Cisco Systems SLM2048 manual

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    Quick St art Guide Cisco Small Business SLM2048, SLM2024, SLM 248G, SLM248P , SLM224G, SLM224P Smart Switc h Package Contents • Smar t Switch • Po w e r C o rd • Rubber f eet • Quic k St ar t Gu ide • Mo u n t i n g H a rd w a re • Product CD -RO M[...]

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    Cisco Smal l Business SLM Seri es Smart Switch Installation Guide 1 We l c o m e Tha nk y ou f o r c h oosin g the Cis co Sm all B us iness Ser ies S ma rt Gi gab it Switch. The Smar t Switches of f er the foll owing interfac es : • The SLM2024 and S LM2048 of f er twent y f our (24) or f or t y eight ( 48) gigabit copper p or ts , with t wo (2) [...]

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    2 Cisco Small Busin ess SLM Series Sm art Switch In stallation Gui de T o establish a Fast Ethernet connection using a miniGB IC por t , you will need to install a MFEFX 1 ( 100BA S E-FX) or MFELX 1 ( 100BA S E-LX) 100S FP transceiver and use fib er optic cabling. N OTE On the SLM2024 and SLM2048, miniG BIC ports are shar e d with standar d por ts [...]

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    Cisco Smal l Business SLM Seri es Smart Switch Installation Guide 3 G1- G 2 — The switch is equipped with two autosensing gigabit Ethernet network p or ts , which use RJ-45 conne ctors. The gigabit Ethernet por ts suppor t netw ork speeds of 10 Mbps , 100 Mbp s, or 1000 Mbps . They can operate in half - and full- duplex modes. Auto-sensing t e ch[...]

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    4 Cisco Small Busin ess SLM Series Sm art Switch In stallation Gui de in half - and full- duple x modes . Aut o-sensing technology enables each por t to a u to m at i c a l ly d e te ct t h e s p e e d o f th e d e v i c e c o n n e c t e d to it ( 1 0 M b p s or 100 Mbps), and adjust its speed and duplex mode accordingly . miniGBIC — (1 - 2 ) Th[...]

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    Cisco Smal l Business SLM Seri es Smart Switch Installation Guide 5 • Ambi en t T empera ture — T o pr event the swit ch fr om overheating, do not operate it in an area that ex cee ds an ambient temperature of 104 °F (4 0 ° C ) . •A i r F l o w — Be sure that ther e is adequa te air flow around the swit c h. •M e c h a n i c a l L o a d[...]

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    6 Cisco Small Busin ess SLM Series Sm art Switch In stallation Gui de S TEP 5 Conne ct the switch t o net work devic es ac cording t o the the installation instruc tions in section 4, “Connecting the Equipment”. Get ting St ar te d with the C onfiguration Bef or e you begin t o use the Configuration Utility , make sur e that you hav e a compute[...]

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    Cisco Smal l Business SLM Seri es Smart Switch Installation Guide 7 N OTE If you ha ve changed the swit ch IP address or ar e using DHCP t o assign it , enter the new IP address as signed to the switch. The ip address of the computer y ou are using t o configure the swit ch, must be on the same subnet as the swit ch . S TEP 4 When the login page ap[...]

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    8 Cisco Small Busin ess SLM Series Sm art Switch In stallation Gui de If the above recommendations do not work , tr y the s ame steps by us ing a diff er ent computer . The swit ch migh t hav e some hardwar e problems if the second comp uter a lso f ails t o est ablis h a link, plea se conta ct t ech nical suppor t f or fur ther as sistance. N OTE [...]

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    Cisco Smal l Business SLM Seri es Smart Switch Installation Guide 9 Where to Go F rom Here Suppo rt Cisco Small Bu sine ss Support Comm unit y w w w . cisc o.com/ go/ smallbizs uppor t Online T echnical Su pport and Documentat ion (L ogin R equire d) w w w .cisco.com/ support Pho ne Suppo r t Contac ts w w w .cisco.com/ en /US/ support /tsd_cisco_ [...]

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    10 Cisco Small Business SLM Ser ies Smart Switch Installation Gui de[...]

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