Allied International AT-8748XL manual

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    A T -8700 XL Series Switch Quick Install Guide A T -8724XL A T -8748XL[...]

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    A T -8700XL Series Switch Quick Install Guide Docu ment Number C61 3-0404 2-01 REV D. Copyrigh t © 2003- 2005 Allied T elesyn Inter national, Corp. 19800 North Cr eek Parkw ay , Suit e 200, Bothel l, W A 9801 1, USA. All rights r eserved. No part o f this pub lica tion may b e rep roduced without prior writt en permission from Allie d T elesyn. Al[...]

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    Qu ick In st al l Gu ide 3 C613- 04042-01 REV D Models Cover ed By This Gui de Th is Quick Install G uide incl udes informat ion on the follow ing models : ■ A T -8724XL 24-port 10 BASE-T/100BASE-T X A dvanced Fast Ethernet Swi t ch ■ A T -8748XL 48-port 10 BASE-T/100BASE-T X A dvanced Fast Ethernet Swi t ch Quick Ins tall Guide updat es can be[...]

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    4 A T -8700XL Seri es Swit ch C613- 04042-01 REV D Selec ting a Site The switc h can be insta lled in a stan dard 19- inch rack or on a level surfac e such as a des ktop or be nch. W hen installin g t he s wit ch, c hoose a site t hat: ■ Al lows adeq u a te airflo w arou nd the swi tch and it s vent s. ■ Is fr ee of dust and mo istu re. ■ W i[...]

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    Qu ick In st al l Gu ide 5 C613- 04042-01 REV D 5. Inst all uplink modul es (optional ) If you p ur c has ed up link mod ules, inst all the m no w b y f ollowin g t he instruct ions in the Upli nk Module Q ui ck Inst all Guide . 6. Plac e the sw i tch in its oper ating locat ion If installing the swit ch in a rack: • Remove the rubber feet. • A[...]

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    6 A T -8700XL Seri es Swit ch C613- 04042-01 REV D 9. Apply DC power to the swi tch (for DC models) Rea d the S af ety an d St atu to ry In f orm ati on booklet bef ore connecting a DC power su pply . A c opy o f this bo okle t is i nclu ded wit h each swit ch. It is also in clude d on th e Docu mentat ion and T ools CD-R OM , or c an be dow nloa d[...]

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    Qu ick In st al l Gu ide 7 C613- 04042-01 REV D Figur e 2: DC Power i nlet termina ls on an A T -8724XL. Th e Fa u lt L E D sh ou l d fl as h fo r a p p rox im at e ly 10 se c o nd s as t h e s w i tc h runs in terna l tests . If the LE D cont inues to f lash o r rema ins lit , refer t o th e A T -8700XL Ser ies Hardwar e Refer ence for tr o ublesh[...]

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    8 A T -8700XL Seri es Swit ch C613- 04042-01 REV D 3. Lo g in After the switch has booted, the l og-in prompt appears. If the l og-in pro m pt d oes n’t a pp ear , pr ess [Enter] t wo or three t imes. When t he swi tch boots for the fir st ti me , i t auto matic ally cr ea tes an ac count with man ager p rivilege s. The acco unt h as the log in n[...]

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    Qu ick In st al l Gu ide 9 C613- 04042-01 REV D 2. Con nect the PC to the rout er Use an Ethernet cable to con nect an Ethernet card on the PC to any one of the switch ports. Y ou can browse to the router through any VLAN , as long as you give that VLA N an IP address (see bel ow). These ins truct ions assu me you wi ll use vlan 1. The switch ports[...]

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    10 A T -8700XL Seri es Swit ch C613- 04042-01 REV D Syste m LEDs System L EDs o n its front p anel indi cate the switc h’s o per ational s tatus . 1. D C mod e ls of th e sw itches do not h ave a n RPS co nnector a nd the RPS L ED will n ot fun ction. Th e A T -8 700XL Seri es Hardw ar e Reference h as f urt her tr oub le sho oti ng inform ation,[...]