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    Trademarks Copyrigh t  PLAN ET T echnolog y Corp. 2002. Contents subject to revis ion with out prio r notice. PLANET is a registered trademark of PLANET T echnology Corp. The information in this manual is su bject to cha nge withou t notice. All other t rademarks b elong to the ir respect ive owners. FCC Warning This equipment has been tested an[...]

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    1 T able of Contents Chap ter 1 INTR ODU CTIO N 1 1.1 B rief ing 1 1.2 F ea ture s 1 Chap ter 2 UNP ACKI NG A ND I NST ALL 3 2.1 U npack ing 3 2.2 I nsta llati on 3 2.3 D ecid ing H ow t o In stal l th e S yste m 3 Chap ter 3 IDEN TIF YING FRO NT P ANEL 7 3.1 F ront P anel 7 3.2 L ED I ndica tors 7 Chap ter 4 CONF IGU RING THE SY STEM 9 4.1 C onfig[...]

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    1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Brieng The Intelligent Media Converter Chassis WMC-1600R series provides 16-slot and one management system in the 19”-rack chassis. The management function enable network administrator to monitor the media converter connection status and congure the converter via SNMP agent, T elnet and W eb remotely or via RS-2[...]

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    2 3 Chapter 2 UNP A CKING AND INST ALL This chapter provides unpacking and setup information for the Media Converter Chassis. 2.1 Unpacking Open the box of the WMC-1600R and carefully unpack it. The box should contain the following items: • One In telli gent Med ia Conve rter Cha ssis with one power s uppl y in stall ed • One RS -232 Cable • [...]

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    4 5 2.3.1 Mounted to 19-inch standard rack Use the rack -mount brackets and screws to install the chassis into any EIA 19" standard rack. Step 1: Attach the brackets to each side of the chassis. Apply four screws to each side and secure them tightly . Step 2: Carefully position the chassis into the rack. Align the brackets to the side holes on[...]

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    4 5 Step 3: Carefully slide in the module and fasten the hand screw clockwise by using hand or screwdriver until it is fully and rmly tted into the slot of the chassis. Insert the media converter module into an available slot and fasten the hand screw clockwise by using hand or screwdriver . 2.3.3 Connecting to Power (Power Supply) The chassi[...]

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    6 7 2.3.4 Installing and Removing the Power Supply T o remove a power supply out the chassis, you have to loose the hand screw counter clockwise and pull out the power supply from the chassis. T o install a power supply to the chassis, you have to fasten the hand screw clockwise and slide in the power supply to the chassis. Y ou can slide in and ou[...]

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    6 7 Chapter 3 IDENTIFYING FRONT P ANEL This section identies all the major components of the front panel. The front panel is shown, followed by a description of each panel feature. The indicator panel is described in detail in the next chapter . 3.1 Front Panel The gure below shows the front panels of the Management Module. The LED indicators[...]

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    8 9 Chapter 4 CONFIGURING THE SY STEM This chapter provides network managers and system administrators with information about how to congure the WMC-1600R via the Management interface. 4.1 Congure Through T erminal Emulator/TELNET Program 4.1.1 Console and T erminal Emulator program setting The WMC-1600R can be accessible using a terminal or [...]

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    10 1 1 4.1.3 Management Setting Through T erminal Emulator There are three items in the Main Menu, System Function, Conguration and SNMP Conguration. 4.1.3.1 System Function There are three items in System Function menu, “Software Reboot, Factory Reset, and Image Update. 4.1.3.1.1 Software Reboot After conguring, it needs to reboot the s[...]

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    10 1 1 There are four items in the Conguration menu, “General Conguration, System Conguration, Media Converter Chassis and Media Con verters. 4.1.3.2.1 General Conguration Hardware revision: noted the version of the hardware. BIOS revision: noted the version of the BIOS. Firmware revision: noted the version of the rmware. Change Pa[...]

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    12 13 4.1.3.2.3 Media Converter Chassis The screen will show out the power status of the WMC-1600R. V stands for “yes” and X stands for “No” . Plug in: indicates if Power 1 or 2 was plugged in or not. Power Fail: indicates if the Power 1 or 2 is fail or not. Fan Fail: indicates if the F an 1 or 2 is fail or not. 4.1.3.2.4 Media Converters I[...]

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    12 13 Device LLCF: Link Loss Carry F orward, “on” or “off” . Enable: to enable the link of the Device, “on” or “off” . Media 1 LLR: Link Loss Return, “on” or “off” . Auto: “ A” for Auto-Negotiation or “F” for “forced Mode” . Speed: to select the speed of the copper port, “10M” , “100M” or “1G” . Dup: [...]

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    14 15 4.1.3.3 SNMP Conguration Get Community Name: to get the device community name (default = public). Set Community Name: to set the device community name (default = private). Trap Community Name: to authorize the device trap community name (default = public). Trap Host IP Address: to set the trap host IP address (same as monitoring station IP[...]

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    14 15 4.2 Management through Web browser The WMC-1600R is accessible using a Web browser (IE explorer , Netscape Communications, etc.) to open up the chassis monitoring system. The default IP Address for the chassis system is “192.168.1.1” , and the default Login name and password is both “root” . After enter its web interface, the Home P a[...]

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    16 17 4.2.1 System Function There are four items in System Function menu, “Software Reboot, Factory Reset, Image Update and Conguration Update. 4.2.1.1 Software Reboot Reboot the management module in order to run the new setting properly . 4.2.1.2 Factory Reset This function is to set the device back to the default setting in case of the messy[...]

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    16 17 System Name: to authorize the device system name. Location: to show the WMC-1600R where it is located. Refresh time: to set the refreshing time of the device through the web. NOTE: After configuring the system device, need to press the save button to save the setting. 4.2.2.2 System Conguration MAC Address: will show out the MAC address of[...]

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    18 19 Warm Start trap: to set the trap when the device had been reset (default = enable). Authentication Fail Trap: to set the warning trap when the community name of the device and workstation are different (default = enable). Power Fail Trap: to set the Power F ail T rap (default = enable). Fan Fail Trap: to set the F an fail trap (default = enab[...]

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    18 19 4.2.2.5 Redundant Backup Setting The redundant function is to change the master line to the slave line in case of the linking fails happen. The Redundant functions were set xed, the master slot is slot 1(odd number slot) and the slave slot is slot 2(even number slot), and there are eight redundant groups in all. The “ Act ” will indica[...]

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    20 21 Chapter 5 TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS Chassis System Capacity Sixteen bays for housing up to sixteen media converters Material Steel Power One power supply provided, hot-swappable *A second power supply for load-sharing is optional, also hot- swappable Cooling T wo fans mounted together with the power supply or alone at the rear Dimensions W415[...]

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    22 Management Module Standards IEEE802.3 10Base- T Ethernet IEEE802.3u 100 Base- TX F ast Ethernet IEEE802.3x flow control Protocol CSMA/CD Data T ransfer Rate Ethernet: 10Mbps (half duplex), 20Mbps (full duplex)F ast Ethernet: 100Mbps (half duplex), 200Mbps (full duplex) LED Indicators Power On, Power F ail, F an F ail, MGM, Console, LNK/ACT Cable[...]

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    22 Part No.:EM-WMCv1[...]