3Com 3300 manual

® http://www.3com.com/ Super Stack ® II Sw itch 3300 FX User Guid e 3C16982 Part No. DUA1698 -2 AAA03 Publ ished Apr il 1999 169 82u g1 .bk P age 1 Thu rs day , Ap r i l 29, 19 99 4:5 1 P M[...]

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A BOUT T HIS G UIDE Conventions 8 Related Doc umentation 9 Y ear 2000 Compliance 10 Documentation Comm ents 10 1 I NTR ODUC ING THE S WITC H 330 0 FX About the SuperS t ack II Swit ch 3300 FX 12 Summary of Featu re s 12 Switch 3300 FX — Front V iew Detail 13 100BASE-FX Ports 13 10BASE- T/ 100BASE- TX Ports 13 LED s 13 Switch 3300 FX — Rear View[...]

Placing Units On T op of Each Other 2 5 St acking Un its 26 St acking T wo Unit s 26 St acking Up T o Four Unit s 27 The Power -up Sequence 29 Connectin g a Redundant P ower System 29 Powering-up the Switch 330 0 FX 29 Checki ng for Correct Operation 29 Choosing the C orre ct Cables 30 Solving Pr oblem s Indic ated by LEDs 31 Managing the Switch 32[...]

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A BOUT T HI S G UI DE This gui de pro vides all the inf ormation you need to install an d use a Super Stack ® I I Swit ch 330 0 F X uni t with d efaul t sett ings. If you w ant t o chan ge t he way t he S wit ch w orks us ing m anage men t softwa r e, r efe r to the “Su perSt ack II Switc h Management G uide” (par t number DUA1695 -0 BAA0x ). [...]

8 A BOU T T HIS G UI D E Conve ntions T a ble 1 an d T ab le 2 list co nven tions th at are used t hrougho ut th is guide . Ta b l e 1 Notice Icons Ic on No tice Type Ale rts y ou t o. .. I nfo rm at ion not e Imp ortant feat ures or i nstr uctio ns Caution Ri sk of pers onal in jury, sys tem damag e, or los s of data Warning Risk of s eve re pe rs[...]

Relat ed Docu mentati on 9 Related Do cumen tati on In addi tion t o thi s gu ide, t he Sw itch 33 00 F X doc um ent s et inc ludes: ■ Ma nagemen t G uide (Pa rt N umbe r DU A1695- 0BA A0x) This gu ide contai ns all the ma nagem ent inform ation for the Swi tch. ■ Quick Refe rence Guide (Part Number DQA1698-2AAA0x) This g uide cont ains a quick[...]

10 A BOU T T HIS G UI D E Y ear 2 000 Compli ance For in form atio n on Y ea r 2000 co mplia nce an d 3C om products , visit the 3Co m Y e ar 200 0 Web page: http :/ /w ww.3c om .c om/p ro ducts /y r2 000. ht ml Do cumen tation Comme nts Y our suggestions ar e very im portant to us. They will help make our docum entat ion m ore usef ul to yo u. Pl [...]

1 I NTR ODUCING THE S WITCH 3300 FX This c hapter c ontains int roducto ry info rmation abou t the Swit ch and how it ca n be u sed in y our ne tw ork. I t cover s the f ollow ing topi cs : ■ Abo ut th e Su perSta ck II Swit ch 33 00 F X ■ Swit ch 33 00 F X — Front V iew Detai l ■ Swi tch 3300 FX — Rear View Detai l ■ Netwo rk C onfig u[...]

12 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 3300 FX Ab out the Su per Sta ck II Sw itch 33 0 0 FX The Supe rStack ® II Sw itch 3300 F X con nect s yo ur e xisting 10Mb ps dev ices , connec ts high- perfo rmance wo rkgr oups with a 100 Mbps backb one o r ser ver co nnect ion, and c onne cts powe r use rs to de dic ated 100M bps p orts — a ll in one s[...]

Switch 3300 FX — Front View Detail 13 Sw itch 33 0 0 FX — Fr o nt Vie w Deta il Figure 1 Switch 3300 FX — front view 100BA SE-FX Ports The Swit ch has eig ht 100BASE-FX port s capable o f operati ng in half duplex or f ull dupl ex mode . A 2km (65 62ft ) fiber r un is t he m aximum l ength all owed for a s egment . 10B A SE- T/ 100B AS E-TX P[...]

14 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 3300 FX Ta b l e 3 LED behav ior LED Color In dicates Port S t at us LEDs Packet Yellow Packets ar e bein g tra nsmi tted/ re ceive d on th e por t. Off No pack et s are be ing t ransm itt ed/re ceive d on t he port. Statu s Gr een A li nk is pre sent, and the port i s enab led. Green flas hing A li nk i s pr[...]

Swit ch 3300 FX — Rear View Det ail 15 Sw itch 33 0 0 FX — Re ar V iew De ta il Figure 2 Switch 3300 FX — r ear view Unit In fo rmatio n Label This la bel shows the following: ■ The 3C om p r o duct name of the S witch ■ The 3Com 3C numb er of the Swit ch ■ The uni que MAC addre ss (Ethe r net add ress ) of the Swit ch ■ The ser ial n[...]

16 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 3300 FX Expans i on Modu le Slot Y ou can use thi s slot to install an Expansi on Module; for e xample, a 100BA SE- FX M odule t hat provide s an add itiona l high -sp eed lin k, or a Ma trix Modu le that provide s four matrix ports for sta cking Sw itch u nits toge ther . 3Co m p r ovi des a r ange o f Ex pa[...]

Network Conf igura tion Ex ample s 17 Net work Config uration Exam ple s The f ollowi ng illu stra tions s how some example s of how the Swit ch c an be us ed i n y our net wor k. S witch 33 00 FX as a Segm entati on S wi tch Th e exa mpl e in Fi gu r e 3 s hows how a Switch 3300 FX can s egment a network of s hare d 10Mbps and 100Mbps connections.[...]

18 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 3300 FX S witch 33 00 FX as a Coll aps ed Bac kbon e Sw itc h The example i n Figu r e 5 shows how a Swi tch 330 0 FX c an act as a backb one f or bo th sha r ed and sw itch ed net work segment s. Figure 4 Using the Swit ch as a collaps ed backbone 169 82ug1 .b k Pa ge 18 Thur sda y, Apri l 29 , 199 9 4:51 PM[...]

Network Conf igura tion Ex ample s 19 S witch 33 00 FX as a D eskt op S wi tch The example i n Figu r e 5 shows how a Swit ch 3300 F X ca n be used for a group of users th at require dedic ated 1 0Mbp s or 100M bps conn ect ions to t he desktop. The Switch has a SuperSt ack II Switc h 1000BA SE-SX Modul e t hat allows it to pr ovide a Gigab it Ethe[...]

20 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 3300 FX Config uration Rul es fo r Fast E t her ne t The t opolo gy rule s for 100 M bps Fast Et her net are sl ightly di ff erent to those f or 10 Mbps E ther net. Figu re 6 illu strates th e key topolo gy rules an d pr ov ides examp les of how they allow fo r larg e-scale F ast Et hernet netw orks. Figure 6[...]

Config urati on Rules with Full Dupl ex 21 The key to pology r ules ar e: ■ Ma ximum UTP c able l eng th is 100m (3 28f t) ov er Cat egory 5 cab le. ■ A 412 m (1352f t) fiber run is al lowed for conne cting swi tch-to-sw itch, or endst ation -to-sw itch , usin g half-du ple x 100BA SE-FX . ■ A tot al ne twork spa n of 325m (1 066 ft) is a llo[...]

22 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCING THE S WITCH 3300 FX 169 82ug1 .b k Pa ge 22 Thur sda y, Apri l 29 , 199 9 4:51 PM[...]

2 I NSTALLI NG TH E S WITCH This ch ap ter co ntain s the inform ation y ou ne ed t o insta ll and se t up t he Swi tch. It cover s the fo ll owing to pics: ■ Choosing a Suitable Si te ■ Rack- mo unti ng ■ Placi ng Units On T o p of Eac h O th er ■ Stack ing Units ■ The Power -up Sequenc e ■ Cho osing the C orr ect Cable s ■ Solvi ng [...]

24 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLING THE S WITCH Choosin g a Suita ble Si te The Swit ch is suite d for use in an of fice en vir onment whe re it can be mount ed in a standa rd 19- inch eq uipm ent rack , or free stand ing. Alternativ ely , the Swit ch can be rac k-mounte d in a wirin g closet or equipm ent r o om. A r ack -moun ting k it, cont aini ng two m[...]

Plac ing Unit s On T op of Each Othe r 25 Figure 7 Fitting a brac ket for r ack mounting 3 In se rt th e th ree sc rew s an d t ig ht e n w ith a su ita b le sc rew d riv er . Y ou must use the sc rews sup plied wi th the mount ing bracket s. Damage caused to the uni t by using incorrec t scr ews inval idates y our w arrant y . 4 Repea t step s 2 a[...]

26 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLING THE S WITCH Sta cki ng Un its Unit s in the Switch 11 00/3300 fam ily ca n be stack ed toge the r and t hen tr eat ed as a single man ageable unit with one IP ad dres s. Y ou can stac k Switch unit s toget her in two ways: ■ The matr ix port o n th e rear of the Switc h allo ws you to co nnect two Swi tch units b ack-to[...]

Stack in g Unit s 27 Figure 8 A stack of two units. Stac king Up T o Four Units Y ou can stac k up to fou r Switch unit s with a s ingle Su perSta ck II Switc h Ma trix Modu le and the app r opr iate num be r of M atrix Cable s. Y ou only need one Matrix Module for each stac k. T o stack up to fo ur Swit ch units: 1 Power -of f al l the units . 2 A[...]

28 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLING THE S WITCH 5 If you u se th e mana gem ent software of the uni ts: ■ Ensure tha t all th e unit s hav e the same ve rsion o f m anage men t software ■ Ensu re th at you r e-config ur e the stac k-wi de featur es o n all the u nits For m ore info rmation about m anageme nt so ftwa r e, see “ Managin g the Swi tch”[...]

The Power-up Se quence 29 Th e Pow e r - up Seq u enc e The f ollow ing sect ions descr ibe how to get you r Sw itch 330 0 FX powered- up and ready for operat ion. Co nnecti ng a Redund ant Pow er Syst e m Y ou can c onn ect a Super Stac k II Ad vanc ed Red und ant Po we r System (part number 3C16071) t o the Switc h. This unit , which is als o kno[...]

30 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLING THE S WITCH If there i s evide nce of a problem, see “S olving P r obl ems Indicat ed by LEDs” on page 31 . Choosin g the Correct C ables Fiber optic c abl es shou ld be f itte d with SC co nnec tors. Both the RJ45 por ts on the fr ont of the Swit ch are c onfigur e d as MDIX (c ro ss-over ). If you wan t to make a co[...]

Solvi ng Probl ems I ndicat ed by LEDs 31 Solving Problem s Indicated by LEDs If the LEDs on the Switch in dicat e a pr oblem , r efe r to Ta b l e 5 which contai ns a list of know n proble ms an d sugge sted solut ions. For i nform atio n ab out solv ing p roblem s wh en m ana ging the Sw itch , refer to t he Pr oblem So lvin g chapter in th e “[...]

32 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLING THE S WITCH Manag ing th e Sw itch The S witch contai ns sof tware that allo ws yo u to chan ge and monitor the way it wo rks. This mana geme nt so ftw ar e is not required to ge t t he Swit ch w ork ing, b ut if y ou d o us e it, y ou ma y imp rove t he efficie ncy o f the Swi tch and th eref or e impr o ve the o verall [...]

A S AFETY I N FORM ATION Y ou must read the follow ing saf ety in formati on be fore carryi ng out any install ation or removal of c ompone n ts, or an y m aintenan ce proc edures on the Swit ch 3300 FX. WARNI NG : Warning s co ntain direct ions that yo u m ust fo llow for your per sonal sa fety . Fo llow all dir ectio ns care fully . Y ou must rea[...]

34 A PPENDIX A: S AFETY I NFORM ATION Importa nt Safe ty In formati on ■ Install ation and remo val of the uni t mu st be ca rried ou t by qua lified pers onnel o nly . ■ If in stallin g the Switch uni t in a stack with SuperSt ack II Hub units , the Switch 33 00 FX unit must b e installed below the na rrower Hub units. ■ The un it sho uld n [...]

Imp or ta nt S afe t y In form at io n 35 ■ Franc e and Peru only: This unit ca nnot be p owe r ed from IT † supp lies. If yo ur supplie s are of IT ty pe, thi s unit mu st b e powe red by 2 30V (2 P+ T) via a n isola tion transf ormer ratio 1:1 , wi th the secon dary co nnec tion point l abelled Neut ral, c onnected di r ectly to e arth (g r o[...]

36 A PPENDIX A: S AFETY I NFORM ATION L ’ informat ion de Séc uri té Impo rtan te ■ L' install ati on et la dépo se de ce gr oupe doiven t êtr e confi és à u n pers onnel q ualif ié. ■ Si vo us entas sez l'unité Swi tch avec les unit és SuperStac k II Hub , l'unit é Sw itch 330 0 FX d oit être in stallée en dessou s[...]

L’i nfor mat ion de S écur ité Import ant e 37 ■ L ’ap par eil fonc tionne à une tensi on extrê mem ent ba sse de sécurité qui est conf orme à la no rm e CEI 950. Ce s cond itions n e sont ma intenu es que si l 'équipem ent auquel il est rac cordé fon ctionne da ns les m ême s condi tions. ■ Franc e et Pér o u uniqu ement: C[...]

38 A PPENDIX A: S AFETY I NFORM ATION Wi ch ti ge Sicherh eitsinfor mat ion en ■ Die In stallation und der Ausbau des G eräts da rf n ur durch Fach per sonal erfol gen . ■ W enn die Switc h 3300 FX Einheit in ein er Stape l mit ander en SuperSt ack II Hub Ein heiten ei ngebaut wer den soll, muß die Swi tch 3300 FX Einh eit unter die schma ler[...]

Wi chti ge Sicher heit si nformat ion en 39 WAR NU NG : F as ero ptik an sc hl üs se – O pti sch e S ic he rhe it . Niemals mi t eine m V ergrößerun gsger ät ein Übertr agungs -LED betr achten , während dies es einges chaltet is t. Ni emals di rekt auf den Faser -TX-A nschlu ß und a uf die Faser kabelen den sc haue n, w ähren d diese ei n[...]

40 A PPENDIX A: S AFETY I NFORM ATION 169 82ug1 .b k Pa ge 40 Thur sda y, Apri l 29 , 199 9 4:51 PM[...]

B P IN - OU TS Nu ll Modem Cable 9-pin t o R S-232 25 -p in PC -A T Se ri al C a ble 9-pin t o 9 -pin 169 82ug1 .b k Pa ge 41 Thur sda y, Apri l 29 , 199 9 4:51 PM[...]

42 A PPENDIX B: P IN - OU TS Modem Ca ble 9-pin t o R S-232 25 -p in RJ45 P in Assign me nts Pi n assignments are id entical f or 10BASE-T an d 100BASE-TX RJ4 5 co nnector s Ta b l e 6 Pin as sign ments Pin Number Signal Funct io n Ports conf igu red as MDI 1 TxData + Tra nsmit dat a 2 TxData – Tra nsmit dat a 3 RxData + Receiv e Data 4 Not as si[...]

RJ45 P in Assi gnments 43 Ports conf igu red as MDI X 1 RxData + Receiv e Data 2 RxData – Receiv e Data 3 TxData + Tra nsmit dat a 4 Not as signe d 5 Not as signe d 6 TxData – Tra nsmit dat a 7 Not as signe d 8 Not as signe d Ta b l e 6 Pin as sign ments Pin Number Signal Funct io n 169 82ug1 .b k Pa ge 43 Thur sda y, Apri l 29 , 199 9 4:51 PM[...]

44 A PPENDIX B: P IN - OU TS 169 82ug1 .b k Pa ge 44 Thur sda y, Apri l 29 , 199 9 4:51 PM[...]

C T ECHNI CAL S P ECIFICATIONS Physic al Dimensio ns He ight: 76mm (3.0 in.) x Width: 483mm (19 .0 in.) x Depth 300mm (12. 0 in.) Wei ght: 4kg (8.8 lbs) Envir onment al Requir emen ts Ope rati ng T emperat ure 0° to 50 °C ( 32° to 122 °F) St ora g e T em p erat u re –10° to +70 °C (14° to 158 °F) Operat ing Humidi ty 10–95% rel ativ e h[...]

46 A PPENDIX C: T ECHNICAL S PECIFICATIONS Standar ds Support ed SN MP ■ SNMP protoc ol (RFC 1157) ■ MIB-I I (RFC 1213) ■ Bridge MIB ( RF C 1493) ■ Repeate r MIB (RFC 1516) ■ VLAN MIB (RFC 1573) ■ RMON MIB (RFC 1271) ■ BOOTP (RFC 951) T er min a l Em ul at io n ■ Telnet (RFC 85 4) Pr ot ocols Use d for Admi nist rati on ■ UDP (RF [...]

D T ECHNI CAL S UPPO RT 3Co m provide s eas y acce ss to t echn ical supp ort i nforma tion t hrough a vari ety of serv ices. This ap pendi x descr ibes th ese serv ices. Infor mation co ntained in this app endix is co rre ct at ti me of publ icati on. For the mos t r ecent infor mation, 3Com r ecommen ds that you acce ss the 3Com Corpor at ion W o[...]

48 A PPENDIX D: T ECHNICAL S UPPORT 3C om F TP S i te Do wnload drivers, patc hes, software, and MIB s across the Inter net from the 3Com publ ic F T P si te. This ser vice is av aila ble 24 ho urs a day , 7 days a week . T o c on n ect to t he 3C o m F T P s ite , e n ter th e fo llo wi ng i nfo rm a tion into yo ur F T P client : ■ Hostname: ft[...]

Suppor t from Your Net work Su pplier 49 Acce ss by Digi ta l Mo dem ISDN users ca n di al in to the 3Com BB S using a di gital mo dem f or fa st access up t o 64 K bp s. T o a ccess the 3C om BBS us ing IS DN, call the following nu mber : 1 847 2 62 6000 3Com Fa c ts Autom ated Fax Service The 3Com Facts automated fax servi ce pr ovides technical [...]

50 A PPENDIX D: T ECHNICAL S UPPORT When you co ntact 3Com for a ssistance, have the foll owing inf orma tion r eady: ■ Product m odel n ame , part num ber , and serial num be r ■ A list o f system hardware an d softw ar e, inc luding revision l evels ■ Diagno stic error messa ges ■ Detai ls abou t recen t conf igur ation chan ges, if appli[...]

Retu rning Pr oduc ts for Re pair 51 Retu rning Products fo r Rep ai r Before you send a produc t directly t o 3Com fo r repair , you m ust fir st obtai n an au thoriz ation n um ber . Products sent to 3Com wi thout author ization num ber s will b e return ed t o the se nder u nopen e d, at th e sender ’ s ex pense. T o obtain an au thoriz ation [...]

52 A PPENDIX D: T ECHNICAL S UPPORT 169 82ug1 .b k Pa ge 52 Thur sda y, Apri l 29 , 199 9 4:51 PM[...]

G LOSSARY 10B A SE- T The IEE E specific ation for 1 0Mbps Ether net ove r Cat egor y 3, 4 or 5 twist ed pai r ca ble. 100B A SE-FX The IEEE spec ifica tion for 100 Mbps Fast Et hernet over fib er -opti c cab le. 100BA SE -TX The IEEE spec ifica tion fo r 100Mbps Fast Et hernet over Categ ory 5 t wi ste d- pai r ca ble . auto- negoti at ion A fea t[...]

54 G LOSSARY broa dc ast st or m Multip le simul taneous br oadcast s that t y pically absor b all the ava ilable netw ork ba ndwidt h and ca n cau se a ne twor k to fail. Broadc ast stor ms c an be d ue t o fa ul ty net wor k de vice s. coll ision A term used to de scribe two co lliding pack ets i n an Ether ne t netwo rk. Collision s are a pa rt [...]

G LOSSARY 55 hub A device that r egene rates LA N tra ffi c so th at the tr ansmiss ion d istanc e of t hat signal can be extended . Hubs ar e similar to rep eaters , in that they con nect LANs of the same ty pe; however they connect mor e LANs than a r epeat er and ar e gener ally mor e sophi sticat ed. IEEE I nstitute of Electri cal and Elec tr o[...]

56 G LOSSARY MAC addr ess M edia Ac cess Con tr ol address; also c alled hardware or phy sical address. A laye r 2 a ddress asso ciated with a pa rticular net work device. Mo st devic es th at conn ect to a LAN have a M AC address assigne d to the m as they ar e used to identi fy other dev ices i n a network . MAC addres ses ar e 6 bytes lo ng. MDI[...]

G LOSSARY 57 SN MP Si mple Networ k Mana gement Pro tocol. The curr ent IETF st andar d protoco l for m ana ging devices o n a n T CP/IP netwo rk . stack A grou p of net wor k devi ces tha t are integ rated t o form a sin gle logi cal devic e. swi tch A dev ice t hat in terconnect s sever al LAN s to form a singl e logic al LA N that comprises o f [...]

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I NDEX Numbers 100BASE - FX ports 13 10BASE- T/ 100BASE- TX ports 13 3C nu mb e r 15 3Com b ullet in boar d serv ice (3 Com BBS) 48 3Com K nowledgeb ase Web S ervi ces 4 7 3Com URL 4 7 3Co mFacts 49 A auto- neg otiatin g por ts 1 3 B bu lletin boar d service 48 C cab le choos ing the cor rec t 30 Matrix 16 maximum length 13, 21 pin- outs 41 conso l[...]

I NDEX 60 pin- outs 41 ports 100BASE- FX 13 10BASE- T/1 00BASE-T X 1 3 auto- negoti ating 13 co nsole 15 fib er 1 3 matrix 16 power socke t 15 poweri ng- up a Swit ch 330 0 FX 29 pro duct name 15 R rack mo unti ng a Sw itch 3 300 FX 2 4 Red undant Po wer Sy stem . S ee RP S re lated documen tati on, About This Gui de 9 re turning pr oducts for rep [...]

3Com C orpor ati on L IMITED W ARRANT Y S UPER S TACK ® II S WITCH 3300 FX H ARDWA RE 3Com w arrants thi s hardwa re prod uct to be f ree fro m defect s in work manship a nd mat erials, und er norma l use a nd service, for the f ollowing l engt h of time f rom the d ate of p urchase f rom 3Com o r its au thorized re se ll er : 3Com’s s ole oblig[...]

days aft er the date of purc hase, and this is ve rified by 3C om, it will be conside red dead- o r de fec tiv e- on- arr i val (DO A ) an d a r ep la cem ent s hal l b e pr ovi ded b y ad v ance r epl ace me nt . Th e r ep lac eme nt product will norma lly be shipped not later t han thr ee (3) bu siness da ys after 3 Com’s veri ficatio n of the [...]

EMC S TATEMENTS FCC S TA TEMENT This equipme nt has be en test ed and fou nd to compl y with t he limits f or a Class A digita l device, pur suant t o part 15 o f the FCC rules. T hese li mits ar e designed t o provi de reas onable pr otection against harmful int erf e renc e wh en th e eq u ip men t i s op er ate d in a c om me rci al en vir onm e[...]

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