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    908 Canada Court City of Industry , C A 91748 U.S.A. Phone: 626.964.7873 or 800.346.6668 F ax: 626.964.7880 www .unicomlink.com e-mail: info@unicomlink.com ©UNICOM 2004. UNICOM and “A Network Systems Solution” ar e trademarks of UNICOM Electric, Inc. All rights reserved. Specifications subject to change without notice. Rev: 8.04 8 Port 100Base[...]

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    1. Introduction The 8 Port SmartGST-801M is a high-speed, professional-grade Fast Ethernet switch that provides wire-speed, a Fast Ethernet switching technology that allows high-performance, low-cost connections up to Full-Duplex, 100Mbps Ethernet networks. The built-in GBIC slot allows for optional GBIC adapter, creating the perfect, flexible back[...]

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    Intelligent Management Features n Web-based management n SNMP network management n Console and Telnet management n Port Base V LAN and IEEE 802.1q Tag V LAN. up to 256 V LAN groups, V LAN IDs up to 4K n IEEE 802.3 ad port trunk with LACP (Link Aggregation Control protocol) supported n IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree n MIB II (RFC 1213) supported n IP Mul[...]

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    Compare the contents of your SmartGST-801M package with the checklist above. If any item is missing or damaged, please contact your local dealer or reseller for service. Ethernet Switching Technology Ethernet Switching Technology dramatically boosted the total bandwidth of a network, eliminated congestion problems, and greatly reduced unnecessary t[...]

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    This switch provides an embedded HTML web site residing in flash memory. It of fers advanced management features and allows users to manage the SmartGST-801M from anywhere on the network through a standard browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer. SNMP Network Management SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) provides monitoring and control o[...]

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    The front panel of the switch is displayed as below. There are 2 types of fiber connectors available. These fiber connectors are SC or ST Multi-mode and SC Single Mode. Console Port: Console management can be done via the Console Port. It requires a direct connection between the switch and an end station (PC) via an RS-232 cable. SmartGST-801M Figu[...]

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    LED Status Color Description Power On Green Power On On Green The port is successfully connecting with the device on 100Mbps. Blinks Green The port is receiving or transmitting data. LNK / ACT Off No device attached. On Oran g e The port is operating in Full-duplex mode and device is attached. Blinks Oran g e Collision of Packets occurs in the port[...]

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    Attaching Rubber Feet 1. Make sure mounting surface on the bottom of the Switch is grease and dust free. 2. Remove adhesive backing from your rubber feet. 3. Apply the rubber feet to each corner on the bottom of the Switch. These footpads prevent the switch from shock and vibration. Figure 2-8. Attaching Rubber Feet to each corner on the bottom of [...]

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    Figure 3-2 Segment Application You can use the SmartGST-801M to connect PCs, workstations, and servers to each other by connecting these devices directly to the Switch. All the devices in this network can communicate with one another. Connecting servers to the backbone switch allows other users to access the server s data. The SmartGST-801M automat[...]

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    Figure 3-3 Use fiber ports to extend the distance between workgroups In the above illustration, two SmartGST-801Ms are used to interconnect two small workgroups. By using fiber ports to connect switches, the distance between two switches via fiber cable can be up to 30Km (using a SC Single Mode fiber connector). 4. Network Configuration This Sectio[...]

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    After the connection between Switch and PC is finished, turn on the PC and run a terminal emulation program or Hyper Terminal to match the following default characteristics of the console port: Baud Rate: 9600 bps Data Bits: 8 Parity: none Stop Bit: 1 Control flow: None Figure 4-1. The settings of communication parameters After you have finished pa[...]

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    4-1 Main Menu There are five items for selecting as follows: Status and Counters: Show the status of the switch. Switch Static Configuration: Configure the switch. Protocol Related Configuration: Configure the protocol function. Reboot Switch: Restart the system or reset switch to default configuration. Logout: Exit the menu line program. <Contr[...]

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    4-2. Status and Counters You can press the key of Tab or Backspace to choose item, and press Enter key to select item. 4-2-1. Port Status This page displays each port’s status Type: Displays the port type. Enabled: Displays whether port is enabled or disable depending on user setting. Enabled will be displayed Yes , disabled will be displayed No [...]

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    Actions-> You can press the Tab or Backspace key to choose action menu. Press Enter key to select item <Quit>: Exits the port status page and returns to previous menu. 4-2-2. Port Counters The following information provides a view of the current status of the unit. Actions-> You can press the Tab or Backspace key to choose action menu. [...]

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    4-3. Switch Static Configuration You can press the Tab or Backspace key to choose action menu. Press Enter key to select item 4-3-1. Administration Configuration[...]

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    4-3-1-1. Device Information This page provides device configuration information. Actions-> <Edit>: Configures all items. When finished configuration, press Backspace to go back to the action menu line. <Save>: Saves all configured values. <Quit>: Exits the Device Information Page and returns to previous menu. 4-3-1-2. IP Config[...]

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    4-3-1-4. Change Password User can change Web Management user password. The default password is root[...]

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    4-3-2. Port / Trunk Configuration This page provides changes to all port status and configures trunking groups. Press TA B key to change configuration of each item. 1. Enabled: User can disable or enable port control for Ports 1 ~ 8. Port 9 is permanently enabled and cannot be disabled. 2. Auto Negotiate: Ports 1 ~ 9 are disabled: Port 9 (GBIC port[...]

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    3. Port: The ports you want to monitor. All monitored port traf fic will be copied to a single port. You can select up to 9 ports to monitor. Users can choose to monitor receiving (RX) frames only or transmission (TX) frames only or both from the Action column. Actions-> <Quit>: Exit the Port Monitoring configuration page and return to pre[...]

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    4-3-4-1. VLAN Configuration 1. PVID (Port VID): Sets the V LAN port ID that will be assigned to untagged traf fic on a given port. This feature is useful for accommodating devices that you want to participate in the V LAN but don t support tagging. Only one untagged V LAN is allowed per port. 2. Ingress Filter 1: It matches the web Ingress Filterin[...]

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    Actions-> <Quit>: Exit this page and return to previous menu. <Edit>: Configure all items. When finished configuration, press ESC to go back action menu line. <Save>: Save all configured values. 4-3-4-3. Edit / Delete a V LAN Group On this page, user can edit or delete a V LAN group. 1. Press <Edit> or <Delete> item[...]

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    4-3-5. Priority Configuration 1. There are 7 priority levels (0 ~ 7) to map to high or low queue. 2.High/Low Queue Service Ration H/L: Users can select the ratio of high priority packets to low priority packets. Actions-> <Edit>: Configures all items. When finished with configuration. Press ESC to go back to action menu line. <Save>:[...]

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    Ratio (1:1, 2:1, 3:1, 4:1, 5:1, 6:1, 7:1) : Select the preference given to packets in the switch’s high-priority queue. These options represent the number of high priority packets sent before one low priority packet is sent. For example, 2 High: 1 Low means that the switch sends 2 high priority packets before sending 1 low priority packet. 4-3-6.[...]

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    Add static MAC address 1. Press <Add> --> <Edit> key to add a static MAC or edit an address. 2. Enter the MAC address which the port should permanently forward traffic to and from, regardless of the device s network activity. 3. In the Port num item, enter the port number. 4. If tag-based (802.1Q) V LAN is set up on the switch, stati[...]

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    4-3-6-2. Filtering MAC Address Edit Filtering MAC address 1. Press <Edit> key to modify a static Filtering address. 2. Choose the MAC address that you want to modify and then press enter . 3. Press <Edit> key to modify all the items. 4. Press ESC to go back to the action menu line and then select <Save> to save all configured valu[...]

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    4-3-7. Misc Configuration 4-3-7-1. Port Security A port in security mode will be locked without address learning permission. Only the incoming packets with SMAC already existing in the address table can be forwarded normally. Users can disable the port from learning any new MAC addresses, then use the static MAC addresses screen to define a list of[...]

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    3. Press ESC to go back to the action menu line and then select <Save> to save all configured values. 4-3-7-2. MAC Age Interval Type the number of seconds that an inactive MAC address remains in the switch s address table. The valid range is 300 ~ 765 seconds. Default is 300 seconds. Actions-> <Edit>: Configure all items. When finish[...]

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    Actions-> <Edit>: Configure all items. When finished configuring, press ESC to go back to the action menu line. <Save>: Save all configured values. <Quit>: Exit this page and return to previous menu. 4-3-7-4. Max bridge transmit delay bound Max bridge transmit delay bound (0,1 - 4 sec): Limits a packets queuing time in the swit[...]

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    Actions-> <Edit>: Configure all items. When finished configuring, press ESC to go back to the action menu line. <Save>: Save all configured values. <Quit>: Exit this page and return to previous menu. 4-4. Protocol Related Configuration 4-4-1. STP 4-4-1-1. STP Enable This page enables or disables the Spanning Tree function. Pres[...]

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    4-4-1-2. System Configuration 1. You can view Spanning Tree information about the Root Bridge on the left. 2. On the right, users can set new values for STP parameters. You must enable STP functions to select configuration menu.[...]

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    4-4-1-3. Perport Configuration 1. PortState: You can view switch Spanning Tree status for each port. 2. PathCost: Specifies the path cost of the port that the switch uses to determine which ports are the forwarding ports. If you change the value, restart the switch for the change to take effect. 3. Priority: This indicates Port Priority. You can ma[...]

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    4-4-2-1. System Options Press <Edit> to enter all items and then press <Save> to save configured values. 1. System Name: Type a name to be used for the switch. 2. System Contact: Type the name of contact person or organizati on. 3. System Location: Type the location of the switch. 4-4-2-2. Community Strings Use this page to enter SNMP c[...]

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    Actions-> <Add>: Create a community string. <Edit>: Modify all items. When finished configuration, press ESC to go back to the action menu line. <Delete>: Delete a community string. After deleting item, press <Save> to complete the operation. <Save>: Save all configured values. <Quit>: Exit this page and retur[...]

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    Actions-> <Add>: Create a trap manager. <Edit>: Modify all items. When finished configuration, press ESC to go back to the action menu line. <Delete>: Delete a trap manager. After deleting an item, press <Save> to complete the operation. <Save>: Save all configured values. <Quit>: Exit this page and return to [...]

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    Actions-> <Edit>: Modify all items. When finished configuration, press ESC to go back to the action menu line. <Save>: Save all configured values. <Quit>: Exit this page and return to previous menu. 4-4-4. LACP 4-4-4-1.Aggregator Setting 1.Group: Displays the trunk group ID. 2.LACP: Press Space key to enable or disable LACP (Li[...]

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    Actions-> <Edit>: Modify all items. When finished configuration, press ESC to go back to the action menu line. <Save>: Save all configured values. <Quit>: Exit this page and return to previous menu. 4-4-4-2. State Activity Active: The port automatically sends LACP protocol packets. Passive: The port does not automatically sends[...]

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    <Quit>: Exit this page and return to previous menu. 4-4-4-3. LACP Status When setting a trunking group, relation information is here. Actions-> <Quit>: Exit this page and return to previous menu. 4-5. Reboot Switch Default: Resets the switch to default configuration . Restart: Reboots the switch using software reset.[...]

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    Note: Wait for the message " $$$ Press X key to start Xmodem receiver" to appear before performing Default command or powering off the switch. Failure to do so may result in a System Parameter error. Note: RS-232 Local console firmware upgrade (X modem) 4. Press X key to start upgrading the Xmodem. 5. First, disconnect the terminal and mo[...]

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    6.After successfully upgrading the new firmware, please modify the baud rate to 9600bps. 5. Web-Based Management This section introduces the configuration and functions of the Web- based management of SmartGST-801M . The SmartGST-801M provides an embedded HTML website residing in flash memory. It of fers management feature and allows users to manag[...]

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    5-1. Web Management Home Overview 1. Home Page. 5-2. Port Status 1. port status State: Displays port status ON or OFF depending on user setting. unlink will be treated as of f . Link Status: DOWN is No Link , UP is Link Auto Negotiation: auto negotiation mode Speed status: Displays link speed, Port 1- 8 is 100Mbps, Port 9 is 1000Mb[...]

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    Duplex status: Displays full-duplex or half-duplex mode. Flow control: Displays Flow Control status enable or disable mode Config: Displays the state of the user settings. Actual: Displays the negotiation result. User can see a single port counter as follows 5-3. Port Statistics 1. The following information provides a view of the current status of [...]

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    5-4. Administrator Management functions include: IP address, Switch settings, Console port information, Port controls, Link aggregation, Filter database, V LAN Configuration, Spanning Tree, Port Mirror, SNMP, Security Manager, TFTP Update Firmware, Configuration Backup, Reset system, and Reboot. 5-4-1. IP Address 1. Users can configure the IP Setti[...]

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    version. 4. Hardware Version: Displays the switch s Hardware version. 5. Kernel version: Displays default EEPROM value version. 5-4-2-2. Advanced Miscellaneous Setting: MAC Address Age-out Time: Type the number of seconds that an inactive MAC address remains in the switch’s address table. The valid range is 300 ~ 765 seconds. Default is 300 secon[...]

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    Priority Queue Service settings: First Come First Service: The sequence of packets sent depends on arrival order. All High before Low: All high priority packets sent before low priority packets. Weighted Round Robin: Select the preference given to packets in the switch’s high-priority queue. These options represent the number of high priority pac[...]

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    Enable Internet Group Multicast Protocol: enable IGMP protocol IGMP Query Mode: Recognize dif ferent queries from clients or servers to decide which query will be the first priority. The modes are as follows: 1. Auto Mode : Automatically chooses the switch with smallest IP address for the IGMP Query. 2. Enable Mode : Enable one of switches to be th[...]

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    The three topologies shown below indicate how the IGMP Query works within a network: 1. This topology is set when the router s IP address is smaller than other Switches in the subnet. 2. This topology is set when the router s IP address is larger than other Switches in the subnet. Note: The SmartGST-801M supports IGMP protocol but IGMP must be enab[...]

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    3. This topology is used when the Switch s IP address is not the smallest in the subnet. If in Auto mode, the network will cause a Multi- cast Storm from the client IGMP report. The configuration is used to avoid that. Note: We recommend that the switch with the smallest IP address be set as the VOD server. 4. All switches must be in Disable mode w[...]

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    5-4-4. Port Controls Use this page to modify each port’s status State: User can disable or enable port 1-8. Port 9 is always enabled. Auto Negotiation: Port 1-8 is fixed to disable mode and Port 9 is enabled. Speed setting: The speed mode is fixed. 100Mbps (Ports 1-8), 1000Mbps (Port 9, GBIC port) Duplex setting: Port 1-8 support Full or Half Dup[...]

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    5-4-5-1. Aggregator setting System Priority: A value used to identify the active LACP. The switch with the lowest value has the highest priority and is selected as the active LACP. 1. Group ID: Users can create a link aggregation across two or more ports. Choose the "group id" and click "Get". 2. LACP: If enabled, the group is a[...]

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    5-4-5-2. Aggregator Information When setting an LACP aggregator, view relational information here. 5-4-5-3. State Activity Active (selected) : The port automatically sends LACP protocol packets. Passive (not selected) : The port does not automatically send LACP protocol packets and responds only if it receives LACP protocol packets from the opposit[...]

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    5-4-6. Filter Database 5-4-6-1. IGMP Snooping The SmartGST-801M supports IP Multicast. IGMP protocol can be enabled on the web management s Advanced page. On the IGMP Snooping information page, you can view different multicast groups, VIDs, and member ports. IP multicast addresses range from 224.0.0.0 through 239.255.255.255. The Internet Group Man[...]

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    5-4-6-2. Static MAC Address When you add a static MAC address, it remains in the switch’s address table, regardless of whether the device is physically connected to the switch. This saves the switch from having to re-learn a device’s MAC address when the device is disconnected or powered-off. To add a static MAC address 1. From the main menu, c[...]

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    5-4-6-4. MAC Filtering 5-4-7. V LAN configuration A Virtual LAN (V LAN) is a logical network grouping that limits the broadcast domain. It allows you to isolate network traffic so only members of the V LAN receive traffic from the same V LAN members. Basically, creating a V LAN from a switch is logically equivalent to physically connecting a group [...]

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    Support Protocol-based V LAN In order for an end station to send packets to different V LANs, it must be capable of either tagging packets it sends with V LAN tags or attach itself to a V LAN-aware bridge. The bridge must be capable of classifying and tagging the packets with a dif ferent V LAN ID based on not only default PVID but also other infor[...]

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    Ingress Filtering Ingress filtering lets frames belonging to a specific V LAN be forwarded if the port belongs to that V LAN. The SmartGST-801M has two ingress filtering rules. Ingress Filtering Rule 1: Forward only packets with VID matching this port’s configured VID. Ingress Filtering Rule 2: Drop Untagged Frames. 5-4-8. Spanning Tree The Spann[...]

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    View spanning tree information about the Root Bridge on this screen. View spanning tree status about the switch here. Parameter Description Priority You can change the priority value, a value used to identify the root bridge. The bridge with the lowest value has the highest priority and is selected as the root. Enter a number 1 through 65535. Max A[...]

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    Forward Delay time You can change forward delay time, the number of seconds a port waits before changing from its Spanning- Tree Protocol learning and listening states to the forwarding state. Enter a number 4 through 30. The following parameter can be configured on each port. Click Apply . Parameter Description Port Priority You can make a port mo[...]

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    Roving Analysis State: Enable or disable the port mirror function. Mirror Ports: The ports you want to mirror. All traffic selected here will be copied to the mirror port. You can select up to 9 monitor ports. To disable the function, select monitor port to none. Monitor Rx: Monitor receiving frames from the port. Monitor Tx: Monitor sending frames[...]

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    Read only: Enables requests accompanied by this string to display MIB-object information. Read write: Enables requests accompanied by this string to display MIB-object information and to set MIB objects. 3. Trap Manager A trap manager is a management station that receives traps, the system alerts generated by the switch. If no trap manager is defin[...]

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    5-4-12. TFTP Update Firmware The following menu options provide system control functions such as firmware updates and remote system rebooting. * Executing TFTP software * Copy firmware update version image.bin to TFTP software directory. * In web management select administrator TFTP update firmware. * Download new image.bin file then in web managem[...]

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    5 -4-14. Reset System Reset Switch to default configuration 5-4-15. Reboot Reboot the switch in software reset.[...]

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    6. Technical Specifications This section provides the specifications of SmartGST801M and the following table lists these specifications. Specifications Standards Compliance IEEE 802.3u 100Base- FX Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Fiber Protocol CSMA/CD Max Forwarding and Max Filtering Rate 14,8800 pps per Fast Ethernet port, 148,8000 pps per Gigab[...]

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    7. Troubleshooting This section is intended to help you solve the most common problems on the SmartGST801M . Incorrect connections n Faulty or loose cables Look for loose or obviously faulty connections. If they appear to be OK, make sure the connections are snug. If that does not correct the problem, try a dif ferent cable. n Non-standard cables N[...]

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    n Cabling 100Base-FX fiber port: For Multi-Mode fiber, connectors must use 50/125 or 62.5/125 m Multi-Mode fiber cable. You can connect two devices up to 2 km apart. Single Mode fiber connectors must use 9/125 m Single Mode fiber cable. With Single Mode fiber cable, devices can be up to 30km apart in full duplex operation.[...]