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NETGEAR XCM8944F manual

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    Inst allation NE T GE AR Pr oSAFE M6100 Chassis Swit ch XCM 8944, XCM8948, X CM8944F , XCM8924X , XCM89P , XCM89UP[...]

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    2 Cont ents M6100 Series Fr ont Panels ...................................................................................... 3 Bef or e Installing the S witch Blade ........................................................................... 4 Install the Chas sis .....................................................................................[...]

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    3 M6100 Series Fr ont P anels Console ports U SB p or t 1 0G S FP+ po r ts 1 0G R J - 45 por t s XC M 8 92 4X XC M8 94 4 1 G R J- 45 po r ts 1 0G S FP+ po r ts 1 0G R J -45 po r t s 1 G SFP p or t s 1 0G S FP+ po r ts 1 0G R J - 45 por t s 1 G R J- 45 po r ts XC M8 94 4 F XCM8948 Oo B po r t USB p or t Oo B po r t Console ports Console ports Consol[...]

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    4 Bef ore Inst alling the Swit ch Blade The M6100 series swit ch blades ar e designed to be inst alled in the XCM8903 r ack-mount swit ch chassis. NET GEAR rec ommends installing the X CM8903 r ack-mount chassis int o a rack bef ore installing any s witch blades. F or mor e inf ormation about how t o install the X CM8903 r ack-mount switch chas sis[...]

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    5 Install the Chassis Y ou can either br acke t-mount the chassis into a r ack or install the chassis using the included r ails. For mor e information about installing the chas sis using rails, see the X CM8903 Har dwar e Installation Guide . ¾ T o br acket-mount the chassis: 1. P ar tially scr ew two of the included scr ews int o the rack wher e [...]

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    6 3. Scr ew the res t of the brack et t o the r ack . Install the F an T r ay ¾ T o install the f an tray: 1. Car efully slide the fan tr ay all the way int o the f an tray bay at the r ear of the chassis. The f an tray is c onnected t o power when it has been insert ed comple tely int o the f an tr ay bay .[...]

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    7 2. Scr ew the fan tr ay t o the r ear of the chassis using the included scr ews. Install the S witch Blade ¾ T o install a swit ch blade in a M6100 series chassis swit ch: 1. Select a slot f or the switch blade. 2. R emove a blank fr ont panel from the chassis slo t , if necessary . Any unoccupied s witch blade slo t in the chassis must have a b[...]

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    8 6. Using bo th hands, push bo th handles tow ar d the cent er of the swit ch blade, as shown. 7. Use your fingers or a scr ewdriver to turn the fr ont panel screws on each injector-ejector handle clockwise and comple tely down. When the scr ew is fully tightened, the yellow band ar ound the captive scr ew is complet ely hidden. Console XCM8948 S[...]

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    9 C AUTION: Be car eful to avoid over t or quing and stripping the scr ew heads. Install the P ow er Supply ¾ T o install the pow er supply : 1. Car efully slide the power supply all the way int o the power supply bay until it clicks into plac e. C AUTION: Do not slam the pow er supply int o the sy st em backplane. Use the locking handle to secur [...]

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    10 AC pow er c or d to the A C input connector below e ach power supply . W ARNING: Be sur e that the sour ce outle t is pr operly gr ounded bef or e plugging the AC pow er c or d into the input connector . Install Optional P oE (XCM89P) or UP oE (XCM89UP) Boar d Y ou can inst all an optional P oE (XCM89P) or UP oE (X CM89UP) boar d into the X CM89[...]

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    11 2. C onnect the optional board and secur e it with the attached scr ews as shown. Configur e the S witch Blade Y ou can manage your swit ch thr ough its web management int erfac e or by using the command-line int erfac e (CLI) thr ough a console port . This guide shows you how to c onfigur e your swit ch using the web management int erfac e. I[...]

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    12 When configuring your s witch, c onnect your switch t o one of the number ed ports on the switch ’ s front panel. Do no t connect to the Out-of-Band (OoB) port for initial s witch c onfigur ation. N ote : Use the OoB port to manage the swit ch only a er the switch has been configur ed for your netw ork . For mor e inf ormation about swit[...]

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    13 used by the comput er NIC port when in DHCP-client mode without a DHCP ser ver pr esent . Use this IP value to log in t o the swit ch. Comput er with a St atic IP Addr ess When the comput er is in this mode, the swit ch must also be assigned a st atic IP addr ess. T o assign a s tatic IP addr ess, c onnect a V T100/ ANSI terminal or a workst ati[...]

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    14 N ote : Y ou might need to inst all the USB serial port driver available on the CD included with the package bef or e you can use the mini USB port on the comput er to c onnect to the switch. 3. C onfigur e the TEP to use the f ollowing settings : • Baud r ate . 115200 bps • Data bits . 8 • P arity . None • St op bit . 1 •[...]

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    16 8. C onnect your computer t o one of the number ed ports on the swit ch ’ s fr ont panel. 9. Ent er the IP addr ess you configur ed in the addr ess field of a br owser . A login scr een displays. 10. Ent er admin f or the user name and leave the passw or d field blank . 11. Click the Login butt on. The system inf ormation scr een displays. [...]

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    17 2. S tart a t erminal emulation pr ogram (TEP). 3. C onnect your computer t o a mini USB or RJ-45 console port on the fr ont panel of the blade. 4. C onfigur e the TEP to use the f ollowing settings : • Baud r ate . 115200 bps • Data bits . 8 • P arity . None • St op bit . 1 • Flow contr ol . None 5. T ype the show netw[...]

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    18 A login scr een displays. 8. Ent er admin f or the user name and leave the passwor d field blank . 9. Click the L ogin button. The system inf ormation scr een displays. 10. Configur e the switch f or your netw ork . For mor e information about c onfigur ation settings and options, see the M6100 Sowar e Administration Guide .[...]

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    NE T G E AR, I nc . 350 Eas t Pl um eri a D rive San J os e, C A 95134, U SA August 2014 T echnical Support Thank you f or selecting NETGEAR pr oducts. Aer installing your devic e, locat e the serial number on the label of your pr oduct and use it to regis ter your pr oduct at https ://my .net gear .com . Y ou must regis ter your pr oduct befor [...]