 M M The Supe rStack ® 3 Switch 330 0 M M conn ects : ■ your existing 10M b ps dev ices. ■ high-pe rfo rmance wo rkgroups wi th a 1 00M bps ba ckb one o r server co nnecti on. ■ users to dedica ted 1 00M bps po rts in on e sw itch. In addi tion, as par[...]

Switc h 3300 MM — Fr ont View Det ail 13 Sw it ch 33 0 0 M M — Fr ont View Detai l Figure 1 Switch 330 0 M M — front vi ew 10B ASE -T/ 100B AS E-TX P orts The Swit c h h as 2 4 auto -negotiat ing 10BASE-T/ 1 00BASE-TX p o rts conf igure d as MDIX (cr oss- over ). These ports can be set to 10BASE-T half duplex , 10 BASE- T full du ple x, 100B [...]

14 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 3300 MM Ta b l e 3 L ED behavi or LED Color In dic ates Port S tatus LEDs Packet Yello w Pac ket s are bei n g t ra nsmitt ed/ recei ved on th e por t. Off No pack ets are be i ng t ransmi tted/re ceive d on t he port. Statu s Green A link i s pre sent, an d the por t is enable d. Green flas hing A li nk is p[...]

Sw it ch 3300 MM — Rear View Detail 15 Sw it ch 33 0 0 M M — Re ar V ie w D e tail Figure 2 Switch 330 0 M M — rear v iew Unit In fo rmatio n Label This label shows the following : ■ The 3C om p roduct name o f the S witc h ■ The 3Com 3C numb er of the Switch ■ The uni q ue MAC addr ess (Ethernet ad dress) o f the Switch ■ The ser ial[...]

16 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 3300 MM Cons ole Por t T he con s ol e po rt al lo ws yo u to c onn ec t a te rm i na l and p erf o rm rem ot e o r local out-of -ban d ma nageme nt. Th e con sol e port uses sta ndard n ul l mode m ca ble and i s set to aut o-baud, 8 d ata bit s, no pa rity an d 1 stop bit. Matrix P orts The M a trix por t s[...]

Network Conf igurati on Ex amples 17 Net work Config ur ation Exam ple s The f o l lo wi n g il lustra tions show some ex amples of how th e Switch can be us ed in y our net wor k. Switch 3 300 MM as a Segm entati on S wi tch The example i n Figu re 3 shows how a Switch 330 0 M M st ack ca n segmen t a n etwork of shared 1 0Mbp s and 100M bps c onn[...]

18 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 3300 MM Switch 3 300 MM as a Coll apsed Backbon e Sw itc h The e xample i n Figure 4 shows how a Switc h 3 300 MM stack c an act as a backb one f or bo th sha re d and switch ed ne tw or k segme n ts. Figure 4 Using the Sw itch as a collaps ed backbone Switch 1100/3300 Endstations on switched 10Mbps connectio[...]

Network Conf igurati on Ex amples 19 Switch 3 300 MM as a D e skt op S wi tch The example i n Fi gu r e 5 sho ws how a S witch 330 0 M M can be u sed , within a stac k, for a g r o up of use rs that require de dic ate d 10M bp s or 100M bps c on nect ions to t he d esktop. The S w itch 33 00 SM p rovides a Gig ab it Et hernet conn ec tio n t o a Su[...]

20 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 3300 MM Config uration Rul es fo r F ast Et h er ne t The t opolo gy rule s for 100 M bps Fast Et hern et are sl ightly di ffer e nt to those f or 10 Mbps E ther ne t. Fi gure 6 illus trates the key topolo gy rules and pr ovides exam p l es o f h ow they allo w for large -scale Fast Et hernet netw orks. Figur[...]

Config uration Rul es with Ful l Duplex 21 The key to p olo gy rules ar e: ■ Ma ximum UTP c able l eng th is 100m (3 28f t) ov er Cate gory 5 cab le. ■ A 412 m (1352f t) fiber run is al lowed for conne cting swi tch-to-sw itch, or endst ation -to-sw itch , usin g half-du ple x 100BA SE- FX . ■ A tot al ne twork spa n of 325m (1 066 ft) is a l[...]

22 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 3300 MM 169 85ua .bk Page 2 2 Thu r sd ay, S eptem ber 7, 20 00 9:1 5 AM[...]

2 I NSTALLI NG TH E S WITCH This ch ap ter co ntain s the inform ation y ou ne ed t o i nsta ll a nd se t up t he Swi tch. It co v er s the foll owing to p i cs: ■ Choosing a Su i t able Site ■ Rack- mo unti ng ■ Placin g Un its On T o p of Ea ch Ot her ■ Stack ing Units ■ The Power -up Sequence ■ Choosing the Corr ect Cables ■ Solvin[...]

24 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLING THE S W ITCH Choosin g a Suita ble Si te The Swit ch is suite d for use in an o ff ice envir o nment wh er e it can be mount ed in a standa rd 19- inch equipm ent rack, or free st anding. Alter n ativel y , the Swit ch can be r a ck -mount ed in a wiring close t or equipm ent r o om . A ra ck- mountin g ki t, con taining [...]

Plac ing Units On Top of Ea ch Othe r 25 Figure 7 Fitti ng a bracket for rack mounting 3 In se rt t h e tw o scre ws a n d t ig h ten w i th a s ui tab le sc rew d ri ver . Y ou must use the sc rews su pplie d with the mo unti ng brac kets. Dam a ge caused to the uni t by using incorrec t scr ews inval idates y our w arrant y . 4 Repea t step s 2 a[...]

26 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLING THE S W ITCH Sta cki n g Un i ts Unit s in th e Sw itch 11 00/3 300 fam ily ca n b e stack ed toge the r and t hen tr eated as a sing le manageable unit wi th one IP addr ess. The Mat rix Ports o n the re ar of the Switch allo w you to connec t a total of four units i n the Switc h 11 00/3300 fam ily to geth er usin g Ma [...]

Stack ing Un its 27 Figure 8 A stack of t w o units Stack ing Up T o Four Units Y o u c an stac k an add itiona l three units fr om th e Supe rS tack ll 11 00/3 300 fa mily to th e S witch 3300 M M . T o stack up to fo ur Switch uni ts: 1 Po we r - off al l th e u nit s . 2 Arrang e th e uni ts as r eq uired . They can b e rac k-m ounte d o r fr ee[...]

28 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLING THE S W ITCH 4 If you u se th e mana gem ent sof tware of t he un its: ■ Ensure tha t all t he un its ha ve the sa me ver s ion o f mana gem ent software ■ Ensu re that you r e-confi gure t he stack-wid e featur es on all th e u nit s Fo r m ore i nfo rm a tio n ab ou t m a na ge me n t so ft w are, s ee “ Ma naging[...]

The Pow er -up Sequen ce 29 Th e Pow e r - up Seq u enc e The follo wing se ctions descr ibe how to get your Sw itch 330 0 MM pow ered- up a nd ready fo r ope ration. Co nnecting a Redund ant P ower Syst em Y ou c an co nnec t a SuperS t ack Ad va nce d Red und ant Po wer Sy stem (par t num ber 3C 1 607 1B) to the Switch. Thi s unit, w hic h i s al[...]

30 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLING THE S W ITCH I f ther e is eviden c e of a pr oblem, see “ Solvin g Pro blems Indicat ed by LEDs ” on pa ge 31 . Choosin g the Co rr e ct Ca bles All of the ports o n the front of the Switch 33 00 M M are co nfigure d a s MDIX (cr oss-o ver). If y ou want to make a con n ecti on to anot h e r M DIX port , you ne ed a [...]

Solvi ng Pr oblems I ndicated by LE Ds 31 Solving Problems Indicated by LEDs If the LEDs on the Switch in dica te a problem, r e f er to Ta b l e 5 which contai ns a list of problem s and su ggest ed solu tions. For inf orma tion a bout solv ing pro blems w hen man aging t he Switch, refer to t h e Pr oblem Solvi n g c h apte r in the “ Super Sta[...]

32 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLING THE S W ITCH Manag ing th e Sw itch The Switc h co ntains so ftware that allows you t o change an d monitor the way it wo rks. This ma nage men t s oft wa re i s not requi red to g et the Switch w ork in g, b ut if y ou d o us e it, y ou m a y imp rove the effic iency o f the Swi tch and ther efore i m pr ove the overal l[...]

A S AFETY I N FORM ATION Y ou m ust re a d th e follow ing safety inf orma tion b efore c arrying out a ny install a tion or r e mov al o f c ompone n ts, or an y ma intenan ce pro cedures on the Switch 330 0 M M . WARN ING : W arnin gs cont ain di rection s th at you m ust f ollow for y our personal saf ety . Follow all dir ections care fully . Y [...]

34 A PPENDIX A: S AFETY I NFORMA TION Important Safe ty In formati on ■ Instal lation and remo val of the unit mu st b e car rie d out by qualifie d pers onnel o nly . ■ If insta lling th e Swit ch uni t in a stack with Super Stack H ub u nits, th e Switch 33 00 M M uni t must be inst alled b elow the H ub unit s. ■ The un it sho uld n ever b[...]

Imp or ta nt S afe t y In form at io n 35 ■ Franc e an d Per u onl y : This unit ca nnot be p owe red from IT † supplies. If your supplie s ar e o f I T type, th is unit must b e powered b y 230V ( 2 P+T) v ia an isolati on transf ormer ratio 1:1 , wi th th e secon dary co nnec tion point l abelled Neut ral, c onnec ted di rectly to e arth (g r[...]

36 A PPENDIX A: S AFETY I NFORMA TION L ’ inform at ion de S é curit é Im port ante ■ L'install ati o n et la d é p ose de c e gr oup e doi ve nt ê tre c onf i é s à un pers onnel q ualif i é . ■ Si vous enta ssez l'un it é Switch avec les u nit é s Su per Sta ck H ub, l'u ni t é Switch 33 00 MM doit ê tre inst all ?[...]

L ’ inf o rm a ti o n d e S é curi t é Im po rta nte 37 ■ L ’ app areil fo nctionn e à une tensi on e xtr ê mem ent basse de s é cu rit é qui est co nfor me à la no rm e CEI 950 . Ce s cond itions n e sont maintenue s que si l' é quipe m ent a uquel i l est raccord é foncti onne dans les m ê mes c ond itions. ■ Fra nce e t P [...]

38 A PPENDIX A: S AFETY I NFORMA TION Wi chti ge Sicherh eitsinfor mat ion en ■ Die In stallation und der Ausba u de s Ger ä ts darf nur dur ch Fach per sonal erfol gen . ■ Wenn di e Sw i tch 33 00 MM E inh eit in e iner Stapel mit a nderen Super Stack H ub E inh eiten ei ngeb aut w erden soll , mu ß d ie Swit ch 3300 M M E i nheit unte r die[...]

B P IN - OU TS Nu ll Modem Ca ble 9-pin t o R S-232 25 -p in PC-A T Seri al Cabl e 9-pin t o 9-pin Screen TxD RxD Ground RTS CTS DSR DCD DTR Screen RxD TxD Ground RTS DTR CTS DSR DCD Shell 3 2 5 7 8 6 1 4 1 3 2 7 4 20 5 6 8 Switch 3300 MM Cable connector : 9-pin female PC/T er minal Cable connector: 25-pin male/f emale only required if screen alway[...]

40 A PPENDIX B: P IN - OUT S Modem Ca ble 9-pin t o R S-232 25 -p in RJ45 P in Assign me nts Pin assi gnm ents ar e identical f o r 10BASE-T and 100BASE- TX RJ45 co nnector s Screen TxD RxD RTS CTS DSR Ground DCD DTR Screen TxD RxD RTS CTS DSR Ground DCD DTR Shell 3 2 7 8 6 5 1 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 20 Switch 3300 MM Cable connector: 9-pin female RS-23[...]

RJ45 P in Ass ignments 41 Ports conf i gured as MDI X 1 RxData + Receiv e Data 2 RxData – Receive Data 3 TxData + Tra nsm i t data 4 Not as signe d 5 Not as signe d 6 TxData – Transmi t data 7 Not as signe d 8 Not as signe d Ta b l e 6 Pin assignments Pin Number Signal Functio n 169 85ua .bk Page 4 1 Thu r sd ay, S eptem ber 7, 20 00 9:1 5 AM[...]

42 A PPENDIX B: P IN - OUT S 169 85ua .bk Page 4 2 Thu r sd ay, S eptem ber 7, 20 00 9:1 5 AM[...]

C T ECHNI CAL S PECIFICATIONS Physic al Di mens io ns He ight: 43.6mm x Width: 440mm x Dept h: 247.5 mm Weight : 5kg (11lbs) Envir onmental Requir ements Oper ating Tempera ture 0 ° to 50 ° C (32 ° to 122 ° F) Stora ge Temper at ure – 10 ° to + 7 0 ° C (14 ° to 158 ° F) Oper ating Humidity 10 – 95% relat ive humidity, non-conde nsing St[...]

44 A PPENDIX C: T ECHNICAL S PECIFICATIONS Standar ds Support ed SN M P SN M P prot ocol (RFC 11 57) MIB-I I (RFC 1213) Bri dge MIB (RFC 1493) Repeat er MI B (RF C 1516) VLAN M IB (RF C 1573) RMON MIB (RFC 1271) BOOTP ( RFC 95 1) T erminal Em ul ation Teln et (RFC 854) Pr otocol s Use d for Adm inist ration UDP ( RFC 768) IP (R FC 791) ICM P (RFC 7[...]

D T ECHNI CAL S UP PORT 3Co m p rovide s eas y ac cess to t echn ical suppor t infor mat ion throug h a vari ety of se rvices. This app endix descr ibes these s ervices. Infor mation co nt ained in this appendix i s co rre ct at time o f publ icat ion. For the mos t rece nt informati on, 3Com r ecommends tha t you access th e 3Com C orpor ation W o[...]

46 A PPENDIX D: T ECHNICAL S UPPORT 3Co m F T P Si te Downlo ad drivers, p atches, softwa re, and MIB s across the Inter net from the 3Com p ublic F TP site. This service is available 24 hou r s a d ay , 7 days a week. T o connect t o the 3Co m F TP site, ente r the foll owing info rmation into yo ur F TP clie nt: ■ Hostname: ft p.3c om .com ■ [...]

Support from 3Com 47 ■ Diagno stic e rror messa ge s ■ Detai l s abou t recen t confi guration ch ange s, if a pplicabl e Here is a list of w orldw ide tec hnical t elep hone support nu mb ers: Count ry Te lephon e Numb er Count ry Teleph one Nu mber Asia, Pacifi c Rim Australi a Hong Kong Indi a Indo nesia Japan Ma lays ia New Ze alan d Paki s[...]

48 A PPENDIX D: T ECHNICAL S UPPORT Retu rning P roducts fo r Rep ai r Before you se nd a product di rectly to 3Co m for repair , y ou must first obtai n an au thoriz ation n um ber . Pr o duc ts sen t to 3C om w ithout author ization num ber s will be return ed t o the se nder u nope n e d, a t th e sender ’ s ex pense. T o o bt ain a n authoriz[...]

G LOSSARY 10B ASE -T The I EEE specific ation for 10M bps Ether net over Categor y 3 , 4 or 5 twist ed pai r ca ble. 100B A SE-FX The IEEE specif ication for 100 M bps Fas t Ethernet over fib er -optic c a b le. 100BA SE -TX The IEEE specif ication fo r 1 00Mb p s Fas t Ethernet over Categ o ry 5 t wis ted- pai r ca ble . 1000 BA SE-S X The IEE E s[...]

50 G LOSSARY inform ation to f orward pac ke t s based o n their destination address. This process is known as fil tering. br oadca st A pa cke t sent t o all de vices on a netwo rk. broa dc ast stor m M ult iple simultan eous bro adcasts that ty pically ab sor b all the avai lable netw ork bandwidt h and ca n cau se a ne tw ork to fail. Broad cast[...]

51 fu ll dupl ex A sy st em th at a ll ow s p ac ket s t o b e tr an sm it te d an d re c eiv ed a t the same t ime a nd, in e ffect, doub les the pot ential t hroughpu t of a link. half du ple x A sy stem that all ows pac kets to t ransmi tted an d receive d, but not at the sam e time. Cont rast wi th full du plex . hub A device that r egenerate s[...]

52 G LOSSARY lo op An event tha t o cc u rs when two net wo rk d ev i c es ar e connected b y mor e than one path , ther eb y causin g packets to r epeatedly c ycl e ar o und the netw ork a nd not re a ch t heir d estinatio n. MAC Media Access Contro l. A pr o toco l specified by t h e I EEE for determ ining whic h dev ic e s have acc ess to a netw[...]

53 ser ver A c o mp u t er in a net wo r k that is shared b y multiple end stations. Servers provide e ndstation s with access t o sha re d net work service s such as compu ter files and prin ter queu es. SLIP Se rial Li ne Int erne t P rotocol. A protoc ol tha t allow s IP to run over a serial line (con sole po rt) conne ction . SN MP Simple Netwo[...]

54 G LOSSARY unic ast A pac ket sent to a sing le endsta tion on a netwo rk. WAN Wide Area Network. A c ommunicat ions network th at covers a wide ar ea. A W A N can cover a larg e geo gra phic area, and may contain severa l L ANs within it . 169 85ua .bk Page 5 4 Thu r sd ay, S eptem ber 7, 20 00 9:1 5 AM[...]

I NDEX Numbers 10BASE- T/100BAS E-TX ports 13 3C numb er 15 3Com K nowledgeb ase Web S ervices 45 3Com URL 45 A auto- negotiat ing por t s 1 3 C cab le choos ing the correc t 30 Matrix 16 maximum length 13, 21 pin- outs 39 conso le port 16 conve ntions noti ce icons, About This Gu i d e 8 text , About Thi s Guide 8 cr oss-o ver confi guration 13, 3[...]

56 I NDEX rack mounting a Switch 3300 MM 24 Redunda nt Power S ystem. See RP S re turning pr oducts for repa i r 48 RPS 15 co nnecting 29 soc k et 15 S s afety inf orma tion Engli sh 3 4 Fr ench 36 German 38 segment , maximum l ength 13, 21 seri al numbe r of the Swi tch 1 5 se rial po rt. See console por t soc k et powe r 15 RPS 15 spe cifi cat io[...]

3Com Cor porati on L IM ITED W ARRAN T Y Th is w arr an ty a ppl ie s t o cus to mer s loc ate d i n t he Uni te d S tat es , Aus tr ali a, C an ada (e x cept Qu eb ec) , Ir el an d, Ne w Zeal an d , U. K., and other Engl ish language countr ies, and cou ntri es for whi ch a tran slation into the loca l langua ge is n ot prov ided. S UPER S TACK ®[...]

does not tr ans fer to 3Co m unti l the re turn ed it em is recei ved by 3Com. The repa ire d or repl ace d ite m will be shippe d to Cust omer, at 3Co m's expe nse, not l ater tha n thirty (30) d ays af ter 3Co m receive s the defe ctive product , and 3C om will re tain risk of loss or dama ge until the item i s delivere d to Cu stomer. 3Com [...]

PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF IN F OR MATION OR DATA, OR OT HER FINANCIAL LOSS ARISING OUT OF O R IN C ONN EC TI ON WI TH TH E SAL E, IN ST ALL A TIO N, M AIN TE NA NCE, US E, PE R FO RM ANCE , FAILU R E, O R INT ER RUP TI ON O F I TS P ROD U CTS, EVE N I F 3C OM O R ITS AU TH ORIZE D R E SELL ER HA S BEE N A DVI SE D OF TH E PO SSIB ILITY OF [...]

R EGULATORY N OT ICES FCC S TA TEMEN T Th is equipme nt has be en tested and f ou nd to compl y with the l imits for a Class A digita l device, pur suant t o part 15 o f the FCC rules. T hese li mits ar e designe d to provi de reas onable pr otection against harmful int erf e renc e wh en th e eq u ip men t i s op er ate d in a c om me rci al env i[...]