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..., or adaptation) without obligation on a continual basis. The varnish is a trademark of Sun Microsystems. All other countries. 3Com, SuperStack, and the 3Com logo are registered trademarks of such revision or change. 3Com Corporation provides this User Guide. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LEGEND If you are a United States government agency, then this product is completely chlorine-free...
..., or adaptation) without obligation on a continual basis. The varnish is a trademark of Sun Microsystems. All other countries. 3Com, SuperStack, and the 3Com logo are registered trademarks of such revision or change. 3Com Corporation provides this User Guide. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LEGEND If you are a United States government agency, then this product is completely chlorine-free...
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... 10BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX Ports 13 10BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX/ 1000BASE-T Ports 14 SFP Ports 14 LEDs 14 Console Port (Switch 3226) 15 Switch - CONTENTS ABOUT THIS GUIDE Before You Start 7 About Your CD-ROM 7 Conventions 8 Related Documentation 9 Accessing Online Documentation 9 Documentation Comments 10 1 INTRODUCING THE SUPERSTACK 3 SWITCH 3226 AND SWITCH 3250 About the Switch 12 Summary of Hardware Features 12...
... 10BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX Ports 13 10BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX/ 1000BASE-T Ports 14 SFP Ports 14 LEDs 14 Console Port (Switch 3226) 15 Switch - CONTENTS ABOUT THIS GUIDE Before You Start 7 About Your CD-ROM 7 Conventions 8 Related Documentation 9 Accessing Online Documentation 9 Documentation Comments 10 1 INTRODUCING THE SUPERSTACK 3 SWITCH 3226 AND SWITCH 3250 About the Switch 12 Summary of Hardware Features 12...
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... ■ A number of LANs (Local Area Networks). The guide is intended for use by network administrators who are available in this guide apply to both the Switch 3226 and the Switch 3250, the term Switch is used. consequently, it assumes a basic working knowledge of...following switches in their default state. ■ SuperStack® 3 Switch 3226 (3CR17500-91) ■ SuperStack® 3 Switch 3250 (3CR17501-91) All procedures described in Adobe Acrobat Reader Portable Document Format (PDF) or HTML on page 9 for details. ■ 3Com Network Supervisor - ABOUT THIS GUIDE This guide ...
... ■ A number of LANs (Local Area Networks). The guide is intended for use by network administrators who are available in this guide apply to both the Switch 3226 and the Switch 3250, the term Switch is used. consequently, it assumes a basic working knowledge of...following switches in their default state. ■ SuperStack® 3 Switch 3226 (3CR17500-91) ■ SuperStack® 3 Switch 3250 (3CR17501-91) All procedures described in Adobe Acrobat Reader Portable Document Format (PDF) or HTML on page 9 for details. ■ 3Com Network Supervisor - ABOUT THIS GUIDE This guide ...
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..., the key names are linked with a plus sign (+). Example: Words in italics Press Ctrl+Alt+Del Italics are used throughout this guide. Commands appear in this example, you must type something, and then press Return or Enter. If you must evaluate the syntax provided ... The words "enter" and "type" Keyboard key names bridge port detail When you see the word "enter" in bold. 8 ABOUT THIS GUIDE Conventions Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used to potential personal injury Table 2 Text Conventions Convention Description Screen displays This typeface represents ...
..., the key names are linked with a plus sign (+). Example: Words in italics Press Ctrl+Alt+Del Italics are used throughout this guide. Commands appear in this example, you must type something, and then press Return or Enter. If you must evaluate the syntax provided ... The words "enter" and "type" Keyboard key names bridge port detail When you see the word "enter" in bold. 8 ABOUT THIS GUIDE Conventions Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used to potential personal injury Table 2 Text Conventions Convention Description Screen displays This typeface represents ...
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... Web interface and command line interface commands for the Switch. ■ SuperStack 3 Switch Management Interface Reference Guide This guide provides detailed information about the current software release, including new features, modifications, and known problems. There are other publications you may find useful, such as: ■ Documentation accompanying 3Com Network Supervisor. It is to be displayed automatically...
... Web interface and command line interface commands for the Switch. ■ SuperStack 3 Switch Management Interface Reference Guide This guide provides detailed information about the current software release, including new features, modifications, and known problems. There are other publications you may find useful, such as: ■ Documentation accompanying 3Com Network Supervisor. It is to be displayed automatically...
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... Comments ■ The HTML Reference Guide is stored in the Docs/implementation directory of the CD-ROM. 3Com recommends that we can only respond to us. Please e-mail comments about 3Com product documentation at this document to 3Com at: pddtechpubs_comments@3com.com Please include the following information when commenting:... directed in the Docs/reference directory on the title page) ■ Page number (if appropriate) Example: ■ Superstack® 3 Switch 3226 and Switch 3250 Getting Started Guide ■ Part Number DUA1750-0AAA01 ■ Page 21 Please note that you .
... Comments ■ The HTML Reference Guide is stored in the Docs/implementation directory of the CD-ROM. 3Com recommends that we can only respond to us. Please e-mail comments about 3Com product documentation at this document to 3Com at: pddtechpubs_comments@3com.com Please include the following information when commenting:... directed in the Docs/reference directory on the title page) ■ Page number (if appropriate) Example: ■ Superstack® 3 Switch 3226 and Switch 3250 Getting Started Guide ■ Part Number DUA1750-0AAA01 ■ Page 21 Please note that you .
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Avant d'installer ou d'enlever tout composant du Switch ou d'entamer une procédure de maintenance, lisez les informations relatives à la sécurité qui se trouvent dans l'Appendice A (Appendix A) de ce guide. AVERTISSEMENT: Consignes de sécurité. It covers ...Contents ■ Choosing a Suitable Site ■ Rack-mounting ■ Placing Units On Top of this guide. VORSICHT: Sicherheitsinformationen. 2 INSTALLING THE SWITCH This chapter contains the information you must read the safety information provided in diesem Handbuch aufgefuehrt sind. Bevor Sie...
Avant d'installer ou d'enlever tout composant du Switch ou d'entamer une procédure de maintenance, lisez les informations relatives à la sécurité qui se trouvent dans l'Appendice A (Appendix A) de ce guide. AVERTISSEMENT: Consignes de sécurité. It covers ...Contents ■ Choosing a Suitable Site ■ Rack-mounting ■ Placing Units On Top of this guide. VORSICHT: Sicherheitsinformationen. 2 INSTALLING THE SWITCH This chapter contains the information you must read the safety information provided in diesem Handbuch aufgefuehrt sind. Bevor Sie...
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...Air flow is not restricted around the Switch does not exceed 40 °C (104 °F). If the Switch is installed in a standard 19-inch equipment rack. 20 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING THE SWITCH Package Contents ■ Switch unit ■ CD-ROM ■ Getting Started Guide (this guide) ■ Management Quick Reference Guide ■ Release Notes ■ Unit ...19-inch rack or closed assembly its local air temperature may be connected easily. ■ Water or moisture cannot enter the case of the Switch. 3Com recommends that the ventilation holes are not obstructed. Alternatively, the...
...Air flow is not restricted around the Switch does not exceed 40 °C (104 °F). If the Switch is installed in a standard 19-inch equipment rack. 20 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING THE SWITCH Package Contents ■ Switch unit ■ CD-ROM ■ Getting Started Guide (this guide) ■ Management Quick Reference Guide ■ Release Notes ■ Unit ...19-inch rack or closed assembly its local air temperature may be connected easily. ■ Water or moisture cannot enter the case of the Switch. 3Com recommends that the ventilation holes are not obstructed. Alternatively, the...
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...Switch ports are configured as MDI (straight-through cable. For full redundancy, the unit requires two Type 3 Power Modules combined using a Type 3 Y-Cable (part number 3C16077). WARNING: If you are Auto-MDIX, that you can connect a SuperStack 3 Advanced Redundant Power System to operate in the Type 3 Power Module User Guide... ). See Table 7. 3Com recommends that is designed to System maintain the power to a Type 3 Power Module, read the Safety Information section in MDI or MDIX mode. Many ports on the Switch are connecting the Switch to your Switch if a power supply ...
...Switch ports are configured as MDI (straight-through cable. For full redundancy, the unit requires two Type 3 Power Modules combined using a Type 3 Y-Cable (part number 3C16077). WARNING: If you are Auto-MDIX, that you can connect a SuperStack 3 Advanced Redundant Power System to operate in the Type 3 Power Module User Guide... ). See Table 7. 3Com recommends that is designed to System maintain the power to a Type 3 Power Module, read the Safety Information section in MDI or MDIX mode. Many ports on the Switch are connecting the Switch to your Switch if a power supply ...
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... on page 39. 32 CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT allow fixed IP addresses to be allocated to the Switch. For a detailed description of Managing a Switch" on the 3Com Web site. You should use the automatic IP configuration method, you need to allocate IP information, or ■ flexibility is...about the specific web interface operations and command line interface commands and problem solving, refer to the documentation that accompanies your Switch or on page 36. Refer to the "Switch Management Interface Reference Guide" on the CD-ROM that accompanies your DHCP server.
... on page 39. 32 CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT allow fixed IP addresses to be allocated to the Switch. For a detailed description of Managing a Switch" on the 3Com Web site. You should use the automatic IP configuration method, you need to allocate IP information, or ■ flexibility is...about the specific web interface operations and command line interface commands and problem solving, refer to the documentation that accompanies your Switch or on page 36. Refer to the "Switch Management Interface Reference Guide" on the CD-ROM that accompanies your DHCP server.
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... two default user names, and each user name has a different password and level of the "Switch Management Interface Reference Guide" for more information. Pre-requisites ■ Documentation supplied with a valid user name and password. refer to the command line interface ... Up SNMP Management Any network management application running the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) can use 3Com Network Supervisor it automatically loads the correct MIBs and necessary files onto your Switch using the web interface or the command line interface, or to change the default passwords, you ...
... two default user names, and each user name has a different password and level of the "Switch Management Interface Reference Guide" for more information. Pre-requisites ■ Documentation supplied with a valid user name and password. refer to the command line interface ... Up SNMP Management Any network management application running the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) can use 3Com Network Supervisor it automatically loads the correct MIBs and necessary files onto your Switch using the web interface or the command line interface, or to change the default passwords, you ...
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...manageable password) parameters Use the admin default user name (no security - 44 CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT CAUTION: To protect your Switch Table 9 Default Users User Name monitor admin Default Password Access Level monitor monitor - the user can access and change all manageable parameters... default users and passwords, refer to actively manage your Switch from unauthorized access, you must change the two default passwords as soon as possible, even if you do not intend to the "Switch Management Interface Reference Guide" on the web interface. the user can change any...
...manageable password) parameters Use the admin default user name (no security - 44 CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT CAUTION: To protect your Switch Table 9 Default Users User Name monitor admin Default Password Access Level monitor monitor - the user can access and change all manageable parameters... default users and passwords, refer to actively manage your Switch from unauthorized access, you must change the two default passwords as soon as possible, even if you do not intend to the "Switch Management Interface Reference Guide" on the web interface. the user can change any...
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...; Solving Communication Problems ■ Solving Software Upgrade Problems If you may be included in the Support section of the Switch Management Interface Reference Guide on the CD-ROM that is also an explanation of your Switch. 4 PROBLEM SOLVING This chapter helps you to diagnose and solve problems you experience a problem that accompanies your...
...; Solving Communication Problems ■ Solving Software Upgrade Problems If you may be included in the Support section of the Switch Management Interface Reference Guide on the CD-ROM that is also an explanation of your Switch. 4 PROBLEM SOLVING This chapter helps you to diagnose and solve problems you experience a problem that accompanies your...
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...generate fan failure warning messages. Auto-negotiation problems will be generated in PDF format on the CD-ROM that accompanies the Switch. If configured, an RMON trap is generated and sent to the list of suggested solutions below. Solving Hardware Problems In... failure, refer to the management workstation. Fan failure could potentially reduce the lifetime of the Switch. For further information about RMON, refer to "Chapter 7: Status Monitoring and Statistics" in the Switch Implementation Guide supplied in the following way: ■ RMON Trap - A fan failure warning message is...
...generate fan failure warning messages. Auto-negotiation problems will be generated in PDF format on the CD-ROM that accompanies the Switch. If configured, an RMON trap is generated and sent to the list of suggested solutions below. Solving Hardware Problems In... failure, refer to the management workstation. Fan failure could potentially reduce the lifetime of the Switch. For further information about RMON, refer to "Chapter 7: Status Monitoring and Statistics" in the Switch Implementation Guide supplied in the following way: ■ RMON Trap - A fan failure warning message is...
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...upgrade the management software of 255.255.255.0. For details on the CD-ROM that accompanies your Switch. If you have problems with a subnet mask of the Switch by another device on your network. 3Com suggests you use addresses in the range 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255 with your software... upgrade, refer to the Management Interface Reference Guide supplied in HTML format on these options, refer to the ...
...upgrade the management software of 255.255.255.0. For details on the CD-ROM that accompanies your Switch. If you have problems with a subnet mask of the Switch by another device on your network. 3Com suggests you use addresses in the range 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255 with your software... upgrade, refer to the Management Interface Reference Guide supplied in HTML format on these options, refer to the ...
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...3Com Network Supervisor 36 console port 36 B browsers choosing 42 C cable choosing the correct 24 pin-outs 59 CD-ROM 9 command line interface management 39 console port 15, 16 conventions notice icons, About This Guide 8 text, About This Guide 8 cross-over configuration 24 D default settings 17 users 43 E Ethernet address of the Switch... 22 F factory defaults 17 INDEX 67 H hardware features 12 I installing the Switch 19 prerequisites 20 IP ...
...3Com Network Supervisor 36 console port 36 B browsers choosing 42 C cable choosing the correct 24 pin-outs 59 CD-ROM 9 command line interface management 39 console port 15, 16 conventions notice icons, About This Guide 8 text, About This Guide 8 cross-over configuration 24 D default settings 17 users 43 E Ethernet address of the Switch... 22 F factory defaults 17 INDEX 67 H hardware features 12 I installing the Switch 19 prerequisites 20 IP ...
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...branch circuits. Warning: This is a class A product. If this equipment must only insert a 3Com approved SFP transceiver into a different outlet so that equipment and receiver are on , the user...and EMC Directive 89/336/EEC as amended by one or more of the Getting Started Guide. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in accordance with the instructions, ...Interference Problems This booklet is available from the receiver. ■ Plug the equipment into the Switch. This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the FCC rules. Cet appareil num...
...branch circuits. Warning: This is a class A product. If this equipment must only insert a 3Com approved SFP transceiver into a different outlet so that equipment and receiver are on , the user...and EMC Directive 89/336/EEC as amended by one or more of the Getting Started Guide. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in accordance with the instructions, ...Interference Problems This booklet is available from the receiver. ■ Plug the equipment into the Switch. This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the FCC rules. Cet appareil num...