NETGEAR GS748T manual

202-10232 -01 Jan u ary 20 07 NET GEAR , Inc. 4500 Grea t America Parkway Sant a Clara, CA 95054 US A GS748T Smart Switch Hardware Inst allation Guide[...]

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v1.0, Jan uary 2007 iii • Incre ase t he separa ti on betwe en the equip ment and r ec eiver . • Connect the equipment into an ou tlet on a circui t d ifferent from that which the receiv er is connected. • Consult th e de aler or an experie nced radio/TV t ech nician for help . EN 55 022 Decl aration of Conformance This is to c ertify that th[...]

v1.0, Jan uary 2007 iv used w ith appro ved anten nas only . Any produc t changes or modif ications will inva lidate al l applic able regul a- tory cer tifi ca tion s and approv al s FCC Guidelines for Human Exposur e This e quipment comp lie s with FC C rad iat ion exposure lim it s set forth for a n uncontro lled env ironment. This equi pment sh [...]

v v1.0, J anuary 2007 Content s About This Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Overview .. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............ ............. ............. ... 1-2 Features ......... ................... ................... .................... ................... ................... ............[...]

vi v1.0, Jan uary 2007 Appendix A T roubleshooting T roubleshoo ting Chart .................... .................... ................... ................... ............... A-1 Addition al T r oubleshoo ting Suggest ions .................. ................... ................... ............... A-2 Network Ada pter Cards ......................... .[...]

vii v1.0, J anuary 2007 About Th is Manual The NETGEAR ® GS748T Smart Switch™ Har dwar e Insta llation Gu ide describ es how to ins tall, configu re, and tr oubleshoot the GS748T Gig abit Smart Swit ch. The inf ormation in t his manual i s inten ded for reade rs wit h interm edia t e com p uter an d Int ernet sk ills. Conv en tio ns, Form a t s,[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide viii v1.0, Jan uary 2007 • Scope. Thi s manual i s writt en for the GS748T Smart Switch acco rding to these sp ecifica tions: . How to Use This Ma nual The HTML versi on of this manua l includ es the foll owing: • Butto ns and for bro wsing forwa rds or bac kwards through the manual o ne page at[...]

GS748T Smart Sw itch Hardwar e Install ation Guid e ix v1.0, J anuary 2007 How to Prin t this Ma nual T o print thi s manual, choose one o f the follo wing option s: • Printing a Pa ge fr om HTML . Each page i n the HTML vers ion of the manual is dedicate d to a majo r topic. Sele ct File > Print from th e browser men u to print the page conte[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide x v1.0, Jan uary 2007 Revisi on Histor y Document Part Number Ve r s i o n Number Descriptio n 202-1023 2-01 1.0 Document cre ate d[...]

1-1 v1.0, J anuary 2007 Chap ter 1 Introductio n Congratul ations o n your purc hase of th e NETGEAR GS748T Gigabi t Smart Switch! Y our NETGEAR Switch is a state-of -the-art, high-perf ormance, IEE E-compliant ne twork solut ion designe d for users who req uire a lar ge number of po rts and want the power of Gigabit connectivity to eli minate bott[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide 1-2 Introductio n 1.0, Jan uary 2007 Overvi ew Y o ur NETGEAR GS748T Gigabit Smart Switch provides 4 8 twisted-pa ir ports with four bui lt-in Small Form Fa ctor (SFP) GBIC slots tha t support nons top 10/100 /1000M fiber networks. Using these Gi gabit sl ots, you can create h igh-speed connectio ns[...]

GS748T Smart Sw itch Hardwar e Install ation Guid e Introduction 1- 3 v1.0, J anuary 2007 Featur es The foll owing list identifi es the key features of the NETGEAR GS748T Giga bit Smart Switch. • Forty-e ight 10/1 00/1000 Mbp s auto-sensi ng Gigabit -Ethernet s witching po rts • Four SF P GBIC combo Gigabit E thernet s lots for opt ional fi ber[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide 1-4 Introductio n 1.0, Jan uary 2007 • Full-du plex IEEE 802 .3x pause frame f low contr ol • LED indica tors for por t status moni toring: • Pow er L ED in di cat es pow er on / off stat us • Link/Act LED indicat es link stat us and act ivity • SFP GBIC Link/ Act LED ind icates lin k stat[...]

GS748T Smart Sw itch Hardwar e Install ation Guid e Introduction 1- 5 v1.0, J anuary 2007 Packag e Contents Figure 1-1 shows the pac kage conte nts of th e NETGEAR GS748T Gigabi t Smart Swit ch. Figure 1-1 Package Contents V erify tha t your pac kage contai ns the fo llowing: • GS 748T Giga b it Sm art Sw itch • Rubber footpads for tabl etop in[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide 1-6 Introductio n 1.0, Jan uary 2007[...]

2-1 v1.0, J anuary 2007 Chap ter 2 Physical Desc ription This chap ter desc ribes the hardware fea tures of the NETGEAR GS748T Giga bit Smart Switc h. T opics include: • Front an d back panel s • 10/100/1 000 Mbps auto- sensing RJ -45 ports • SFP GBIC Module b ay • LED descri ptions • Reset but ton • Factory defaults button Front and Ba[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide 2-2 Physic al Des cription v1.0, Jan uary 2007 The front pane l contains RJ-45 jacks wit h LEDs and 4 SFP GBIC module bays. The rear pan el has a standa rd AC power re ceptacle for a ccommodating t he suppli ed power cor d. 10/100/10 00 Mbp s RJ-45 Port s The 48 10/ 100/1000 Mb ps, auto-sens ing RJ-[...]

GS748T Smart Sw itch Hardwar e Install ation Guid e Physica l Descri ption 2-3 v1.0, J anuary 2007 Reset Button The Reset button of the GS748T tr iggers a hardware rese t of the s witch. Figure 2-3 shows it s locati on on the f ront panel . This act ion is equ ivalent to switchi ng the unit p ower of f and bac k on. The last saved con figuration is[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide 2-4 Physic al Des cription v1.0, Jan uary 2007 Figure 2-3 Reset Button of the GS748T Gigabit Smart S witch Restore Factory Default s Button The Restor e Factory Default b utton of the GS7 48T Smart Swit ch enables you to cl ear the cu rrent setti ngs and retu rn the s witch to its factory default co[...]

GS748T Smart Sw itch Hardwar e Install ation Guid e Physica l Descri ption 2-5 v1.0, J anuary 2007 Figure 2-4 Restore Factory Default s Button of th e GS748T Gigabit Smart Switch[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide 2-6 Physic al Des cription v1.0, Jan uary 2007[...]

3-1 v1.0, J anuary 2007 Chap ter 3 Applicati ons Y o ur NETGEAR GS748T Gigabit Smart Switch is design ed to provide flexibili ty in config uring your net work conn ections. It can be used as your onl y network t raffi c-distr ibution device or with added 10 Mbps , 100 Mbps, 1 0/100 Mbps, and 1000 Mbps hubs a nd switche s. This chap ter shows how th[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide 3-2 Appl ications v1.0, Jan uary 2007 Backbone Switching Y o u can use you r GS748T Gigabi t Smart Swit ch as a ba ckbone switch i n a small n etwork tha t gives us ers high- speed acce ss to ser vers and othe r network d evices. Figure 3-2 E xample of Back bone Swit ching[...]

4-1 v1.0, J anuary 2007 Chap ter 4 Inst allation This chap ter desc ribes the install ation proce dures for your NETGEAR GS748T Gig abit Smart Switch. Swi tch install ation i nvolves th e following s teps: 1. Prepari ng the si te 2. Instal ling the switch 3. Checking t he install ation 4. Connecti ng devices to the swi tch 5. Instal ling an SFP GBI[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide 4-2 Instal lation v1.0, Jan uary 2007 S tep 2: Inst alling the Switch Insta ll the s witc h using one of the fo ll owin g meth od s: Inst alling the Switch on a Flat Surfa ce The switc h ships wit h four se lf-adhes ive rubber footpads. Att ach one ru bber foot pad into ea ch of the four concave de [...]

GS748T Smart Sw itch Hardwar e Install ation Guid e Installati on 4-3 v1.0, J anuary 2007 4. Support t he we ight of t he s witch and us e f our pan-hea d sc re ws wit h ny lon washe rs to att ac h it to the r ack; use a #2 Philli ps screwdr iver to tighten t he screws. Figure 4-1 Mounting the Switch in a Rack Step 3: Chec ki ng the I nst allat ion[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide 4-4 Instal lation v1.0, Jan uary 2007 Figure 4-2 Con necting Device s to the S witch Connect eac h device to an RJ-45 net w ork port on the swit ch’ s front panel (se e Figur e 4-2 ) us ing a Category 5 (Cat5) un shielded twisted-pai r (UTP) cable wi th RJ-45 c onnectors . S te p 5: Inst alling a [...]

GS748T Smart Sw itch Hardwar e Install ation Guid e Installati on 4-5 v1.0, J anuary 2007 Figure 4-3 Installing a SFP G BIC Module into GS748T S tep 6: Ap plyin g AC Power Because he NETGEAR GS748T Gigabit Smar t Switch has no ON/OFF s witch, AC power must be control led by means of the IEC power cord conne ction. Sel ect an app ropriate uns witche[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide 4-6 Instal lation v1.0, Jan uary 2007 S tep 7: Ma na gement thr oug h a We b Bro wse r or Utility Progra m (Init ial Configura tion) Y o ur NETGEAR GS748T Gigabit Smart Swit ch has embedded management sof tware for viewing, changing , and monitor ing its a ctivity and configur ation. Y ou need not u[...]

Troubles hooting A-1 v1.0, J anuary 2007 Append ix A T rouble shootin g This chap ter provi des info rmation abo ut troubl eshooting the NETGEAR GS748T Giga bit Smart Switch. I nformatio n is suppli ed as: • A T roubleshoo ting chart • Addit ional troubl eshootin g sugges tions T roub leshoo ting Chart Ta b l e A-1 list s symptoms, c auses, and[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide A-2 Troubl eshootin g v1.0, Jan uary 2007 Addition al T roubles hoo ting Sugge st i ons If the sugge s tions in Ta b l e A-1 do not resolve y our proble m, refer t o the tro ubleshooting suggest ions in th is secti on. Network Adapter Cards Ensure tha t the netw ork adapt er card s install ed i n th[...]

Techni cal Spec ification s B-1 v1.0, J anuary 2007 Append ix B T ech nica l S pecifica tions This appe ndix provi des techni cal spec ification s for the NETGEAR GS748T Gigab it Smart Switch. Network Protocol and S t andards Comp atibili ty IEEE 802.3 10 BASE-T IEEE 802.3u 1 00BASE-TX IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T IEEE 802.3z 1 000Base-X IEEE 802.3x f l[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide B-2 Te chnical Specific ations v1.0, Jan uary 2007 Performance S pecifications Forwardi ng modes: S tore- and-forward Bandwidth: 96 Gbps Network l atency: Le ss than 20 microsecond s for 64-b yte frames in store -and-forw ard mode for 100 Mbps to 1 00 Mbps trans mission Buf fer memory: 512 K B embed[...]

GS748T Smart Sw itch Hardwar e Install ation Guid e Techni cal Speci ficat ions B-3 v1.0, J anuary 2007 Electroma gnetic Immunity EN 55022 (CIS PR 22), Class A Safety CE mark, commercial CUL 60950 (Li sted)/ EN60 950 (Low V olta ge Directive )page 3, se e page 3, see Modules AGM731F 1000BASE-SX SFP GBI C for multimode f iber AGM732F 1000BASE-LX SFP[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide B-4 Te chnical Specific ations v1.0, Jan uary 2007[...]

Glossary C-1 v1.0, J anuary 2007 Append ix C Glossary Ta b l e C-1. Gl ossary 10BASE-T The IEEE sp ecification for 10 Mbp s Ethernet over Catego ry 3, 4, or 5 twi sted-pai r cabl e. 100BASE-FX The IEEE sp ecification for 100 Mbp s Fast Ethern et over fib er-optic cab le. 100BASE-TX The IEEE spec ification for 100 Mb ps Fast Ethernet over Cat ego ry[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide C-2 Glossar y v1.0, Jan uary 2007 Ethernet A LAN speci fic ati on deve lop ed jointly by Xero x, In tel and D igi t al Equi pm ent Corporat ion. Etherne t networks transmit p a ckets at a rate of 10 Mbps . Fast Ethe rnet An Ethernet system that is de signed to operate at 100 Mbp s. Gigab it Ethe rne[...]

GS748T Smart Sw itch Hardwar e Install ation Guid e Glossa ry C-3 v1.0, J anuary 2007 Loop An event that occu rs when two network device s are con nected by more than one path, th ereby ca using p acket s to repeate dly cycle around the network an d not reac h their des tination. MAC Media Ac cess Control. A protocol sp ecified by the IEEE for de t[...]

GS748T Smart S witch Hardware Insta llation Guide C-4 Glossar y v1.0, Jan uary 2007[...]

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