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ZyXEL Communications ES-315-F manual

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  • Page 1

    Copyright © 2007. All rights reserved ES-315-F Intelligent Layer 2 Managed Switch Quick S tart Guide V e rs i on 3.7 0 7/2007 Edition 1 DEFAULT LOGIN IP Address http://192.168.1.1 Username admin Password 1234[...]

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    ES-315-F Quick Start Guide 1 1 Overview Y our ES-315-F is an intelligen t laye r-2 Ethernet switch with four Fast Ethernet RJ-45 p ort s and one Fast Ethernet Small Form-factor Pluggable slo t. Use the ES-315-F to conne ct up to four Ethernet devices to your network. The following example shows your ES-315-F ( A ) connecting several devices ( 1 ~ 4[...]

  • Page 3

    2 ES-315-F Quick Start Guide 2 Make Hardware Connections 2.1 Connect the W A N T o make the ES-315-F’s fiber-optic connection you n eed to: 1 Open the ES-315-F. 2 Install an SFP transceiver . 3 Attach the wire mounts. 4 Insert a fiber-optic cable through a bushing and wrap it around the wire mounts. 5 Connect the fiber-optic cab le to the SFP tra[...]

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    ES-315-F Quick Start Guide 3 2 Lift the cover . 2.1.2 Install A T ransceiver The ES-315-F supports MSA (Multi-Source Ag reement) compliant SFP transceivers. Inside the ES-315-F, there is a slot for an SFP transcei ver with an LC-typ e connector . Please observe the following warn ings when working with transceivers. • Only trained and q ualified [...]

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    4 ES-315-F Quick Start Guide • SFP transceivers are equipped with a Class 1 laser, which emits invisible radiation when the device or system is pow- ered up. T o avoid possible eye injury , do no t look into an operating fiber-op tic transceiver ’s connectors. • Do not remove and install an SFP transceiver more often than is absolutely necess[...]

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    ES-315-F Quick Start Guide 5 4 Insert the SFP transceiver into the slot until it snap s into place. " Y our SFP transceiver has a mechanism that prevents incorre ct insertion. Do NOT force or twist the SF P transceiver in to a slot. 5 Lock the transceiver into place (if your transceiver has a locking mechanism). " See the transceiver’s [...]

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    6 ES-315-F Quick Start Guide 2.1.3 Inst all Fiber-optic Cable Follow these procedures to install the fiber-optic cabl e. Att ach Wire Mo unts Remove the adhesive cover from the wire mounts and attach them to the sides of the ES-315-F. Insert Fiber-optic Cable The ES-315-F has holes (labelled A in the following figure) through which you can inse rt [...]

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    ES-315-F Quick Start Guide 7 3 Insert bushings into the remaining va cant holes to cover them. 4 Coil excess fiber-optic ca ble around the insi de of the ES- 315-F using the wire mounts as shown in the follow ing figure. Connect The Fibe r-optic Cable T o The T ransceiver 1 Remove the dust plugs from the SFP transceiver and the cables. A A A A[...]

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    8 ES-315-F Quick Start Guide 2 Insert the end of the fiber-optic cable into th e SFP transceiver . Close the ES-315-F 1 Close the cover .[...]

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    ES-315-F Quick Start Guide 9 2 Replace the screws. 2.2 Make LAN and Power Connections 1L A N : Usi ng an Ethernet cable, co nnect your comp uter to one of the LA N ports ( 1 , 2 , 3 or 4 ) for initial configuration.[...]

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    10 ES-315-F Quick Start Guide 2P O W E R : t ake the followi ng steps to connect the included power adaptor . • Choose a hole in the ES-315-F to use for the power cable. If you did not already cover the hole with a bushing when you inserted the fibe r-optic cable, do so now . • Create a hole in the bushing and thread the power cable through it.[...]

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    ES-315-F Quick Start Guide 11 " Use only the power adaptor that came with the ES-315-F . 2.3 Check the LEDs Look at the LEDs (lights) on the front of the ES-315-F. •T h e PWR/SYS LED turns green if the power is on. •T h e LAN 1 , 2 , 3 or 4 and WA N LED s turn on when the corre- sponding ports are properly connected, and blink when there i[...]

  • Page 13

    12 ES-315-F Quick Start Guide Y ou must set your computer to use a static IP address in the 192.168.1.2 - 192 .168.1.254 ra nge with a subn et mask of 255.255.255.0. This ensures that you r computer can communicate with your ES-315-F. The following instructions are for the Windo ws 2000, Windows NT and Window s XP operating systems. 1 In Windows XP[...]

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    ES-315-F Quick Start Guide 13 " Note down your computer ’s current IP settings before you change them. Y ou may need th em later . 6 Select Use the following IP addre ss and fill in th e IP address (choose one in the range 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.254), Subnet mask (255.2 55.255.0), and Default gateway (192.168.1.1) fields. 7 Click OK to clos[...]

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    14 ES-315-F Quick Start Guide Close the Network Connections window . 3 Log In T o the W eb Configurator T ake the following steps to access the ES-315-F for initial configuration. " Use Internet Explorer 6.0 and later versions or Netscape Navigator 7.0 and later versions with JavaScript enabled and pop-up blo cking disabled. Open an Int ernet [...]

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    ES-315-F Quick Start Guide 15 A window similar to the following appears. Enter the default username ( admin ) and the defaul t password ( 1234 ). Click OK . V If you do not see this screen, make sure that your Internet browser a llows pop-up windows (in Internet Ex plorer , se lect T ools > Pop-up Blocker and then select T urn Off Pop-up Blocker[...]

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    16 ES-315-F Quick Start Guide The St a tus screen displays. 4 Set the Password For security reasons, you should change the password when you first log in. T ake the following steps to do this.[...]

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    ES-315-F Quick Start Guide 17 1 Click Management in the na vigation panel on the left of the screen. In the menu that displays, click Access Control . Then, click Logins . 2 The following screen displays. 3 Enter the login information you want to use, as follows. " The password is case sensitive - “ABCD” is not the same as “abcd” .[...]

  • Page 19

    18 ES-315-F Quick Start Guide • Enter the default password ( 1234 ) in the Old Password field. • Choose a new password up to 31 characters in l ength (let- ters, numerals, spaces, dashes (-) and underscores (_) are allowed) and enter it in the New Pass word field. An asterisk ( * ) displays for each character you enter . " Be sure to re co[...]

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    ES-315-F Quick Start Guide 19 In the web configurator ’s navigation panel, click Basic Settings , then select IP Setup . The following screen di splays.[...]

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    20 ES-315-F Quick Start Guide " If you chan ge the ES-3 15-F’s IP address, you will need to use the new on e in order to access the web configurator once you click OK . • If you have a DHCP server on your network that can assign a dynamic IP address to your ES-315-F, go to section 5.1 . • If you have a static IP address and subnet mask y[...]

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    ES-315-F Quick Start Guide 21 " If you do this, ensure that you can access the DHCP server ’s list of dev ices to which it has given IP addresses. If you do not know the IP address assigned to the ES- 315-F, you cannot access its web configurator . • Click Apply , then click Save . Next time you want to access the ES-315-F’s web configur[...]

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    22 ES-315-F Quick Start Guide V If you cannot access the ES-315-F, have problems accessing th e Internet through the ES-315-F, or forget the p assword, you may need to reset the ES-315-F to its factory defaults . If you do this, all configured information is lost. T o restart the ES-315-F, hold the RESET button on the rear pa nel in for three to fi[...]

  • Page 24

    ES-315-F Quick Start Guide 23 3 Do not insert the screws all the way into the wall. Leave a small gap of about 0.5 cm between the heads of th e screws and the wall. 4 Make sure the screws are sn ugly fastened to the wall. They need to hold the weight of the ES-31 5-F with the connection cables. 5 Align the hole s on the back of the ES-315-F wi th t[...]

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    24 ES-315-F Quick Start Guide The following are dimensions of an M4 tap screw and masonry plug used for wall mounting . All measurements are in millimeters (mm). Viewing a Product’ s Certification(s) 1 Go to www .zyxel.com. 2 Select your product from the drop-down list box on the ZyXEL home page to go to that product's page. 3 Select the cer[...]