SMC Networks SMC6724L3 INT manuel d'utilisation

T igerSwitch 10/100 24-P ort 10/100 Managed Lay er 3 Switch ◆ 24 10B ASE-T/100B ASE-TX auto MDI/MDI-X ports ◆ Optional 1000B ASE-X or 100 B ASE -FX mo dules ◆ IP routing with RIP an d OSPF ◆ 8.8 Gbps of agg re gate bandwi dth ◆ Non-blocking switching architecture ◆ Spanning T ree Protocol ◆ Up to six LA CP or stati c 4-port trunks ◆[...]

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38 T e sla Irvine, CA 9261 8 Phone: (9 49) 679-80 00 T igerSwitch 10/100 Installation Guide From SM C’ s T iger line of f eature-rich w orkgroup LAN solut ions November 2003 Pub. # 15 020003 3800A[...]

Infor matio n furnish ed by SMC Networks , Inc . (SMC) is believed to be accurate and reliable. Ho wever , no responsibility is assumed by SMC for its use, nor f or any in fring ement s of pa tents or oth er righ ts of thir d par ties which may result from its use. No license is g ranted by implicatio n or other wise und er an y pate nt or pate nt [...]

i L IMITED W ARRANTY Limite d W arranty Sta tement: SMC N etworks, Inc. (“SMC” ) war rants its produ cts to be free from defects in work manship and materials , under nor mal use and service, for the applicable warranty term . All SMC products carry a standard 90-da y limited warranty from the date of purc hase from SMC or its A uthorized R ese[...]

ii W ARRANTIES EX CLUSIVE: IF AN SMC PRODUCT DOES NOT OPERA TE AS W ARRANTED ABO VE, CUSTOMER’ S SOLE REMED Y SHALL BE REP AIR OR REPLA CEMENT OF THE P RODUCT IN Q UESTION , AT SMC’S OPTI ON . THE FOREGOING W ARRANTIE S AND REMEDIES ARE EXCL USIVE AND ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER W ARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLI ED , EITHER IN F A CT OR [...]

iii C OMPLIANCES FCC - Class A This eq uipment ge nerates , uses , an d can radi ate radio fr equency energy and, if no t installed an d used in acco rdance wit h the inst r uction manual, may cause interf erence to radio communica tions. It has been tes ted and found to comply with the li mits for a Class A computi ng device pur suant to Subpar t [...]

C OMPLIANCES iv EC Confor mance Declaration - Class A SMC contact f or thes e products in E urope is : SMC Networks Europe, Edifici o Conata II , Ca lle F ructuós Gela bert 6-8, 2 o , 4 a , 08970 - Sant Joan Despí, Barcel ona, Spai n. This i nfor mation technolog y equi pment compli es with the r equirements of the Counci l Directive 89/336 /EEC [...]

C OMPLIANCES v Ja p a n V C C I C l a s s A Australia AS/NZS 3548 (1995) - Class A SMC contact f or product s in Austra lia i s: SM C Comm uni cation s Pty . Ltd. Suite 18, 12 T ryon R oad, Lindf ield NSW 2070, Phon e: 61-2- 94160437 F ax: 61-2- 94160474[...]

C OMPLIANCES vi Safety Compliance W a rni ng : F i b er O pt i c P ort S af e t y A vertissment : P orts pour fibres optiques - sé curité sur le plan optique W ar nhinw eis: F asero ptikansc hlüsse - O ptisc he Sic herheit Underwriter s Laborato ries Compli ance Statem ent Important! Before makin g connectio ns, make sure you have the corre ct c[...]

C OMPLIANCES vii Wic htige Sich erheitshinw eise (Ger many) 1. Bitte le sen Sie die se Hinweise s orgfält ig durch. 2. Heben Sie diese Anleit ung für den spätere n Gebrauch auf. 3. V or jed em Reinigen i st das Gerät vom Stromnetz zu tre nnen. V erwenden Sie kei ne Flüssig oder Aerosolrei nig er. Am besten ei gnet sich ei n angef euchtetes Tuc[...]

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vii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 1 About the TigerSwitch 10/100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Switch Ar chitectur e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Managem ent Option s . . . . . . . . .[...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS viii 3 Installing the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Selecting a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Equipm ent Checklis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Package Con tents [...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS ix A PPENDICES : A Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 Diagnosing Sw itch Indic ators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 Power and C ooling Prob lems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2 Installat ion . . . . . .[...]

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1-1 C HAPTER 1 A BOUT THE T IGER S WITCH 10/100 Overview SMC’ s TigerSwit ch 10/100 (SMC6724L3) is an intelligent multilayer switch with 24 10/100BASE-TX ports plus two slots on the front panel for slide-in modules (100B ASE-FX, 1000B ASE-T , or GBIC transceivers). There is als o an SNMP-based management agent emb edded on the main board. This ag[...]

A BOUT THE T IGE R S WITCH 10/1 00 1-2 Figure 1-1. SMC6724L3 Front and Rear Panels Switch Architecture Th e switch em ploys a wire-spee d, non-b locking sw itching fabr ic. This per mits simultaneous w ire-speed tran spor t of multiple packets at low latency on all port s . This swit ch also features full-duplex capability on all ports , whi ch eff[...]

O VER VIEW 1-3 Management Options This switch con tains a compreh ensiv e array of LE Ds for “at-a-glanc e” monit oring of netw ork a nd port statu s . It al so incl udes a ma nagement agent that allows you to configure or monitor the switch using its embed ded m anag ement soft ware, or v ia SN MP ap plicatio ns. T o manag e the s witch, you c[...]

A BOUT THE T IGE R S WITCH 10/1 00 1-4 Description of Hardware RJ-45 P orts The switch base unit contains 24 10B ASE-T/100B ASE-TX RJ-45 ports. All of these p orts support automa tic MDI /MDI-X opera tion, s o you can use st raight-t hrough cabl es for a ll netw ork connecti ons to PCs or servers , or to other switches or hubs . (See “10BASE-T/10[...]

D ESCRIPTION OF H ARDW ARE 1-5 Ports Stat us LEDs The LEDs , whi ch ar e located o n the fr ont panel for easy viewing, are shown below and descri bed in the following ta ble. Figure 1-2. Port Status LEDs Port and Stat us LED s LED Condition Status Base Unit Ports Link On Green Port has esta blished a val id 100 Mbps network connection. Flashing Gr[...]

A BOUT THE T IGE R S WITCH 10/1 00 1-6 System Status LEDs Figure 1-3. System Status LEDs System Status LEDs LED Condition Status PWR On Switch is receiving power. Off Power off or failure. RPU On The redundant powe r supply is ope rating normally. On Amber The redu ndant powe r supply has faile d. Off No redunda nt power supply is connect ed. Diag [...]

D ESCRIPTION OF H ARDW ARE 1-7 Optional Media Extender Modules Optional 10/100/1000BA SE-T Module (SMC6824GT) Figure 1-4. Single-Por t 1000BASE-T Gigabit Module Using Categor y 5, 5e , or 6 twis ted-pair cab le y ou can connect to another device up to 100 m (328 ft) aw ay . Th e 1000B ASE-T module operates at 10/100/1000 Mbps . At 1000 Mbps it oper[...]

A BOUT THE T IGE R S WITCH 10/1 00 1-8 Optional 100BASE-FX Module (SMC6824 FMSC) Figure 1-6. Single-Port 100BASE -FX Multimode Module Using multimode fiber optic cable, th e 100BASE-FX port can be connected to a remote site up to 2 km (1.24 miles) awa y . The 100B ASE-FX module is fix ed to operate at 100 Mbps full duplex, and suppor ts auto-neg ot[...]

D ESCRIPTION OF H ARDW ARE 1-9 connection. This port can be connected to a site up to 5 km (16404 ft) away with sing le-mode fiber c able. 1000B ASE-ZX GBIC transceive rs provide one long-wa velength (1550 nm) Gig abit port that can be used for a long-haul connection to a remote lo cation. This port can be conn ected to a site up to 100 km (62.1 mi[...]

A BOUT THE T IGE R S WITCH 10/1 00 1-10 Features and Benefits Connectivity ◆ 24 dual -speed ports fo r easy Fast Et hernet in tegrat ion and fo r prote ction of your inv estmen t in legacy LAN equ ipmen t. ◆ Auto-neg otiation enables ea ch RJ-45 port t o automati cally selec t the optimum communic ation mode (half or full duple x) if this featu[...]

F EATURES AND B ENEFITS 1-11 Performance ◆ Transparent bridging ◆ Aggre gate bandw idth of up to 8.8 G bps ◆ Switching table with a total of 8K MAC addr ess entrie s and 2K IP address en tries ◆ Provides store-and-forward switchin g for intra-VLAN traffic, and IP routing for in ter-VLAN traffic ◆ Support s wire-speed switching at Laye r 2[...]

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2-1 C HAPTER 2 N ETWORK P LANNING Introduction to Switching A network switch allows s imultaneous transmissio n of multiple packe ts via non-cros sbar switching . Th is means that it can par tition a netw ork more effici ently th an bridges o r routers . The switc h has , the refore, b een recogniz ed as one of the mo st impo rtan t building blocks[...]

N ETWORK P LANNING 2-2 Application Examples The Tig erSwitch 10/100 is not only designed to segment your netw ork, but also to provide a wide ran ge of opti ons in set ting up network connect ions. Some typical ap plications a re descr ibed below . Collapsed Backbone The T igerSwitch 10/100 is an excellen t choice for mixed Ethernet an d Fa st Ethe[...]

A PPL ICAT ION E XAM PLES 2-3 Centra l Wiri ng Clos et With 26 parallel bridgin g ports (i.e., 26 distinct collision dom ains), this switch can co llapse a complex n etwork down into a sing le efficient bridged node, incr easin g overall bandwi dth and throu ghput. In the figure below , the 10B ASE-T/100B ASE-TX ports on the switch are providing 10[...]

N ETWORK P LANNING 2-4 Remote Connection with Fiber Cable Fiber op tic t echnolog y allows f or long er ca bling tha n any o ther me dia ty pe. A 100 Mbps multimode fiber (MMF) link can ru n up to 2 km, and a 100 Mbps single-mode fiber (SMF) link can r un as far as 20 km. A 1000B ASE-SX (MMF) link can connect to a site up to 550 meters aw ay , and [...]

A PPL ICAT ION E XAM PLES 2-5 Making VLAN Connections VLANs c an be based on untag ged port groups , or each data f rame can b e explicitly tag ged to identify the VLAN g roup it belongs to . When usi ng port-based VLANs , ports ca n either b e assign ed to o ne specific g roup or to all g roups . P or t-based VLANs are suitable for small networks [...]

N ETWORK P LANNING 2-6 Using Layer 3 Routing VLAN s can si gnifica ntly en hance netw ork performance an d securi ty . Ho wev er , if y ou use con v ention al routers to inter connect VLANs , y ou can lose most of your pe rfor mance advantage . T he TigerSwitch 10/100 provides wire-speed routing, which allows you to eliminate your conventional I P [...]

C ONNECTIVITY R ULES 2-7 Connectivity Rules When addi ng hubs (repeat ers) to your ne tw ork, p lease follo w the s tandard conne ctivity r ule s for Et hern et or Fast Ethe r net. H ow ever, note that because switc hes break up t he path fo r connecte d devices into separa te collision d omains, y ou sho uld not include the switch or con nected ca[...]

N ETWORK P LANNING 2-8 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Collision Domain Maximum 10/1 00 Mbps Ethernet Cab le Distance Type Cable Type Max. Cabl e Length 10BASE-T Twisted Pair, Category 3 or better 100 m (328 ft) 100BASE-TX Category 5 o r better 10 0-ohm UTP or STP 100 m (328 ft) 100BASE-FX Multimode 50/125 or 62.5/125 micron core multimode fiber (MMF) 2 km (1[...]

A PP LIC ATIO N N OTES 2-9 Application Notes 1. Full-duplex operation on ly applies to point -to-point access (such as when a switc h is attac hed to a w orkstation, ser ver or a nother switc h). When the switc h is con nected t o a hub , both devi ces mu st opera te in half-duplex mode. 2. A void u sing fl ow control o n a por t connec ted to a hu[...]

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3-1 C HAPTER 3 I NSTALLING THE S WITCH Selecting a Site TigerSwitch 10/100 units can be mounted in a standard 19-inc h equipment rack or on a flat surface. Be sure to follo w the guideline s below when c hoosing a location . ◆ The site should: • be at the center of al l the devic es you want to link and n ear a power outlet. • be able to main[...]

I NS TAL LI NG THE S WITCH 3-2 Equipment Checkli st After unpacking the TigerSwitch 10/100, chec k the contents to be sure you h av e recei v ed all t he compon ents . Then, before beg innin g the installation, be sure you hav e all othe r necessar y installation equipmen t. Package Contents ◆ TigerSwitch 10/100 unit, SMC6724L3 ◆ Four adhes ive[...]

M OUNTING 3-3 Mounting A TigerSwitch 10/100 unit can be mounted in a standard 19-inch equipmen t rac k or on a d esktop o r shelf . Moun ting ins tr uctions for ea ch type of si te follow . Installin g Optional Modu les : Before mou nting the switch, be sur e you install any optio nal modules . If you hav e purchased optional slide -in 1000B ASE-T [...]

I NS TAL LI NG THE S WITCH 3-4 T o rack-mou nt dev ices: 1. Attac h th e brack ets t o the devi ce using t he screws provi ded in th e Bracket Mounting K it. Figure 3-1. Attaching the B rackets 2. Mount the device in the r ack, using four rack-mount ing screws (not provided ). Figure 3-2. In stalling the Switch in a Rack 3. If installing a single s[...]

M OUNTING 3-5 Desktop or Shelf Mountin g 1. Attach the fou r adhesive feet to the b ottom of the first swit ch. Figure 3-3. Att aching th e Adhesive Feet 2. Set the device on a flat surface near an A C po wer s ource , making sure there are a t least two inches of sp ace on all side s for p roper air f low . 3. If installing a single switch only , [...]

I NS TAL LI NG THE S WITCH 3-6 Installing an Optional Module into the Switch Figure 3-4. Installing an Optional Module Caution: DO NOT install slide- in modules wi th the switc h powered on . Be sure you power off the switch be fore installing any module. T o install an option al module into the switch, do the following: 1. Dis connect pow er to th[...]

I NSTALLING A GBIC T RANSCE I VER 3-7 Installing a GBIC Transceiv er Figure 3-5. Installing a GBIC Transceiver Y ou can install a GBIC transcei ve r as described below: 1. Insert th e transc eiv er with the SC conn ector fac ing out t owa rd y ou. Note th at the trans ceive r is keyed so that it ca n only b e installed in on e orient ation . 2. Pre[...]

I NS TAL LI NG THE S WITCH 3-8 Connecting to a Power Source T o conn ect a device to a po wer source: 1. Insert th e pow er cable pl ug direc tly into th e receptacle l ocated at the back of th e de vice. Figure 3-6. Pow er Receptacle 2. Plug t he other e nd of th e cable in to a grounded, 3-pi n sock et. Note: For Internati onal use, yo u may ne e[...]

4-1 C HAPTER 4 M AKING N ETWORK C ONNECTI ONS Connecting Network Devices The Tig erSwitch 10/100 may be c onnected to 10 or 100 Mbps network cards in PCs and servers , as we ll as to hubs and s witches . It may also be connect ed to remote devices u sing the optio nal fiber optic modules Twisted-Pair De vices Each device requires a shielded or unsh[...]

M AKIN G N ETWORK C ONNECTIONS 4-2 MDI-X port using straigh t-throug h cable . T o connec t betw een tw o switc hes/hu bs that only hav e fix ed MDI-X ports , the wiring crosso v er mus t be impl emented in the cabl e - kno wn as a cros sov er cabl e. The RJ- 45 ports o n the swi tch base uni t supp ort automati c MDI/MD I-X operation, which means [...]

T WISTED -P AIR D EVIC ES 4-3 2. If the device is a PC c ard and the switc h is in th e wiring clo set, attac h the ot her end of t he cabl e segment t o a modul ar wall outlet that is connec ted to th e wiring closet. (See “W iring Clo set Con nections ” on the ne xt page .) Oth erwise , attac h the ot her end to an a va ilable port on the s w[...]

M AKIN G N ETWORK C ONNECTIONS 4-4 Wiring Closet Connections T oda y , the punc h-do wn bloc k is a n integral part of many of t he newe r equip ment racks. It is actually par t of th e patch pan el. Instr u ctions for making connec tion s in the wir ing clo set wi th this ty pe of eq uipme nt follows . 1. Atta ch one en d of a p atch cable to an a[...]

F IBE R O PTIC D EVIC ES 4-5 Fiber Optic Devi ces An optional slide-in 100B ASE-FX module ma y be used for backbone or long-distance connections . The 1000BASE-X slide-in GBIC support module may be used in conjunction with a 1000BASE-SX, 100B ASE-LX, or 1000B ASE-ZX GBIC transcei ver for h igh-speed and long-distance connections from 550 meters to [...]

M AKIN G N ETWORK C ONNECTIONS 4-6 3. Connect one end o f the cab le to the SC p ort on the swi tch and the other end to t he SC port on the other de vice . Since SC connect ors are ke yed, the cab le can be attac hed in on ly one or ientatio n. Figure 4-3. Making SC Port Connections 4. As a c onnectio n is mad e, c heck t he Acti vity LED on the s[...]

A-1 A PPENDIX A T ROUBLESHOOTING Diagnosing Switch Indicators Troubles hooting Cha rt Symptom Action PWR LED is Off • In ternal power sup ply has failed or is dis connected . • Check connection s between the switch, the power cord, and the wall ou tlet. • Contact SMC Technic al Support. Link LED is Off • V erify that the switch and attache [...]

T R OUBLESHOOTING A-2 Power and Cooling Problems If the power indi cator doe s not tur n on when the power co rd is plug ge d in, you may have a problem with t he power out let or DC power adapter. Howev er, if the unit powers off after r unning for a while, check for loose power connections , power losses or surges at the pow er outlet. If you sti[...]

B-1 A PPENDIX B C ABLES Specificati ons Cable Types and Specific ations Cable T ype Max. Len gth Connect or 10BASE-T Cat. 3 or better 100-ohm UTP 100 m (328 ft) RJ-45 100BASE-TX Cat 5 or better 100-ohm UTP 100 m (328 ft) RJ-45 100BASE-FX 50/125 or 62.5/125 micron core multimode fiber (MMF) 2 km (1.24 miles) SC or SC-ST 100BASE-FX 9/125 micron core [...]

C ABL ES B-2 Note: If you need t o connect to a device w ith 62.5/125 micr on cable t hat has ST- type conn ector s, SMC p rovi des an optio nal S C-ST Converter (Part Number: 99-012034-091). Twisted-Pair Cable and Pin Assignments Caution: DO N OT plug a phone jac k connect or into any RJ-45 port. Use only twisted-pai r cables with RJ-45 con nector[...]

T WISTED -P AIR C ABL E AND P IN A SSIGNMENTS B-3 10BASE-T/100BASE -TX Pin Assignments Figure B- 1. RJ-4 5 Connector Pin Numb ers Use unshielde d twisted-pair (UTP) or s hielded twiste d-pair (STP) cable for RJ-45 connections: 100-ohm Categ or y 3, 4 or 5 cable for 10 Mbps connections or 100-ohm Categor y 5 cable for 100 Mbps connections . Also be [...]

C ABL ES B-4 Straight-Through Wiring If the twiste d-pair cable is to jo in two ports and only one of the p orts h as an inter nal cr ossover (MDI-X), th e two pairs of wires must be strai ght-thr ough. ( When a uto-nego tiatio n is en abled f or any R J-45 po rt on this s witch, you can use ei ther str aight-th rough or crossover cable to connec t[...]

T WISTED -P AIR C ABL E AND P IN A SSIGNMENTS B-5 1000BASE-T Pin Assignments All 1000B ASE-T ports support automati c MDI/MDI-X operation, so y ou can use strai ght-t hrough cabl es for all netw or k connection s to PCs or servers , or t o othe r switch es or hub s . The table below shows the 1000B ASE-T MDI and MDI-X port p inouts . Th ese po rt s[...]

C ABL ES B-6 1000BASE-T Cable Requirements All Catego ry 5 UTP cables that are used for 100B ASE-TX connections should also wo rk for 1000B ASE-T , providing that all four wire pairs are connected. Howev er, it is recommende d that for all cr itical connectio ns , or any new cable instal lations , Categ ory 5e (enhanced Categ ory 5) or 6 cable shou[...]

C ONSOLE P ORT P IN A SSIGNMENTS B-7 Console Port Pin Assignments The DB-9 seria l port on the swit ch’ s front pan el is used t o connect to the switch for out-of -band consol e config uratio n. T he on -board me nu-driven config uration p rog ram ca n be acc essed from a ter m inal or a PC r u nning a ter m inal emulatio n prog r am. Th e pin a[...]

C ABL ES B-8 The serial port’ s configur ation requir ements are as fo llows: • Default Baud rate—9,600 Bps. •P a r i t y — N o n e . •S t o p b i t — O n e . • Data bits—8.[...]

C-1 A PPENDIX C S PECIFI CATIO NS Physical Characteristics Base Uni t Po r t s 24 10B ASE-T/100BAS E-TX , with auto-negotiatio n Media Slot 2 slots for optional 100BASE-FX, 1000B ASE-T and 1000B ASE-X (GBIC) Network Interface 10B ASE-T: RJ-45 (100-ohm, UTP cable; Categ ories 3, 4, 5) 100B ASE-TX: RJ-45 (100-ohm , UTP cable; Categor y 5) P orts 1-24[...]

S PECI FIC ATIO NS C-2 LEDs System: PWR, RPU , Diag Po r t : Lin k/Acti vity We i g h t 5.0 kg (11.02 oz) Size 44.0 x 41.0 x 4.4 cm (17.4 x 17.3 x 1.7 in.) Te m p e r a t u r e Operating: 0 to 50 ° C (32 to 122 ° F) Storage: -4 0 to 70 ° C (-40 to 158 ° F) Humidit y Operating: 5% to 95% Pow e r S u p p l y Internal, aut o-ranging transfor mer :[...]

W AR RANTY C-3 Immunit y EN 61000-4-2/3/4/5/6/8/11 Safety CSA/NRTL (CSA 22.2.950 & UL 1950) EN60950 (TÜV/GS) Warranty Limited Li fetime Slide-in Modu les 100BASE-FX Extender Modules Model s SMC6824FSSC, SMC6824FMSC Po r t s 1 100B ASE-FX, SC connectors Communication Spe ed 100 Mbps Communication Mo de Full duplex Network Interface SMC6824FSSC [...]

S PECI FIC ATIO NS C-4 We i g h t 50 g (1.8 oz) Size 11.0 x 7.3 cm (4.3 x 2.87 in.) 1000BASE-T Extender Module Model SMC6824GT Po r t s 1 10000B ASE-T , RJ-45 connector Communication Spe ed 10/100/1000 Mbps Communication Mo de Full duplex only at 1000 Mbps Full and half dup lex at 10/100 Mbps Network Interface RJ-45 (100-ohm, UTP cable; Categor y 5[...]

S LID E - IN M ODULES C-5 1000BASE-X GBIC Module Model SMC6824GB Po r t s 1 slot for GBI C transce iv ers Communication Spe ed 1000 Mbps Communication Mo de Full Duplex Standards IEEE 802.3z Gig abit Ether net We i g h t 70 g (2.5 oz) Size 11.0 x 7.3 cm (4.3 x 2.87 in.)[...]

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D-1 A PPENDIX D O RDERING I NFORMATION TigerSwitch 10/1 00 Products and Acc essories Product Number Description SMC6724L3 24-port Layer 3 switch with two media expa nsion slots SMC6824GT Gigabit module with one 10/100/ 1000BASE-T port (RJ-45 connector) SMC6824FSSC Extender module with one 100BASE-FX single-mode fiber port (SC-type conne ctor) SMC68[...]

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Glossary-1 G LOSSA RY 10BASE-T IEEE 802.3 specification for 10 Mbps Ethernet ov er two pairs of Categor y 3, 4, or 5 UTP cable . 100BASE-TX IEEE 802.3u specification for 100 Mbps F ast Ethernet over tw o pairs of Categor y 5 UTP cable . 100BASE-FX IEEE 802.3u specification for 100 Mbps F ast Ether net o ver tw o strands of 50/125 or 62.5/125 micron[...]

Glossary-2 Auto-N egot iation Signalli ng method allowing each no de to se lect its o ptimum oper ational mode (e .g ., 10, 100, or 1000 Mbps and half or full duplex) based on the capabilities of th e node to which it is conn ected. Bandwidth The differ ence betw een th e highes t and l owe st frequenc ies a va ilable f or network signals. Also sy [...]

Glossary-3 Fast Ethernet A 100 Mbps network comm unication system based on Ethernet and the CSMA/CD access method. Fast Ethernet Switch Device that provide s a full 100 Mbps bandwidth (or either 10 or 100 Mb ps band width wit h Aut o-Negotiati on) to eac h port (LAN segmen t). Full Duplex T ransmission method that allows switch and net work car d t[...]

Glossary-4 IEEE 802.3z Defines CSMA/CD access method a nd phy sical la yer sp ecifications for 1000BASE Gigabit E thernet. LAN Segment Separate LAN or co llision domain. LED Light emittin g diode u sed for monito ring a de vice or network cond ition. Link Segm ent Length of twist ed-pair or fibe r cabl e joining a pair of r epe aters or a repeater [...]

Glossary-5 RJ-45 Connector A conn ector fo r twiste d-pai r wiring . Straight -throug h Port An RJ-45 po r t whic h does n ot cross t he recei v e and trans mit signals inter nally so it can be conne cted with s traight-throu gh twiste d-pair cable to any device having a cr ossov er port. Also referred to as a “Daisy-Chain” por t. Switched Po r[...]

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Index-1 Numerics 10 Mbps connect ivity rules 2-9 10/100 Mbps connec tivity rules 2-8 10/100/1000BASE -T modules 1-7 1000 Mbps connectivity rules 2-7 1000BASE-LX connections 4-5 fiber cable le ngths 2-7 1000BASE-SX connections 4-5 fiber cable le ngths 2-7 modules 1-8 1000BASE-T cable lengths 2-7 1000BASE-X modules 1-8 100BASE-FX connections 4-5 fibe[...]

I NDE X Index-2 F features management 1-11 switch 1-10 fiber cables 4-5 front and rear panels of switch 1- 2 full-duplex co nnectivity 2-1 G Gigabit Et hernet cable lengths 2 -7 grounding f or racks 3-3 I indicators, LED 1-5 installation connecting devi ces to the switch 4-2 desktop or she lf mounting 3- 5 installing a GBIC transce iver 3-7 install[...]

I NDEX Index-3 console port B- 7 DB-9 B-7 port-base d VLANs 2- 5 ports, connec ting to 4-1 , 4-5 power, connec ting t o 3-8 problems, trou bleshooting A-1 R rack mounting 3-3 rear panel recept acles 1-9 RJ-45 port connections 4-1 RJ-45 ports 1 -4 rubber foot pads, at taching 3-5 S SC port connection s 4-5 screws for rack mounting 3-2 SC-ST Conve rt[...]

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