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Default Settings 26 2 INSTALLING THE SWITCH Package Contents 28 Choosing a Suitable Site 29 Rack-mounting 30 Switch 5500 (non PoE) 30 Switch 5500 and Switch 5500G-EI (PoE) 32 Connecting a Redundant Power Supply 33 Specifying the Redundant Power System 36 Connecting the Switch to the Redundant Power System 37 Connecting the Earthing Cable 38 RPS LED 39 Using Power over Ethernet 39 Placing Units On Top of Each Other 40 The Power-up Sequence 40 Powering-up the Switch 5500 40...
Default Settings 26 2 INSTALLING THE SWITCH Package Contents 28 Choosing a Suitable Site 29 Rack-mounting 30 Switch 5500 (non PoE) 30 Switch 5500 and Switch 5500G-EI (PoE) 32 Connecting a Redundant Power Supply 33 Specifying the Redundant Power System 36 Connecting the Switch to the Redundant Power System 37 Connecting the Earthing Cable 38 RPS LED 39 Using Power over Ethernet 39 Placing Units On Top of Each Other 40 The Power-up Sequence 40 Powering-up the Switch 5500 40...
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... the Console Port 64 CLI Management over the Network 64 Setting Up Command Line Interface Management using SSH 65 Setting Up Web Interface Management 66 Pre-requisites 66 Web Management Over the Network 67 Setting Up SNMP Management V1 or V3 67 Pre-requisites 68 Default Users and Passwords 68 Configuration Conversion Utility 69 4 CREATING AN XRN STACKING FABRIC How To Interconnect Units 71 Guidelines For Interconnecting Units 74 Unit Numbering within the Fabric 74 5 PROBLEM SOLVING Solving Problems Indicated by LEDs...
... the Console Port 64 CLI Management over the Network 64 Setting Up Command Line Interface Management using SSH 65 Setting Up Web Interface Management 66 Pre-requisites 66 Web Management Over the Network 67 Setting Up SNMP Management V1 or V3 67 Pre-requisites 68 Default Users and Passwords 68 Configuration Conversion Utility 69 4 CREATING AN XRN STACKING FABRIC How To Interconnect Units 71 Guidelines For Interconnecting Units 74 Unit Numbering within the Fabric 74 5 PROBLEM SOLVING Solving Problems Indicated by LEDs...
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... DC supply Mounting 19-inch rack or stand-alone mounting XRN Up to 16,000 supported Forwarding Modes Store and Forward Auto-negotiation Supported on all ports Auto MDI/MDIX Supported on all ports Flow Control In full duplex operation, all ports are used, Auto MDIX is not supported. Table 4 Hardware features Feature Switch 5500 Family MAC Addresses Up to eight units can be managed as a single unit with PoE PSUs (3CR17254 and 3CR17255). Smart Auto-sensing Supported on all copper ports Traffic Prioritization Supported...
... DC supply Mounting 19-inch rack or stand-alone mounting XRN Up to 16,000 supported Forwarding Modes Store and Forward Auto-negotiation Supported on all ports Auto MDI/MDIX Supported on all ports Flow Control In full duplex operation, all ports are used, Auto MDIX is not supported. Table 4 Hardware features Feature Switch 5500 Family MAC Addresses Up to eight units can be managed as a single unit with PoE PSUs (3CR17254 and 3CR17255). Smart Auto-sensing Supported on all copper ports Traffic Prioritization Supported...
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... View Detail 19 The default state for these ports is disabled, Auto MDIX cannot function and the ports are negotiated. If auto-negotiation is auto-negotiation enabled, where the speed, duplex and flow control modes of -band management. As the console port on the Switch is mandatory in order to manually configure a 1000 Mbps link as MDIX (cross-over) mode. The default baud rate is 100 Mbps. 1000BASE-X SFP Ports The 1000BASE-X SFP (Small Form Factor Pluggable) ports support fiber Gigabit Ethernet...
... View Detail 19 The default state for these ports is disabled, Auto MDIX cannot function and the ports are negotiated. If auto-negotiation is auto-negotiation enabled, where the speed, duplex and flow control modes of -band management. As the console port on the Switch is mandatory in order to manually configure a 1000 Mbps link as MDIX (cross-over) mode. The default baud rate is 100 Mbps. 1000BASE-X SFP Ports The 1000BASE-X SFP (Small Form Factor Pluggable) ports support fiber Gigabit Ethernet...
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... composant des commutateurs de la gamme Switch 5500 ou d'entamer une procédure de maintenance, lisez les informations relatives à la sécurité qui se trouvent dans l'annexe A de ce guide. rear view Stack LEDs Expansion Module Slot -52 - -55V;19.5A Redundant Power System Socket Handle UP DOWN Stacking: Green=OK, Flashing Green=Traffic, Yellow=Link Fault, Yellow Flashing=Stack Fault Stacking Cable Port (Up) Stacking Cable Port (Down) Expansion Module You can use this guide.
... composant des commutateurs de la gamme Switch 5500 ou d'entamer une procédure de maintenance, lisez les informations relatives à la sécurité qui se trouvent dans l'annexe A de ce guide. rear view Stack LEDs Expansion Module Slot -52 - -55V;19.5A Redundant Power System Socket Handle UP DOWN Stacking: Green=OK, Flashing Green=Traffic, Yellow=Link Fault, Yellow Flashing=Stack Fault Stacking Cable Port (Up) Stacking Cable Port (Down) Expansion Module You can use this guide.
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...Enabled Disabled per port Enabled Enabled 26 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING THE SUPERSTACK 4 SWITCH 5500 FAMILY Default Settings Table 6 shows the default settings for the Switch 5500 Family. If you initialize one of the Switch units, it is installed) Auto-negotiated Enabled All ports belong to these defaults. Table 6 Default Settings Feature Port Status Port Speed Duplex Mode Power over Ethernet Flow Control Broadcast Storm Control Virtual LANs (VLANs) Management VLAN Multicast Filtering Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Fast Start RMON Alarm Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) Spanning Tree...
...Enabled Disabled per port Enabled Enabled 26 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING THE SUPERSTACK 4 SWITCH 5500 FAMILY Default Settings Table 6 shows the default settings for the Switch 5500 Family. If you initialize one of the Switch units, it is installed) Auto-negotiated Enabled All ports belong to these defaults. Table 6 Default Settings Feature Port Status Port Speed Duplex Mode Power over Ethernet Flow Control Broadcast Storm Control Virtual LANs (VLANs) Management VLAN Multicast Filtering Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Fast Start RMON Alarm Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) Spanning Tree...
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... power supply that the total power budget for example, the Switch is used to connect a 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point 8500 to the network, then only a network cable is ok. Table 12 RPS LED Colors Color Green Yellow Off State AC and RPS supply connected. A PoE Switch combines the functionality of a standard Ethernet Switch with a redundant power supply or uninterruptible power supply, increasing its ethernet cable does not require a separate power supply. Connecting a Redundant Power Supply 39 RPS LED The RPS status LED...
... power supply that the total power budget for example, the Switch is used to connect a 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point 8500 to the network, then only a network cable is ok. Table 12 RPS LED Colors Color Green Yellow Off State AC and RPS supply connected. A PoE Switch combines the functionality of a standard Ethernet Switch with a redundant power supply or uninterruptible power supply, increasing its ethernet cable does not require a separate power supply. Connecting a Redundant Power Supply 39 RPS LED The RPS status LED...
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... change and monitor the way it works, you to improve the efficiency of the Switch and therefore the overall performance of your network. It covers the following topics: ■ Methods of Managing a Switch ■ Setting Up Overview ■ Manually Configuring IP Information ■ Viewing Automatically Configured IP Information ■ Setting Up Command Line Interface Management ■ Setting Up Command Line Interface Management using SSH ■ Setting Up Web Interface Management ■ Setting Up SNMP Management V1 or V3 ■ Default Users and Passwords ■ Configuration...
... change and monitor the way it works, you to improve the efficiency of the Switch and therefore the overall performance of your network. It covers the following topics: ■ Methods of Managing a Switch ■ Setting Up Overview ■ Manually Configuring IP Information ■ Viewing Automatically Configured IP Information ■ Setting Up Command Line Interface Management ■ Setting Up Command Line Interface Management using SSH ■ Setting Up Web Interface Management ■ Setting Up SNMP Management V1 or V3 ■ Default Users and Passwords ■ Configuration...
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... allocate static IP addresses. (Static IP addresses are necessary to actively manage your Switch, work through the "Manually Configuring IP Information" section on page 68. This makes management simpler and more information on default users and changing default passwords, see "Default Users and Passwords" on page 55. For more reliable as possible, even if you do not have a DHCP or BootP server on your network, or ■ you want to remove the...
... allocate static IP addresses. (Static IP addresses are necessary to actively manage your Switch, work through the "Manually Configuring IP Information" section on page 68. This makes management simpler and more information on default users and changing default passwords, see "Default Users and Passwords" on page 55. For more reliable as possible, even if you do not have a DHCP or BootP server on your network, or ■ you want to remove the...
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... the console port directly. ■ Documentation supplied with the terminal emulation software. ■ The console cable (RJ-45) supplied with terminal emulation software installed, such as Microsoft Hyperterminal. You can then manually enter IP information using the web interface or the command line interface (CLI). connect a workstation using a console cable to the console port of the Switch. Connecting to the Console Port To set up the Switch with IP information: ■ IP address ■ subnet mask ■ default gateway ■ management VLAN ID, normally set up your...
... the console port directly. ■ Documentation supplied with the terminal emulation software. ■ The console cable (RJ-45) supplied with terminal emulation software installed, such as Microsoft Hyperterminal. You can then manually enter IP information using the web interface or the command line interface (CLI). connect a workstation using a console cable to the console port of the Switch. Connecting to the Console Port To set up the Switch with IP information: ■ IP address ■ subnet mask ■ default gateway ■ management VLAN ID, normally set up your...
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... MANAGEMENT Connecting the Workstation to the Switch 1 Connect the workstation to the console port using the command line interface. 1 The command line interface login sequence begins as soon as the Switch detects a connection to its console port. 2 At the login and password prompts, enter admin as shown in Figure 22. If you have The Power on Self Test (POST) will now be set to match the default settings for more information. 3 Power up the Switch with terminal emulation software installed) Console Cable Switch Console Port Connection...
... MANAGEMENT Connecting the Workstation to the Switch 1 Connect the workstation to the console port using the command line interface. 1 The command line interface login sequence begins as soon as the Switch detects a connection to its console port. 2 At the login and password prompts, enter admin as shown in Figure 22. If you have The Power on Self Test (POST) will now be set to match the default settings for more information. 3 Power up the Switch with terminal emulation software installed) Console Cable Switch Console Port Connection...
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... to use the command line interface via the console port to the default value (1) refer to "Viewing Automatically Configured IP Information" on page 66. ■ Existing IP address of the Switch. ■ You need an IP address, refer to "Choosing a Browser" on page 66. ■ A Network Interface Card (NIC). ■ A Category 5 twisted pair Ethernet cable with IP information: ■ IP address ■ subnet mask ■ default gateway ■ management VLAN ID, normally set up...
... to use the command line interface via the console port to the default value (1) refer to "Viewing Automatically Configured IP Information" on page 66. ■ Existing IP address of the Switch. ■ You need an IP address, refer to "Choosing a Browser" on page 66. ■ A Network Interface Card (NIC). ■ A Category 5 twisted pair Ethernet cable with IP information: ■ IP address ■ subnet mask ■ default gateway ■ management VLAN ID, normally set up...
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... panel port using the Web interface or the command line interface (CLI) via a Front Panel Port Switch Workstation (with a Network Interface Card installed) Ethernet Cable To connect the cable: Front Panel Port Connection a Attach an RJ-45 connector at one end of the Switch is no response, wait for one of the cable to any other end of the front panel ports on correctly, the Device View of the Ethernet cable to the Switch via telnet. Manually Configuring IP...
... panel port using the Web interface or the command line interface (CLI) via a Front Panel Port Switch Workstation (with a Network Interface Card installed) Ethernet Cable To connect the cable: Front Panel Port Connection a Attach an RJ-45 connector at one end of the Switch is no response, wait for one of the cable to any other end of the front panel ports on correctly, the Device View of the Ethernet cable to the Switch via telnet. Manually Configuring IP...
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... please change the default password when using the switch's IP address and port number. Pre-requisites ■ Ensure you can set up web interface management over the network. Choosing a Browser To display the web interface correctly, use one of Managing a Switch" on your switch and transferring keys to the Switch using a Category 5 twisted pair Ethernet cable with your usual username and password to confirm that is correct for the first time. 66 CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT 5 Open an SSH...
... please change the default password when using the switch's IP address and port number. Pre-requisites ■ Ensure you can set up web interface management over the network. Choosing a Browser To display the web interface correctly, use one of Managing a Switch" on your switch and transferring keys to the Switch using a Category 5 twisted pair Ethernet cable with your usual username and password to confirm that is correct for the first time. 66 CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT 5 Open an SSH...
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... entered correctly and the Switch is available from the 3Com website to provide SNMP management for example, in VLAN 1 (the Default VLAN). If you have already modified the default passwords). 5 Click on the Device View button to display the web management options. You can use 3Com Network Director it automatically loads the correct MIBs and necessary files onto your browser. You can check this by default. Setting Up SNMP Management V1 or V3...
... entered correctly and the Switch is available from the 3Com website to provide SNMP management for example, in VLAN 1 (the Default VLAN). If you have already modified the default passwords). 5 Click on the Device View button to display the web management options. You can use 3Com Network Director it automatically loads the correct MIBs and necessary files onto your browser. You can check this by default. Setting Up SNMP Management V1 or V3...
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... change all three default passwords as soon as default. To manage your Switch. The Switch has three default user names, and each user name has a different password and level of the "SuperStack 4 Switch Command Reference Guide" for the users defined on as possible, even if you do this using an SNMP network management application, you must change any manageable parameters manager manager - Table 18 Default Users User Name monitor manager admin Default Password Access Level monitor monitor - The default write community string is public. the user can access and change...
... change all three default passwords as soon as default. To manage your Switch. The Switch has three default user names, and each user name has a different password and level of the "SuperStack 4 Switch Command Reference Guide" for the users defined on as possible, even if you do this using an SNMP network management application, you must change any manageable parameters manager manager - Table 18 Default Users User Name monitor manager admin Default Password Access Level monitor monitor - The default write community string is public. the user can access and change...
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... 3Com Network Director Agent Update. The individual .web, .btm or .app files should be used to upgrade the Switch directly with 3ND upgrade wizard - Any attempt to upgrade your Switch from the Command Line Interface (CLI). s4a03_01_04s56NetMan.zip Bundled files with the extension NetMan.zip, can be used to your Switch as described below . Introduction Before upgrading the software to upgrade your Switch either via a telnet connection or directly via the console to display the User View...
... 3Com Network Director Agent Update. The individual .web, .btm or .app files should be used to upgrade the Switch directly with 3ND upgrade wizard - Any attempt to upgrade your Switch from the Command Line Interface (CLI). s4a03_01_04s56NetMan.zip Bundled files with the extension NetMan.zip, can be used to your Switch as described below . Introduction Before upgrading the software to upgrade your Switch either via a telnet connection or directly via the console to display the User View...
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... bootrom? Bootrom Upgrade 99 Load File name: Switch IP address: Server IP address: FTP User Name: FTP User Password: 3 Enter the file name, Switch IP address, Server IP address, FTP user name and password to display the following: Are you sure to update your download baudrate: 1. 9600 2.*19200 3. 38400 4. 57600 5. 115200 0. Bootrom Upgrade via To upgrade the bootrom firmware from the Boot menu via XModem do XModem the following : 1. Set FTP protocol parameter...
... bootrom? Bootrom Upgrade 99 Load File name: Switch IP address: Server IP address: FTP User Name: FTP User Password: 3 Enter the file name, Switch IP address, Server IP address, FTP user name and password to display the following: Are you sure to update your download baudrate: 1. 9600 2.*19200 3. 38400 4. 57600 5. 115200 0. Bootrom Upgrade via To upgrade the bootrom firmware from the Boot menu via XModem do XModem the following : 1. Set FTP protocol parameter...
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... the 3Com web site at http://www.3com.com/ Software Upgrades are the bug fix / maintenance releases for the version of system hardware and software, including revision level ■ Diagnostic error messages ■ Details about recent configuration changes, if applicable In order to access upgrades and related documentation you must first Support and Repair register your product ■ A list of software initially purchased with your original product. A link to software downloads can...
... the 3Com web site at http://www.3com.com/ Software Upgrades are the bug fix / maintenance releases for the version of system hardware and software, including revision level ■ Diagnostic error messages ■ Details about recent configuration changes, if applicable In order to access upgrades and related documentation you must first Support and Repair register your product ■ A list of software initially purchased with your original product. A link to software downloads can...
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... M management methods 50 preparing for 54 setting up 49, 52 manual setup console port 55 front panel port 58 MDI configuration 41 MDIX configuration 41 P passwords of default users 68 pin assignments modem cable 124 null modem cable 123 RJ45 124 serial cable 123 pin-outs 123 ports 10/100/100 18 power over ethernet (PoE) 39 power socket 24 powering-up a Switch 5500 40 problem solving 77, 85 communication problems 81 hardware problems 79 IP addressing 79 LEDs 78 R rack mounting a Switch 5500...
... M management methods 50 preparing for 54 setting up 49, 52 manual setup console port 55 front panel port 58 MDI configuration 41 MDIX configuration 41 P passwords of default users 68 pin assignments modem cable 124 null modem cable 123 RJ45 124 serial cable 123 pin-outs 123 ports 10/100/100 18 power over ethernet (PoE) 39 power socket 24 powering-up a Switch 5500 40 problem solving 77, 85 communication problems 81 hardware problems 79 IP addressing 79 LEDs 78 R rack mounting a Switch 5500...