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... Introduction 7 Switch 4800G 24-Port 8 Switch 4800G PWR 48-Port 11 Switch 4800G PWR 24-Port 13 Switch 4800G 24-Port SFP 17 Switch 4800G 48-Port 18 System Specifications of the Switch 4800G Series 22 Pluggable Modules 22 Optional Interface Modules 23 CX4 Cable 24 2 PREPARATING TO INSTALL THE SWITCH Safety Precautions ...the Switch on a Workbench 38 Connecting the Power Cables and the Grounding Cable 38 Connecting the Console Cable 46 Installing and Removing Optional Interface Modules 47 Installing and Removing the Dedicated CX4 Cable 50 Verifying the Installation 51 4 INITIAL POWER-ON Setting ...
... Introduction 7 Switch 4800G 24-Port 8 Switch 4800G PWR 48-Port 11 Switch 4800G PWR 24-Port 13 Switch 4800G 24-Port SFP 17 Switch 4800G 48-Port 18 System Specifications of the Switch 4800G Series 22 Pluggable Modules 22 Optional Interface Modules 23 CX4 Cable 24 2 PREPARATING TO INSTALL THE SWITCH Safety Precautions ...the Switch on a Workbench 38 Connecting the Power Cables and the Grounding Cable 38 Connecting the Console Cable 46 Installing and Removing Optional Interface Modules 47 Installing and Removing the Dedicated CX4 Cable 50 Verifying the Installation 51 4 INITIAL POWER-ON Setting ...
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... 3.1 or the HyperTerminal of Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP. 2 Set terminal parameters (take the HyperTerminal of the console cable to the console port on the switch with a console cable. Figure 54 Network diagram for configuration environment setup Switch Console port Serial port Connecting the Console Cable Setting Terminal Parameters Console cable PC 1 Plug the DB-9 female connector of the...
... 3.1 or the HyperTerminal of Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP. 2 Set terminal parameters (take the HyperTerminal of the console cable to the console port on the switch with a console cable. Figure 54 Network diagram for configuration environment setup Switch Console port Serial port Connecting the Console Cable Setting Terminal Parameters Console cable PC 1 Plug the DB-9 female connector of the...
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... waiting time here is properly connected; Set bootrom password recovery 9. Reboot Enter your response. For the setting of Switch 4800G 48-Port as an example: Starting...... * * * 3Com Switch 4800G 48-Port BOOTROM, Version 205 * * * Copyright(c) 2004-2008 3Com Corporation. Booting the Switch 57 Booting the Switch Checking before Power-On Before powering on the switch, verify that: ■ The power cable...
... waiting time here is properly connected; Set bootrom password recovery 9. Reboot Enter your response. For the setting of Switch 4800G 48-Port as an example: Starting...... * * * 3Com Switch 4800G 48-Port BOOTROM, Version 205 * * * Copyright(c) 2004-2008 3Com Corporation. Booting the Switch 57 Booting the Switch Checking before Power-On Before powering on the switch, verify that: ■ The power cable...
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... update menu: 1. Input the correct Boot ROM password (by the cooperation of retransmission attempts is ten). XModem transfers files via Console port. After the negotiation, the sending program starts to enter Boot Menu... 0 Press Ctrl+B. Display all files in the Boot...receiving program checks the packet using the agreed method. Otherwise, the system starts to flash 2. Download application file to decompress the program; Set switch startup mode 0. The receiving program sends a negotiation packet to enter Boot Menu..." The system enters the Boot Menu: BOOT MENU 1. ...
... update menu: 1. Input the correct Boot ROM password (by the cooperation of retransmission attempts is ten). XModem transfers files via Console port. After the negotiation, the sending program starts to enter Boot Menu... 0 Press Ctrl+B. Display all files in the Boot...receiving program checks the packet using the agreed method. Otherwise, the system starts to flash 2. Download application file to decompress the program; Set switch startup mode 0. The receiving program sends a negotiation packet to enter Boot Menu..." The system enters the Boot Menu: BOOT MENU 1. ...
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...File > Properties in the console port configuration dialog box. n If you have chosen 9,600 bps, you do not need to modify the HyperTerminal's baud rate, and therefore you select 5, the 115200 bps rate is chosen, and the system displays the following download baud rate setting menu: Please select your ...shows that the baud rate has been changed. In this case, the system will not display the above menu to Step 6 directly. Set XMODEM protocol parameter 0. Set FTP protocol parameter 3. For example, if you can skip Step 4 and 5 below and proceed to load the Boot ROM and host...
...File > Properties in the console port configuration dialog box. n If you have chosen 9,600 bps, you do not need to modify the HyperTerminal's baud rate, and therefore you select 5, the 115200 bps rate is chosen, and the system displays the following download baud rate setting menu: Please select your ...shows that the baud rate has been changed. In this case, the system will not display the above menu to Step 6 directly. Set XMODEM protocol parameter 0. Set FTP protocol parameter 3. For example, if you can skip Step 4 and 5 below and proceed to load the Boot ROM and host...
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Figure 61 Console port configuration dialog box Local Software Loading 65 5 After setting the baud rate, you need to the switch. Figure 62 Disconnect the HyperTerminal Click the Disconnect icon to disconnect the HyperTerminal and then the Call icon to reconnect the HyperTerminal to disconnect and the reconnect HyperTerminal so that the baud rate setting can take effect.
Figure 61 Console port configuration dialog box Local Software Loading 65 5 After setting the baud rate, you need to the switch. Figure 62 Disconnect the HyperTerminal Click the Disconnect icon to disconnect the HyperTerminal and then the Call icon to reconnect the HyperTerminal to disconnect and the reconnect HyperTerminal so that the baud rate setting can take effect.
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...TFTP server, and connect the switch through an Ethernet Port Introduction to TFTP Trivial file transfer protocol (TFTP), a protocol in the BootROM update menu to download the Boot ROM program using TFTP. Set XMODEM protocol parameter 0. Set TFTP protocol parameter 2. The ...PC as required: Load File name Switch IP address Server IP address :Switch 4800G.btm :1.1.1.2 :1.1.1.1 5 Press Enter after entering the information above. 68 CHAPTER 5: LOADING THE BOOT ROM AND HOST SOFTWARE Loading Software Using TFTP through the console port to provide unreliable data stream transfer...
...TFTP server, and connect the switch through an Ethernet Port Introduction to TFTP Trivial file transfer protocol (TFTP), a protocol in the BootROM update menu to download the Boot ROM program using TFTP. Set XMODEM protocol parameter 0. Set TFTP protocol parameter 2. The ...PC as required: Load File name Switch IP address Server IP address :Switch 4800G.btm :1.1.1.2 :1.1.1.1 5 Press Enter after entering the information above. 68 CHAPTER 5: LOADING THE BOOT ROM AND HOST SOFTWARE Loading Software Using TFTP through the console port to provide unreliable data stream transfer...
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...Figure 67 Load BootROM software through FTP Switch Console port Ethernet port PC FTP Client FTP Server 1 As shown in Figure 67, connect the switch through an Ethernet port to the FTP server, and connect the switch through XModem, select 1. Set FTP protocol parameter 3. Then enter ...transfer protocol (FTP) is used in IP networks. Start the switch. Set TFTP protocol parameter 2. Set XMODEM protocol parameter 0. Return to boot menu Enter your choice(0-3):1 To load the host software through the Console port to the configuration PC. It is an application-layer protocol...
...Figure 67 Load BootROM software through FTP Switch Console port Ethernet port PC FTP Client FTP Server 1 As shown in Figure 67, connect the switch through an Ethernet port to the FTP server, and connect the switch through XModem, select 1. Set FTP protocol parameter 3. Then enter ...transfer protocol (FTP) is used in IP networks. Start the switch. Set TFTP protocol parameter 2. Set XMODEM protocol parameter 0. Return to boot menu Enter your choice(0-3):1 To load the host software through the Console port to the configuration PC. It is an application-layer protocol...
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... power supply system functions normally, the PWR LED should be totally illegible. Configuration System Failure After the switch is powered on and the system is illegible display at the terminal (such as hyper terminal) settings: ■ Baud rate: 9,600 ■ Data bits: 8 ■ Parity: none ■ Stop ... are found after the above-mentioned items have been checked, the cause may lie in the parameter setting error at the configuration terminal, the cause might lie in the console cable or the settings of the switch fails by viewing the PWR LED on the configuration terminal.
... power supply system functions normally, the PWR LED should be totally illegible. Configuration System Failure After the switch is powered on and the system is illegible display at the terminal (such as hyper terminal) settings: ■ Baud rate: 9,600 ■ Data bits: 8 ■ Parity: none ■ Stop ... are found after the above-mentioned items have been checked, the cause may lie in the parameter setting error at the configuration terminal, the cause might lie in the console cable or the settings of the switch fails by viewing the PWR LED on the configuration terminal.