3Com 3500 manual

Quick Ins tallation Guide For the CoreBuilder ® 350 0 Sy stem This gu id e provides q ui ck inst allatio n procedures for the Cor eBuilder ® 3500 s ystem . It is int end ed f or the n etwo rk adm ini strator who has ex perienc e install in g communicati ons equi pment. Sys tem S e tup T as ks T o get your s ystem and its components to the st ate [...]

2 Qu ick In sta llat io n Guid e Ins ta lli ng th e Sys tem T o install the syst em in your netw ork, follow the steps in this s ection. WARNI NG : For safety rea sons and to ens ure adeq uate coolin g airf low , i nstall blan k faceplat es o ver al l empty slots . I nstall the sy stem in an ar ea that meets the r equir ements in T ab le 1. For m o[...]

Qu ick Ins ta llat ion Gu ide 3 Bef or e Y ou Be gin Before you install the system: ■ Move th e system clo se to wher e y ou pla n to insta ll it, and cl ose to a power recept acl e. ■ Have a No. 2 Phil lips scr ewdriver av ailabl e. ■ Have the ha rd ware kit av ailab le. See T able 2. Determ ine whether y o u are in stalli n g the s ystem on[...]

4 Qu ick In sta llat io n Guid e The sy stem operates using a single power su pply assem bly and is shippe d with one p owe r supp ly instal led. Y ou can add a secon d po we r suppl y to the syst em. T he addition al p ower supp ly is order able and sh ipped separate ly . WARNI NG : Rem ov al o r repl aceme nt o f a p ower supp ly is to be perfor [...]

Qu ick Ins ta llat ion Gu ide 5 CA UTI ON: T o prevent d amage to comp onents wh en you handl e them, al ways wear an el ectrostat ic discharg e (ESD) wrist s trap. V eri fy that th e strap m akes good ski n cont act and tha t yo u ar e pro perly groun ded. For in stal lation in structi o ns, s ee the Sys tem Processor M emory Upgrade In s ta l la [...]

6 Qu ick In sta llat io n Guid e T o get your syst em power ed up and r eady to operate : 1 V erify that eac h unused slot is cov ered with a blan k faceplat e. T o v iew possi ble e rror m essage s while the system is ru nning pow er - up diagn ostic s, connec t a termina l, works tation, o r PC with termin al emulati o n so ftware to the sy stem?[...]

Qu ick Ins ta llat ion Gu ide 7 Powe r -up Di agnos tics The system r uns dia gnostic sof tware at powe r up. This software ver ifies that eve r y component in the system is operati ng corr ectly . If any compo nent fa ils during powe r -up diag nostics, t he sy stem either fails to po wer up or t he fau lty mod ule com es up but a ll of its port s[...]

8 Qu ick In sta llat io n Guid e Y our syst em is shipped fr om the f actory wi th IEEE 802.1 D Spann ing T ree bridgi ng di sabled . T o con figu r e sy stem fea tures fo r your part icula r netw orking envi ronme nt, yo u m ust fir st esta blish ma nag eme nt a ccess. Initia lly , y ou c an on ly m ana ge yo ur syst em l oca lly th rough a direct[...]

Qu ick Ins ta llat ion Gu ide 9 Defining a Mana geme nt Interfac e Y ou define a m ana gem ent inter face in one o f tw o w ays: ■ Out- of- b and — This m etho d use s a dedi cat ed net wor k fo r manag em ent da ta. A m anage ment i nterf ace m ust be co nfigured f or the out -of-ba nd Ethe rnet po rt on the system proc essor mo dul e. ■ In-[...]

10 Qu ick In sta llat io n Guid e Exampl e: In- band port- based i nte rf ac e As an al ter native to a V L AN-ba sed m ana gem ent inter face , you can de fine a port -based router m ana gemen t int erface f or in -band m a nagem en t: If you use this type o f management inter face, all VLANs are removed, a defau lt VLAN i s cre ated, and t he V L[...]

Qu ick Ins ta llat ion Gu ide 11 T a ble 6, T able 7, an d T able 8 expla in ho w t o ident ify a nd c orrect ce rtain system p roblem s and sugg est so me thi ngs to do if you c annot resolve a problem. See “T echni cal S upp ort” on p a ge 15 for d etai ls. Ta b l e 6 T roub leshooting Power F ailures Symptom Possi ble Sources of Pro blem and[...]

12 Qu ick In sta llat io n Guid e Ta b l e 7 T roub leshooting Abnormal Status on Sys tem Pr ocessor LEDs LED Sta tus Possi ble So urces of Pro blem and Steps to Take RUN LED does not l ight . Po ssibl e sourc e of pro blem : ■ Diagnos tic sof tware i s not running. Recom mende d act ions: ■ Contact your ne t work supplier o r 3Com Techni cal S[...]

Qu ick Ins ta llat ion Gu ide 13 TEMP L ED li ghts yellow. Po ssible so ur ces of problem : ■ Syste m temper ature is too high. ■ Wiring clos et i s to o hot. ■ Syste m vents a re block ed. ■ Syste m fans ar e not opera ting. ■ Syste m proce ssor has fai led. ■ Therm al sensor i s fault y. Recom mende d act ions: 1 Discon nect all power[...]

14 Qu ick In sta llat io n Guid e Ta b l e 8 T roub leshooting Abnormal Activity on t he Module Status LEDs Module LE D Status Possi ble So urces of Pro blem and Steps to Take PWR LED ligh ts yello w. Po ssibl e sourc e of pro blem : ■ Modul e is not fully inser ted. ■ Modul e ha s fa i led . Recom mende d act ions: ■ Ve ri fy t ha t the mo d[...]

Qu ick Ins ta llat ion Gu ide 15 For in formati o n on how t o adminis ter and oper ate th e sys tem, see th e Comm and R e ference Gui de , th e Comm and Q uick R efer ence b ook l et, th e I mplementat ion Guide , the Soft ware Inst allatio n and Release Not es , an d th e W eb Mana geme nt Us er Gui de . T echni cal S upport If you exper ience s[...]

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