3Com 610 manual

® http://www.3com.com/ Super Stack ® II Swit ch 610 User Guid e 3C1695 4 Part No. DUA1695 -4 AAA02 Publ ished Ma y 1999 169 54u a. bo ok P age 1 F rida y, Apri l 30, 19 99 9:3 9 A M[...]

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C ONTENT S C ONT E NTS A BOUT T HIS G UIDE Conventions 8 Related Doc umentation 9 Y ear 2000 Compliance 10 Documentation Comm ents 10 1 I NTR ODUC ING THE S WITC H 610 About the SuperS t ack II Switch 610 12 Summary of Featu re s 12 Switch 61 0 — Fr ont View Detail 13 Port Connections 13 LED s 14 Switch 61 0 — Rear View Detail 15 Unit Informati[...]

Placing Units On T op of Each Other 2 3 The Power -up Sequence 24 Connectin g a Redundant P ower System 24 Powering-up the Switch 610 2 4 Checki ng for Correct Operation 24 Choosing the C orre ct Cables 25 Solving Pr oblem s Indic ated by LEDs 25 Managing the Switch 26 A S AFETY I NFORMATION Important Safety Informati on 28 L ’ information de Sé[...]

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A BOUT T HI S G UI DE This gui de pro vides all the inf ormation you need to install and use a Super Stack ® I I Swit ch 610 u nit with defau lt settings. If y ou wan t to chan ge t he way t he S wit ch w orks us ing m anage men t softwa r e, r efe r to the “Su perSt ack II Switc h Management G uide” (par t number DUA1695 -0 BAA0x ). The gu id[...]

8 A BOU T T HIS G UI D E Conve ntions T a ble 1 an d T ab le 2 list co nven tions th at are used t hrougho ut th is guide . Ta b l e 1 Notice Icons Ic on Notice Type Descripti on In form at io n no te In form atio n that d esc rib es i mp orta nt fe atu res o r ins truc tio ns Cauti on Info rmat ion th at ale rts y ou t o potent ial loss of d ata o[...]

Relat ed Docu mentati on 9 Related Do cumen tati on In addi tion t o thi s guid e, ea ch Sw itch 610 d oc ume nt set i nclude s the fo llow i ng : ■ Ma nagemen t G uide (Pa rt N umbe r DU A1695- 0BA A0x) This gu ide contai ns all the ma nagem ent inform ation for the Swi tch. ■ Quick Refe rence Guide (Part Nu mber DQA1695-4AAA0 x) This g uide c[...]

10 A BOU T T HIS G UI D E Y ear 2000 Compli ance For in form atio n on Y ea r 2000 co mplia nce an d 3C om products , visit the 3Co m Y e ar 200 0 Web page: http :/ /w ww.3c om .c om/p ro ducts /y r2 000. ht ml Do cumen tation Comme nts Y our suggestions ar e very im portant to us . They will help make our docum entat ion m ore usef ul to yo u. Pl [...]

1 I NTR ODUCING THE S WITC H 610 This c hapter c ontains int roducto ry info rmation abou t the Swit ch and how it ca n be u sed in y our ne tw ork. I t cover s the f ollow ing topi cs : ■ Ab o ut th e Su pe r Sta ck II S wit ch 6 1 0 ■ Swit ch 61 0 — Front V iew Det ail ■ Swi tch 610 — Rear View Detail ■ Netwo rk C onfig uration Exam p[...]

12 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 61 0 Ab out the Su per Sta ck II Sw itch 610 The Supe rStack ® II syste m solve s the problem o f growth i n dynami c netw ork en vironm ents an d provide s ever ythi ng you nee d for suc cessf ul wor kgroup ne tworki ng. M uc h more than a col lect ion o f stacka ble componen ts, the s ystem comprises a com[...]

Switc h 610 — Front View Detail 13 S witc h 610 — F r on t View Deta il Figure 1 Switch 610 — Front view Port C onnec tions 10B ASE- T Port s The Swit ch has 24 10BASE-T p orts c onfig ur ed as MDIX (cr oss-ov er). The ma xi mu m se gmen t len g th is 10 0m ( 3 28 ft ) ov er C at egor y 3, 4 , or 5 twist ed pair cable . As these p orts ar e c[...]

14 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 61 0 LE Ds Ta b l e 3 lists the LEDs vi sible o n the fr ont of th e Switch, and their st ates acco r d ing to c olor . F or inf orma tion on using the LEDs for proble m solving, see “Che cki ng for Co rre c t Op erat ion” on page 24 . Ta b l e 3 LED behav ior LED Color Indica tes Port S t at us LEDs Pack[...]

Switch 610 — Re ar Vi ew Detail 15 Sw itch 61 0 — Re ar View Deta il Figure 2 Switch 610 — Rear view Unit In fo rmatio n Label This la bel shows the following: ■ The 3C om p r o duct name of the S witch ■ The 3Com 3C numb er of the Swit ch ■ The uni que MAC addre ss (Ethe r net add ress ) of the Swit ch ■ The ser ial number o f the Sw[...]

16 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 61 0 Netwo rk Config uration Exam ple s The f ollowi ng illu stra tions s how some example s of how the Swit ch c an be placed on y our ne twor k. Ne twork Seg mentatio n I Figu r e 3 shows how the Swi tch 610 fits into a large c orpor ate n etwork wi th a Fa st Eth er net in fr as tr uc ture . A S w itch is [...]

Network Conf igura tion Ex ample s 17 Ne twork Segme ntatio n II Figu r e 4 shows the Swi tch 610 i n a seco nd wo rkgroup sit uation . This setup co uld b e that o f a sm all office w ithin a la rge cor pora tion, or part of a large r co rporat e net work. Most of th e switch po rts have mult iple endsta tions. Figure 4 Using the Switch 610 to s e[...]

18 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 61 0 Des kto p Switch ing Figu r e 5 shows the Swi tch 610 u sed f or a group of u sers in a lar ge corpo rate netw ork. H er e swi tching is brought to the deskto p wit h a single endsta tion pe r po rt. Lo cal serv ers are co nnec ted vi a 100 Mbps F ast Ethe r net li nks. Figure 5 Using the Swit ch 610 in [...]

Confi gurati on Rul es for Fast E therne t 19 Config uration Rul es fo r Fast E t her ne t The t opolo gy rule s for 100 M bps Fast Et her net are sl ightly di ff erent to those f or 10 Mbps E ther net. Figu re 6 illu strates th e key topolo gy rules an d pr ov ides exampl es of how they allow fo r larg e-scale F ast Et hernet netw orks. Figure 6 F[...]

20 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 61 0 The key to pology r ules ar e: ■ Ma ximum UTP c able l eng th is 100m (3 28f t) ov er Cat egory 5 cabl e. ■ 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[...]

2 I NSTALLI NG TH E S WITCH This ch ap ter co ntain s the inform ation y ou ne ed t o insta ll and se t up t he Swi tch. It cover s the fo ll owing to pics: ■ Choosing a Suitable Si te ■ Rack- mo unti ng ■ Placi ng Units On T o p of Eac h O th er ■ The Power -up Sequenc e ■ Cho osing the C orr ect Cable s ■ Solvi ng Problem s Indi cat e[...]

22 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLING THE S WITCH Choosin g a Suita ble Si te The Swit ch is suite d for use in an of fice en vir onment whe re it can be mount ed in a standa rd 19- inch eq uipm ent rack , or free stand ing. Alternativ ely , the Swit ch can be rac k-mounte d in a wirin g closet o r equipm ent r o om. A r ack -moun ting k it, cont aini ng two [...]

Plac ing Unit s On T op of Each Othe r 23 Figure 7 Fitting a brac ket for r ack mounting 3 In se rt t he tw o s cre ws an d tigh te n w ith a su ita bl e s crew dr i ver . Y ou must use the sc rews sup plied wi th the mount ing bracket s. Damage caused to the uni t by using incorrec t scr ews inval idates y our w arrant y . 4 Repea t step s 2 and 3[...]

24 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLING THE S WITCH Th e Pow er -u p Sequenc e The fo llowing sect ions desc ribe ho w to g et your Switch 6 10 powe re d -up and r eady f or operatio n. Co nnecti ng a Redund ant Power Syst e m Y ou can c onn ect a Super Stac k II Ad vanc ed Red und ant Po we r System (part number 3C16071) t o the Switc h. This unit , which is a[...]

Choosi ng the Corre ct Cable s 25 Choosin g the Correct C ables All of the ports on the fr o nt of t he Switc h 610 ar e config ur ed as MDIX (c ro ss-over ). If you wan t to make a connect ion to anoth er MDIX p ort, you need a c ross- over cable. Most of the 1 0BASE-T and 100BASE-TX po rts on 3Com devic es ar e MD I X-only . Many por ts on workst[...]

26 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLING THE S WITCH For in forma tio n ab out solv ing p r o blems wh en man agi ng the Sw itch , refer to t he Pr oblem So lvin g chapter in th e “SuperSta c k I I Switc h Management Gu ide” (DU A 1695- 0BAA 0x) . Manag ing th e Sw itch The S witch contai ns sof tware that allo ws yo u to chan ge and monitor the way it wo rk[...]

A S AFETY I N FORM ATION Y ou must rea d the fo llow ing saf ety info rmati on be for e c arrying out any install ation or removal of c ompone n ts, or an y m aintenan ce proc edures on the Switch 610 . WARNI NG : Warning s co ntain direct ions that yo u m ust fo llow for your per sonal sa fety . Fo llow all dir ectio ns care fully . Y ou must read[...]

28 A PPENDIX A: S AFETY I NFORM ATION Importa nt Safe ty In formati on ■ Install ation and remo val of the uni t mu st be ca rried ou t by qua lified pers onnel o nly . ■ If in stallin g the Switch uni t in a stack with SuperSt ack II Hub units , the Switch 610 un it m ust be installed b elow the narrower Hub un its. ■ The un it sho uld n eve[...]

Imp or ta nt S afe t y In form at io n 29 ■ Franc e and Peru only: This un it ca nnot be p owered from IT† sup plies. If y our sup plies are of IT ty pe, thi s unit mu st b e powe red by 2 30V (2 P+ T) via a n isola tion transf ormer ratio 1:1 , wi th the secon dary co nnec tion point l abelled Neut ral, c onnected di r ectly to e arth (g r ou [...]

30 A PPENDIX A: S AFETY I NFORM ATION L ’inf ormat ion de Séc uri té Impo rtan te ■ L' install ati on et la dépo se de ce gr oupe doiven t êtr e confi és à u n pers onnel q ualif ié. ■ Si vo us entas sez l'unité Swi tch avec les unit és SuperStac k II Hub , l'unit é Switch 610 doi t être inst allée en d essous d es [...]

L’i nfor mat ion de S écur ité Import ant e 31 ■ L ’ap par eil f onction ne à une tension extrê mem ent ba sse de sécurité qu i est conf orme à la no rm e CEI 950. Ce s cond itions n e sont ma intenu es que si l 'équipem ent auquel il est rac cordé fon ctionne da ns les m ême s condi tions. ■ Franc e et Pér o u uniqu ement: [...]

32 A PPENDIX A: S AFETY I NFORM ATION Wi ch ti ge Si che rh eits - inform ati onen ■ Die In stallation und der Ausbau des G eräts da rf n ur durch Fach per sonal erfol gen . ■ W enn die Swit ch 610 Einhei t in eine r Stapel mit ander en SuperStac k II Hub Einhe iten eing eba ut we r de n soll, m uß d ie Swi tch 610 E inheit unter die schm a l[...]

B P IN - OU TS Nu ll Mode m Cable 9-pin t o R S-232 25 -p in PC -A T Se ri al C a ble 9-pin t o 9 -pin 169 54ua. bo ok Page 33 Frid ay, Apri l 30 , 199 9 9:39 AM[...]

34 A PPENDIX B: P IN - OU TS Modem Ca ble 9-pin t o R S-232 25 -p in RJ-45 P in Assign me nts Pi n assignments are id entical f or 10BASE-T an d 100BASE-TX RJ-45 co nnect ors Ta b l e 6 Pin as sign ments Pin Number Signal Funct io n Ports conf igu red as MDI 1 TxData + Tra nsmit dat a 2 TxData – Tra nsmit dat a 3 RxD ata + Receiv e Data 4 Not as [...]

C T ECHNI CAL S P ECIFICATIONS Physic al Dimensio ns He ight: 44mm (1.7 in.) x Width: 440mm (17 .3 in.) x Depth 224mm (8.8 in.) Weight : 4.4kg (9 .7lbs ) Envir onment al Requir emen ts Ope rati ng T emperat ure 0° to 50 °C ( 32° to 122 °F) St ora g e T e m per at u re –10° to +70 °C (14° to 158 °F) Operat ing Humidi ty 10 t o 9 5% re lati[...]

36 A PPENDIX C: T ECHNICAL S PECIFICATIONS Standar ds Support ed SNMP ■ SNMP protoc ol (RFC 1157) ■ MIB-I I (RFC 1213) ■ Bridge MIB ( RF C 1493) ■ Repeate r MIB (RFC 1516) ■ RMON MIB (RFC 1271) ■ BOOTP (RFC 951) Additi onal Stan dards Support ed ■ ISO/IEC 1580 2-3-1998 (IEEE 802.1D- 1998) ■ IEEE 802. 1Q-1998 ■ RFC 1112 ■ RFC 223[...]

D T ECHNI CAL S UPPO RT 3Co m provide s eas y acce ss to t echn ical supp ort i nforma tion t hrough a vari ety of serv ices. This ap pendi x descr ibes th ese serv ices. Infor mation co ntained in this app endix is co rre ct at ti me of publ icati on. For the mos t r ecent infor mation, 3Com r ecommen ds that you acce ss the 3Com Corpor at ion W o[...]

38 A PPENDIX D: T ECHNICAL S UPPORT 3C om F TP S i te Do wnload drivers, patc hes, software, and MIB s across the Inter net from the 3Com publ ic F T P si te. This ser vice is av aila ble 24 ho urs a day , 7 days a wee k. T o c on n ect to t he 3Co m F T P s ite , e n ter th e fo llow i ng in fo rm ati on in to yo ur F T P client : ■ Hostname: ft[...]

Suppor t from Your Net work Su pplier 39 Acce ss by Digi ta l Mo dem ISDN users ca n di al in to the 3Com BB S using a di gital mo dem f or fa st access up t o 64 K bp s. T o acce ss the 3Com BBS usin g ISD N, ca ll the following nu mber : 1 847 2 62 6000 3Com Fa c ts Autom ated Fax Service The 3Com Facts automated fax servi ce pr ovides technical [...]

40 A PPENDIX D: T ECHNICAL S UPPORT When you co ntact 3Com for a ssistance, have the foll owing inf orma tion r eady: ■ Product m odel n ame , part num ber , a nd se rial num ber ■ A list o f system hardware an d softw ar e, inc luding revision l evels ■ Diagno stic error messa ges ■ Detai ls abou t recen t conf igur ation chan ges, if appl[...]

Retu rning Pr oduc ts for Re pair 41 Retu rning Products fo r Rep ai r Before you send a produc t directly t o 3Com fo r repair , y ou m ust fir st obtai n an au thoriz ation n um ber . Products sent to 3Com wi thout author ization num ber s will b e return ed t o the se nder u nopen e d, at th e sender ’ s ex pense. T o obtain an au thoriz ation[...]

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G LOSSARY 10B A SE- T The IEE E specific ation for 1 0Mbps Ether net ove r Cat egor y 3, 4 or 5 twist ed pai r ca ble. 100B A SE-FX The IEEE spec ifica tion for 100 Mbps Fast Et hernet over fib er -opti c cab le. 100BA SE -TX The IEEE spec ifica tion fo r 100Mbps Fast Et hernet over Categ ory 5 t wi ste d- pai r ca ble . auto- negoti at ion A fea t[...]

44 G LOSSARY broa dc ast st or m Multiple s imultaneo us bro adcast s that t ypically absorb al l the ava ilable netw ork ba ndwidt h and ca n cau se a ne twor k to fail. Broadc ast stor ms c an be d ue t o fa ul ty net wor k de vice s. coll ision A term used to de scribe two co lliding pack ets i n an Ether ne t netwo rk. Collision s are a pa rt o[...]

G LOSSARY 45 hub A device that r egene rates LA N tra ffi c so th at the tr ansmiss ion d istanc e of t hat signal can be extended . Hubs ar e similar to rep eaters , in that they con nect LANs of the same ty pe; however they connect mor e LANs than a r epeat er and ar e gener ally mor e sophi sticat ed. IEEE I nstitute of Electri cal and Elec tr o[...]

46 G LOSSARY MAC addr ess M edia A ccess C ontrol ad dre ss; also called h ardware or phy sical ad dress. A laye r 2 ad dr ess associ ated with a parti cular netw ork de vice. Most devic es th at conn ect to a LAN have a M AC address assigne d to the m as they ar e used to identi fy other dev ices i n a network . MAC addres ses ar e 6 bytes lo ng. [...]

G LOSSARY 47 SN MP Si mple Networ k Mana gement Pro tocol. The curr ent IETF st andar d protoco l for m ana ging devices o n a n T CP/IP netwo rk . stack A grou p of net wor k devi ces tha t are integ rated t o form a sin gle logi cal devic e. swi tch A dev ice t hat in terconnect s sever al LAN s to form a singl e logic al LA N that comprises of s[...]

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I NDEX 49 I NDEX Nu merics 10BASE- T por ts 13 10BASE- T/1 00BASE-T X ports 1 3 3C numbe r 15 3Com bull etin board service (3Com BBS) 38 3Com Kno wledgeba se Web Se rvic es 37 3Com URL 37 3ComF acts 39 A auto- negoti ating ports 13 B bull etin b oard s er vice 38 C cable ch oosing t he corr ect 25 maximum length 13 , 20 pin- outs 33 co nsole po rt [...]

50 I NDEX Redunda nt Po wer Syst em. See RP S re turning p roduc t s for re pair 41 RPS 15 co nnecti ng 24 soc k et 15 S s afe ty i nf or mati on Engli sh 28 Fr enc h 30 German 32 segment, maximu m length 13 , 20 seri al numbe r of the Swi tch 15 se rial por t. See cons ole por t soc k et powe r 15 RPS 15 spe c ifica t ion s, sy stem 3 5 stan dar d[...]

3C om Co rpora t io n L IMITED W ARRA NTY S UPER S TACK ® II S WITCH 610 H ARDWA RE 3Com w arrants thi s hardwa re prod uct to be f ree fro m defect s in work manship a nd mat erials, und er norma l use a nd service, for the f ollowing l engt h of time f rom the d ate of p urchase f rom 3Com o r its au thorized re se ll er : 3Com’s s ole oblig a[...]

product , bu t ma y be delay ed due to expor t or impor t procedures. When an advance replaceme nt is provided and Cus tomer fa ils to retur n the ori ginal pr oduct to 3C om withi n fiftee n (15) days after shi pment of the replace ment, 3Com will cha rge Cust omer for t he repl acement product, at l ist pri ce. 3Com sha ll not be respons ible for[...]

EMC S TATEMENTS FCC S TA TEMENT This equipme nt has be en test ed and fou nd to compl y with t he limits f or a Class A digita l device, pur suant t o part 15 o f the FCC rules. T hese li mits ar e designed t o 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 en vir onm e[...]

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