Allied Telesis AT-8088/SC manual

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    R apier Series Switch Quick Install Guide Rapier G6 Rapier G6F Rapier 8/8 Rapier 16F Rapier 16Fi Rapier 24 Rapier 24i Rapier 48 Rapier 48i[...]

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    Rapier Series Swit ch Q uick Install Guide Docu ment Number C61 3-0 401 7-0 1 REV H. Copyrigh t © 1999-2 005 Allied T elesyn Inter nation al, Cor p. 19800 Nort h Cr eek Par kway , Suit e 200, Both ell, W A 9801 1, USA. All rights r eserved. No part of this p ublication may be rep roduced witho ut prior writte n permission f ro m Allie d T elesyn. [...]

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    Qu ick In st al l Gu ide 3 C613- 04017-01 RE V H Models Co vere d By This Guide Th is Quick Install G uide incl udes inform at ion on the follow ing mod els: ■ Rapier G6 ■ Rapier G6F-LX/SC ■ Rapier G6F-SX/SC ■ Rapier G6F-SX/MT ■ Rapier 8/8MT ■ Rapier 8/8SC ■ Rapier 16F-FX/MT ■ Rapier 16F i -FX/MT ■ Rapier 16F-FX/SC ■ Rapier 16F [...]

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    4 Rapier Series Switch C613- 04017-01 RE V H Package Contents The foll owing i tems a re in cluded wit h each Rapier Sw itch. Contact your s ales r epresentative if any items are damaged or missing. ■ One Rapier Switch. ■ One AC po wer cord ( AC models only). ■ One serial cable for connecting the switch to a terminal or PC. ■ On e 1 9 in ch[...]

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    Qu ick In st al l Gu ide 5 C613- 04017-01 RE V H In stalling t h e Sw itch All AC and DC vers ions of this equipm ent m ust be e arth ed. Follow thes e step s to inst all t he swi tch: 1. Bef o re ins t al li ng th e sw i tc h, rea d the sa fet y in fo rma t io n For safety information, see the Safe ty and St at ut ory I nfo r mat ion bookl et . A [...]

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    6 Rapier Series Switch C613- 04017-01 RE V H Figur e 1: Rapier fr ont panel and rear panel with AC power inlet . 7. Apply DC power to the swi tch (for DC models) Rea d the S af et y an d St atu to ry In for m ati on bo oklet bef o re connecting a DC power su pply . A cop y of this boo klet is inclu ded w ith ea ch swit ch . It is a lso in clud ed o[...]

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    Qu ick In st al l Gu ide 7 C613- 04017-01 RE V H d) At the switch, connect the posit ive feed to the + (positiv e) terminal and th e ne ga t ive fee d to th e - (n eg at iv e ) ter m i na l. T igh ten th e ter m i na ls to between 0.6 and 0. 8 Nm (0.041 to 0.055 poun d-for ce per foot ) e) Ensure there ar e no exposed conductor strands f) Sec ur e [...]

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    8 Rapier Series Switch C613- 04017-01 RE V H Configuring t he Switch Some conf igura tion is necessa ry if you wish to enable the switc h’s advanc ed switch ing capa bilitie s. The switch can be config ured by using the Com mand Line Inter face (C LI) or G raphical User I nt erface (GUI). Using t he CLI to c onfigure a sw itch 1. Con nect a term [...]

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    Qu ick In st al l Gu ide 9 C613- 04017-01 RE V H See the R apier Sw itch S oftware R eference for m ore in f orm at io n o n st a rt- up and c onfigura tion procedures (inclu din g a list of me ssage de fini tions). Using the GUI to configure a switch This sect ion desc ribes how to ac cess th e GUI fr om a PC via VLAN1, i n or der to configur e th[...]

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    10 Rapier Series Switch C613- 04017-01 RE V H 5. Bro w se to the GUI. If you a cce ss the Inter n et t hrou gh a p r o xy s erv er , set your b r owser to bypass t he pr ox y for t h e IP ad dress yo u just ass igned to the VL AN1 interfa ce. Point your w eb bro wser at the IP ad dres s of the VLAN interface. 6. Lo g in and set the pass word . At t[...]

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    Qu ick In st al l Gu ide 11 C613- 04017-01 RE V H 1. DC mo dels of the Rap i e r Sw itch do not ha ve an RPS conne ct or an d the RPS LE D will not funct ion. 2. N ot i ncl ud ed o n the Rap ier 48, G6, G6F -SX/S C, G6F-L X/ SC, o r G6 F-SX/ MT - RJ. 3. Ho t s wapp i ng is sup porte d by Soft war e Rele ase 2.3 .1 or l ate r . A T -A R021 (S) BRI -[...]