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    202-10 232-01 Jan uary 2007 NET GEA R , Inc. 4500 Grea t Americ a Park way Sant a Clara, C A 950 54 US A GS748T Smart Switch Hardware Inst allation Guide[...]

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    ii v1.0, Jan uary 2007 © 2007 by Netgear Inc. All Rights res erved T rademarks NETGEAR, Netgear Inc., the NETGE AR logo, Auto Uplink, ProS afe, and Everybody ’s connecting are trademarks or registered trademarks of Netgear , Inc. in the United S tates and/or ot her countries. M icros oft, Windows, and Wi ndows NT are registered t r ade marks of [...]

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    v1.0, Jan uary 2007 iii • Incre ase the separ atio n betwe en the equipmen t and rec eiver . • Connec t the equipment into an outl et on a circuit different from that which the receiv er is connect ed. • Consult th e de aler or an ex peri enced radi o /TV techni cian for help . EN 55 02 2 Declaration of Conf ormance This is t o certify that t[...]

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    v1.0, Jan uary 200 7 iv used w ith ap proved anten nas on ly . Any produc t chan ges or modif icatio ns wil l inva lidate all a pplic able re gula- tory cer tifi ca tion s and approv al s FCC Guidelines for Human Exposur e Th is e qui pm en t co mplie s wit h FC C rad iat ion ex pos ure limit s set forth for an u ncontro lled e nvironme nt. Thi s e[...]

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    v v1.0, J anuary 2 007 Conte nt s About This Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Overview .. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ...... ............. ............. ............. ...... ... 1-2 Features ......... ............ ............. ............. ............. .................... ............ ............. .......[...]

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    vi v1.0, Jan uary 200 7 Appendix A T roubleshooting T roubleshootin g Chart ....... ............. ............. ............. ............. ................... ............. .. A-1 Addit ional T roubles hooting Su ggest ions ........... .................... ............ ............. ............. .. A- 2 Network Ada pter Cards ..... ............. [...]

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    vii v1.0, J anuary 2 007 About Th is Manu al The NETGEAR ® GS748T Smart Switch™ Har dwar e Ins tallati on Guide descr ibes h ow to ins tall, configu re, and troubl eshoot the GS74 8T Gigabi t Smart Swit ch. The i nformat ion in t his manua l is inten ded fo r re ade rs wit h inte rm ed iat e com put er and Int er net skil ls. Conv entio n s, For[...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide viii v1.0, Jan uary 200 7 • Scope. This manual is writt en for the GS748T Smart Switc h acco rding to th ese sp ecifica tions : . How to Use T his Ma nual The HTML versi on of t his manua l includ es the following : • Butto ns and for bro wsing f orwards or bac kwards thr ough the manual o ne p[...]

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    GS748T Smar t Switc h Hardwar e Install ation Guid e ix v1.0, J anuary 2 007 How to Pr int t his Ma nual T o prin t this manu al, choose one of th e follo wing opt ions: • Printing a Page fr om HTM L . Each page in t he HTML vers ion of the manu al is dedica ted t o a majo r topi c. Select File > Print from th e browser men u to pr int t he pa[...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide x v1.0, Jan uary 200 7 Revisi on Hist ory Document Pa rt Number Ve r s i o n Number Descr iption 202-1 0232-01 1.0 Doc um ent cre ate d[...]

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    1-1 v1.0, J anuary 2 007 Chap ter 1 Introductio n Congra tulatio ns on you r purc hase of the NETGEAR GS748 T Gigabi t Smart Switch! Y our NETGEAR Switch is a sta te-of-t he-art, high-p erfor mance, IEE E-compli ant ne twork solut ion designe d for users who req uire a lar ge number of po rts and want the power of Gigabit connectivi ty to eli minat[...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide 1-2 Introduc tion 1.0, Jan uary 20 07 Overvi ew Y our NETGEAR GS748T Gigabit Smart Swit ch pro vides 4 8 twisted -pair ports with four built -in Small Form Fa ctor (SFP) GBIC s lots tha t suppo rt nons top 10/100 /10 00M fiber ne tworks. Using these Gi gabit slots , you can creat e high -speed conn[...]

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    GS748T Smar t Switc h Hardwar e Install ation Guid e Introducti on 1-3 v1.0, J anuary 2 007 Featur es The fo llowin g list i denti fies the key fea tures of th e NETGEAR GS748T Giga bit Smart Switch. • Forty-e ight 1 0/100/ 1000 Mbp s auto- sensi ng Gigabit -Ether net s witching po rts • Four SF P GBIC combo Gi gabit E thernet s lots for opti o[...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide 1-4 Introduc tion 1.0, Jan uary 20 07 • Full-du plex I EEE 802.3x pa use frame f low cont rol • LED indica tors f or port s tatus monitorin g: • P ow er LED indi cat es p ow er on / off st atus • Link/Act LED indic ates l ink s tatus and activ ity • SFP GBIC Li nk/Act L ED indicate s lin [...]

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    GS748T Smar t Switc h Hardwar e Install ation Guid e Introducti on 1-5 v1.0, J anuary 2 007 Pack ag e Conte nt s Figure 1-1 shows the packag e conte nts of th e NETGEAR GS748 T Gigabit Smar t Swit ch. Figure 1-1 Package Contents V erify that y our pac kage con tains the fo llowin g: • GS 748 T Gi gab it Sm ar t Swi tc h • Rubber footp ads for t[...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide 1-6 Introduc tion 1.0, Jan uary 20 07[...]

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    2-1 v1.0, J anuary 2 007 Chap ter 2 Physical De scription This chapte r desc ribes the hardwar e featur es of the NETGEAR GS748T Gigabit Smart Switc h. T opics includ e: • Front an d back pa nels • 10/100/1 000 Mbps au to-se nsing RJ -45 por ts • SFP GBIC Module b ay • LED descri ptions • Reset butto n • Fact ory def aults but ton Front[...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide 2-2 Physic al Des cri pti on v1.0, Jan uary 200 7 The front pane l contains RJ-45 jac ks with LEDs and 4 SFP GBIC module bays. The rear panel has a standa rd AC power re cepta cle fo r acco mmodating t he sup plied power cor d. 10/100 /10 00 Mbp s RJ-45 Port s The 48 10/100/1000 Mbps, a uto-s ensin[...]

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    GS748T Smar t Switc h Hardwar e Install ation Guid e Physica l Desc ri ption 2-3 v1.0, J anuary 2 007 Reset Button The Res et button of the GS748T tr igger s a har dware r eset of t he swit ch. Figure 2-3 shows its locati on on th e fron t panel . This a ctio n is equ ivale nt to s witchi ng the unit p ower of f and back on. The la st saved con fig[...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide 2-4 Physic al Des cri pti on v1.0, Jan uary 200 7 Figure 2-3 Reset Button of the GS748T Gigabit Smart S witch Restore Factory Default s Button The Res tore Fact ory Def ault b utton o f the GS7 48T Smart Swit ch enab les you to cl ear th e curr ent setti ngs and r etur n the s witch to its fa ctory[...]

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    GS748T Smar t Switc h Hardwar e Install ation Guid e Physica l Desc ri ption 2-5 v1.0, J anuary 2 007 Figure 2-4 Restore Factory Default s Button of th e GS748T Gigabit Smart Switch[...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide 2-6 Physic al Des cri pti on v1.0, Jan uary 200 7[...]

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    3-1 v1.0, J anuary 2 007 Chap ter 3 Applicati ons Y our NETGEAR GS748T Gigabit Smart Swit ch is design ed to provi de fl exibili ty in c onfiguri ng your network connect ions. I t can be used as your only networ k tra f fic-dis trib ution device or with added 10 Mbps, 100 Mb ps, 10/1 00 Mbps, and 1000 Mbps hu bs and s witche s. This chapte r shows [...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide 3-2 Appl ications v1.0, Jan uary 200 7 Backbone Switching Y ou can use you r GS748T Gig abit S mart Swit ch as a backbo ne switch i n a smal l netwo rk tha t gives us ers hi gh-spe ed acce ss to server s and ot her ne twork d evices. Figure 3-2 E xample o f Backbone Switch ing[...]

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    4-1 v1.0, J anuary 2 007 Chap ter 4 Inst allation This chapte r desc ribes the inst allat ion proce dures f or your NETGEAR GS748T Gig abit Sma rt Switch. Swi tch in stall ation i nvolves the f ollowing s teps: 1. Prepari ng the site 2. Inst alling t he swit ch 3. Checking t he ins tallat ion 4. Connec ting de vices to the swi tch 5. Instal ling a [...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide 4-2 Instal latio n v1.0, Jan uary 200 7 S tep 2: Inst alling the Swit ch Inst a ll th e swit ch u sin g one of the foll owin g met hod s: Inst alling the Switch on a Flat Surface The switc h ships with f our se lf-ad hesive rubber foot pads. Attac h one ru bber fo ot pad into ea ch of the four conc[...]

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    GS748T Smar t Switc h Hardwar e Install ation Guid e Installati on 4-3 v1.0, J anuary 2 007 4. Suppor t t he we igh t of t he s witch a nd use f our pan-hea d scre ws wit h ny lon washe rs to attac h i t to th e rack; u se a #2 Phil lips scr ewdriv er to tight en the screws. Figure 4-1 Mounting the Switch in a Rack S tep 3: Ch ecki ng th e Installa[...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide 4-4 Instal latio n v1.0, Jan uary 200 7 Figure 4-2 Co nnecting Devices t o the Swi tch Connec t eac h devi ce to an RJ- 45 net w ork port on the sw it ch’ s front panel (se e Figur e 4-2 ) using a Categ ory 5 (Ca t5) unshi elded twisted- pair ( UTP) cabl e with RJ- 45 conne ctors . S te p 5: Inst[...]

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    GS748T Smar t Switc h Hardwar e Install ation Guid e Installati on 4-5 v1.0, J anuary 2 007 Figure 4-3 Installing a SFP GBIC Module into GS748T S tep 6: Applyin g AC Power Because he NETGEAR GS748T Gigabit Smar t Switch has no ON/OFF s witch, AC power must be control led by means of the IEC power cord c onnecti on. Sel ect an appropr iate uns witch[...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide 4-6 Instal latio n v1.0, Jan uary 200 7 S tep 7: Mana gement t hr ough a Web Browser or Ut ilit y Progra m (Initial Conf iguration ) Y our NETGEAR GS748T Gigabit Smart Switch has embedded manage m ent sof tware for viewing, chang ing, and mo nitorin g its a ctivit y and con figur ation. Y ou need n[...]

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    Troubles hootin g A-1 v1.0, J anuary 2 007 Appe ndix A T roubles hootin g This chapte r provide s info rmation abou t troubl eshoot ing th e NETGEAR GS748T Giga bit Smar t Switch. I nformat ion is suppli ed as: • A T roubleshoo ting c hart • Addit ional troubl eshoot ing su ggestions T roubleshoo ting Chart Ta b l e A-1 lists sympt oms, caus es[...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide A-2 Troubl eshoo ting v1.0, Jan uary 200 7 Addition al T roubles hootin g Sug gestions If th e sug ge sti ons in Ta b l e A-1 do not resol ve your proble m, refe r to t he tro ublesho oting sugge stions i n this secti on. Network Adapter Cards Ensur e tha t th e net w ork adapt er card s ins ta ll [...]

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    Techni cal S pecific ation s B-1 v1.0, J anuary 2 007 Appe ndix B T echnica l S pecifica t io ns This appendi x provides techni cal s pecif icat ions f or the NETGEAR GS748T Gigab it Smar t Switch. Network Proto col and S t andards Compati bil ity IEEE 802.3 10 BASE-T IEEE 802.3u 1 00BASE-TX IEEE 802.3ab 1000BAS E-T IEEE 802.3z 1 000Base- X IEEE 80[...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide B-2 Te chnic al Spec ific ations v1.0, Jan uary 200 7 Performance S pecific ations Forwardi ng modes: St ore- and-fo rward Bandwid th: 96 Gb ps Networ k latency : Less than 20 microse conds f or 64-b yte fr ames in store -and- forwar d mode for 100 Mbps to 100 Mbps transm ission Buf fer memor y: 51[...]

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    GS748T Smar t Switc h Hardwar e Install ation Guid e Techni cal S peci ficat ion s B-3 v1.0, J anuary 2 007 Electroma gnetic Im munity EN 55022 (CISPR 22) , Class A Safety CE mark, commercial CUL 60950 (L isted) / EN60950 ( Low V ol tage Di rective )page 3 , see pa ge 3, see Modules AGM731F 1000BASE-SX SFP GBI C for mul timode fiber AGM732F 1000BAS[...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide B-4 Te chnic al Spec ific ations v1.0, Jan uary 200 7[...]

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    Glossa ry C-1 v1.0, J anuary 2 007 Appe ndix C Glossary Ta b l e C-1. Gl ossary 10BASE-T The IEEE specificati on for 1 0 Mbp s Ethern et ove r Catego ry 3, 4, or 5 twi sted - pair ca ble . 100BASE-FX The IEEE specificati on for 1 00 Mbp s Fas t Ethern et over fib er-opti c cable. 100BASE-TX The IEEE spec ification for 100 Mb ps Fast Ethernet ov er [...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide C-2 Glossar y v1.0, Jan uary 200 7 Ethernet A LAN specific ati on deve loped join tly by Xero x, In tel and D igi t al Equi pm ent Corporat ion. Eth ernet ne tworks transm it p acket s at a rat e of 10 Mbp s. Fast Ethernet An Ethe rnet sy stem that is de signe d to op erate at 10 0 Mbps . Gigab it [...]

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    GS748T Smar t Switc h Hardwar e Install ation Guid e Glossa ry C-3 v1.0, J anuary 2 007 Loop An eve nt that occu rs when two n etwork d evice s are c onnec ted by more than o ne p ath, th ereby ca using pa cket s to repeate dly cyc le around the network and n ot reach th eir des tinati on. MAC Media Access Control . A protoc ol spec ified by the IE[...]

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    GS748T Smart S witch Hardwa re Installatio n Guide C-4 Glossar y v1.0, Jan uary 200 7[...]

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