Atlantis Land A02-F16(24)/M2 manual

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    16(24)-Port 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet Switch Layer 2 (Rackmount) User ’ s Guide[...]

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    The Atlantis Land logo is a re gist ered trad emark of Atlantis Land SpA. All ot her na mes ment ioned mat be tradema rks or regis tere d trademarks of their respective ow ne rs. Subj ect t o c hange witho ut notice. No lia bility fo r technical er rors and/or omissions. FCC Warn ing This equ ipment has b een tested a nd found to comp ly with the l[...]

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    i T ABLE OF C ONTENTS About This Guide .............. ................................... 1 P URPOSE ......................................................................................... 1 T ERMS /U SAGE ..................... ........................................................... 1 O VERVIEW OF TH IS U SER ’ S G UIDE ....................[...]

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    1 A BOUT T HIS G UIDE Congratu lations on your purch ase of the 16(2 4)-por t 10/100Mb ps Auto-neg otiation Fast E thernet Sw itch. Th is device in tegrates 100Mbps F ast Ethernet and 10 Mbps Ethernet network capabilities in a highly flex ible package. Purpose This gui de discus ses how t o i nstall you r 16(2 4)- port 1 0/1 00Mbp s Fast Ethern et [...]

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    2 I NTRODUCTION This ch apter des cribes the feat u res of the Switch an d some background info rmation abou t Ethe rnet/Fast Ethernet switching technology. Fast Ethernet Technology The growing impo rtance of LANs an d the inc r easing complexity of desktop c omputing a pplicat ions are f ueli ng the ne ed f o r hi gh performance networks. A numbe [...]

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    3 Switching Technology Anothe r approach to pushing beyond the limits of Ethe rnet techn ology is the dev elopment of switchin g technolog y. A sw itch bridg e Ethernet packets at the MAC address level of the Ethernet protocol transmitting among connected Ethernet or Fast Ethernet LA N segments. Switching is a cost- effective w ay of increa sing th[...]

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    4 solution to most kind s of local area network congestion problems. Features The S witch were desi gned for easy instal lation an d hig h perf ormance in an environmen t where traffic on the network and the nu mber of user increase continuo usly. The Switch with its rack size is sp ecifica lly design ed for midd le to large workg roups. The Switch[...]

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    5 The Swi tch is a n unma naged 10/ 100 Fas t Ethernet Switch t hat offe rs solutio n s in ac celerati ng smal l Etherne t work group bandwi dth. Othe r key features are:  16(24)-por t 10/100BA SE Ethern et Switch with RJ-4 5 connectors  Suppo rt Auto-nego tiation fo r sp eed and duplex modes for each port  Suppor ts Auto-M DI/MDI-X fo r e[...]

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    6 U NP ACKING AND I NST ALLA TION This chapter provides unpack ing and setup in formation for the Switch. Unpacking Open the sh ipping car tons of th e Sw itch and carefully u npacks its contents. The carton sh ould contain the fo llowing items:  One the 16( 24)-p ort 10/100M bps Fast Ethernet Swit ch  One AC pow er cord , suita ble fo r your[...]

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    7 Install the Switch on a sturdy , level surface that can support its weight, or in an E I A st andard-s ize equi pment rack. For in formation on rack installation, see the next section, Rack M ounting. When installing the Switch on a level surface, atta ch the rub ber feet to the bottom o f each device. The rub ber feet cushion the hub and protect[...]

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    8 1 6 - P o r t 1 0 / 1 0 0 M b p s E t h e r n e t S w i t c h S Y S T E M F D X P O W E R L i n k / A C T F X[...]

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    9 I DENTIFYING E XTERNAL C OMPONENTS This section identifies all the ma jor exter nal compon ents of the switch . Front Panel The figur e below shows the fron t panels of th e switch. Power 13 14 15 16 5 1 9 6 2 10 7 3 11 8 4 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 4 15 16 LINK 100Mbps 16 and 2 4 -port 10 /100Mbp s Fast Ethernet Sw itch LED Indicator Pa[...]

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    10  Link / Activit y ( gr een ) This ind icator lig ht gre en when the por t is conn ected to a Fast Ether net or Ethe rnet s tatio n, if the indicato r bli nking green will be transmission or received data .  100Mbps ( green ) This LED i ndicat or light gre en whe n the port is conne cted to a 100Mbps Fast Eth ernet station. Ot herwis e, the[...]

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    11 Product Sup port If you continue to have prob lems yo u should contact th e dealer where you bought this product. If you have any other question s you can contact the Atlantis Land company di rectly at the following a ddress: AtlantisLan d spa V ia Gandhi 5 Ing2,Scala A 20017 Mazzo di Rho(MI) T el: 02/93906085, 02/93907634(help desk) Fax: 02/939[...]

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    12 T ECHNICAL S PECIFICA TION General Sta nd a r ds IEEE 80 2.3 10B ASE-T Ether net IEEE 80 2.3 u 100B ASE- TX Fast Ethe rnet Protoc ol C SMA/CD Data T ransfer Rate Ethernet: 10 Mbps (half du pl ex), 20Mbps (full-duplex) Fast Et hernet: 10 0Mbps (half du plex ), 200 Mbps (f ull- dupl ex) T opology S tar Network Cables 10BASET : 2 - pair UTP Cat. 3,[...]

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    13 Performance Transm its Method: Stor e-an d-for ward RAM Buff er: 512(2 500)KByt es per devi ce Filtering Address Table: 8K entries per de vice Packet Filtering/F orwar ding Rate: 10Mbps Ether net: 14,880/pps 100Mbps Fast Ethern et: 148,8 00/pps MAC Address Learni ng: Automa tic u pdate[...]

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