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User’s Manual – 1 – GX4-800GBIC Introduction Thank you for pur chasing an Asanté® FriendlyNET™ GX4 Gigabit E thernet switch. This high-performance network switch is av ailable in three differen t configurations to pr ovide the maximum bandwidth for your comput ers, printers and other devices with a 10/100/1000BaseT network connection: ?[...]
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Asanté FriendlyNET GX4 Gigabit Switch – 2 – Front Panel Inf ormation During normal network activity , these LEDs are on: Po wer , LNK/SPD , DPX/ACT , 100M Link, or 1G Link. Figure 1. FriendlyNET GX4 Model 400 Figure 2. FriendlyNET GX4 Model 800GBIC Figure 3. FriendlyNET GX4 Model 224 T able 1. P ower LED LED Indicator Color Activity Descriptio[...]
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User’s Manual – 3 – T able 2. Activity LEDs LED Indicator Color Activity Description A. GX4-400 100M Link Green ON A valid 100 Mbps link is established . Blinking P ossible data error , see T roubleshooting section (AsantéQ). 1G Link Green ON A valid 1000 Mbps link is established . Blinking P ossible data error , see T roubleshooting section[...]
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Asanté FriendlyNET GX4 Gigabit Switch – 4 – T able 2. Activity LEDs (continued) LED Indicator Color Activity Description A. GX4-224 LNK/SPD Green ON A valid 100 Mbps link is established . Y ellow ON A valid 10 Mbps link is established . section (AsantéQ). DPX/ACT Green ON Operating in full-duplex mode. Blinking P acket activity: transmission [...]
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User’s Manual – 5 – Connecting to Network Devices If you ar e connecting several workstations and a server , you can build the network using the GX4 switch as shown in Figur e 4. Figure 4. A simple network topology GX4manual020501.fm Page 5 Monday, February 5, 2001 1:39 PM[...]
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Asanté FriendlyNET GX4 Gigabit Switch – 6 – Connecting to a Switch or a Hub When making switch-to-swit ch connections, connect any Gigabit por t of the GX4 switch with a Gigabit cable to the Gigabit por t on the other switch. Figure 5. Multiple switch network For 1000BaseT , 100BaseT X, and 10BaseT net works, the maximum cable length is 100 me[...]
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User’s Manual – 7 – Optional: Placing or Rack Mounting the Switch The GX4 switch c omes with four rubber feet for placement on a flat surface. Placing the GX4 on a flat surface: 1. Apply the four rubber feet to the bottom of the unit 2. Put the unit on the flat surface Mounting the GX4 in a Rack: 1. Place a mounting brack et over the mount[...]
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Asanté FriendlyNET GX4 Gigabit Switch – 8 – Product S pecifications Standards Compliance Network Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet ov er UTP Category 5 copper , IEEE 802.3ab (1000BaseT ) F ast Ethernet ov er UTP Category 5 copper , IEEE 802.3u (100BaseT X) Ethernet ov er UTP Category 3 copper , IEEE 802.3 (10BaseT ) Safet y UL, C[...]