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ABOUT THIS GUIDE ..........................................................................................................................................................V
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VERVIEW OF THIS
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INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................................1
G
IGABIT
E
THERNET
T
ECHNOLOGY
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S
WITCHING
T
ECHNOLOGY
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F
EATURES
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Ports .........................................................................................................................................................................................2
Performance features ...............................................................................................................................................................2
Management .............................................................................................................................................................................3
2
UNPACKING AND SETUP ..................................................................................................................................................4
U
NPACKING
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S
ETUP
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D
ESKTOP OR
S
HELF
I
NSTALLATION
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R
ACK
I
NSTALLATION
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P
OWER ON
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Power Failure ..........................................................................................................................................................................6
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IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMPONENTS...................................................................................................................7
F
RONT
P
ANEL
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R
EAR
P
ANEL
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S
IDE
P
ANELS
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LED I
NDICATORS
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CONNECTING THE SWITCH ..........................................................................................................................................10
PC
TO
S
WITCH
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S
WITCH TO
S
WITCH
(
OTHER DEVICES
) ........................................................................................................................................10
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SWITCH MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS ..........................................................................................................................12
L
OCAL
C
ONSOLE
M
ANAGEMENT
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Console port (RS-232 DCE)...................................................................................................................................................12
IP Addresses and SNMP Community Names .........................................................................................................................12
Traps ......................................................................................................................................................................................13
MIBs .......................................................................................................................................................................................14
Packet Forwarding.................................................................................................................................................................14
Aging Time .............................................................................................................................................................................14
Spanning Tree Algorithm .......................................................................................................................................................15
STA Operation Levels.............................................................................................................................................................15
On the Bridge Level ................................................................................................................................................................................15
On the Port Level ....................................................................................................................................................................................16
User-Changeable Parameters ................................................................................................................................................16
Illustration of STA ..................................................................................................................................................................16
Port Trunking .........................................................................................................................................................................18
VLANs & MAC-based Broadcast Domains ............................................................................................................................19
MAC-Based Broadcast Domains............................................................................................................................................19
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs ..............................................................................................................................................................20
802.1Q VLAN Segmentation ..................................................................................................................................................................20
Sharing Resources Across 802.1Q VLANs .............................................................................................................................................20
802.1Q VLANs Spanning Multiple Switches..........................................................................................................................................21