Cabletron Systems 9F120-08 manual

9033274 SmartSwitch 9000 9E531-24 24 Port 10BASE-FL Ethernet Module User’s Guide[...]

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Notice vi SAFETY INFORMATION CLASS 1 LAS ER TRANSCEIVE RS THE 9H539 -24 MODULE US ES CLASS 1 LASER TRANSCEIV ERS. READ THE FOLLOWING SAFETY INFORMATION BEFORE INSTALLIN G OR OPERA TING THES E MODUL ES. The Cla s s 1 lase r tra nsceivers use an optica l fe ed back lo op t o ma intain Cla ss 1 ope ration li m it s . Thi s control loo p elimi na te s [...]

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ix Cont ents Chapter 1 Intr oduction Features .... ........... ............ ........... ........... ................. ............ ........... ........... ........... ........ ... 1-1 Related Manuals........................ ........... ............ ........... ........... ................. ........... ........... 1- 7 Getting Help ............. ...[...]

Contents x Dimensions ........ ........... ............ ........... ................. ........... ........... ............ ......... 5-2 W eight ............................ ............ ........... ........... ............ ................ ............ ......... 5-2 Enviro nment ................. ............ ........... ................. ........[...]

1-1 Chapter 1 Intr oduction The 9E531-24 shown in Figur e 1- 1, is a 10BASE-FL Ethe rnet swit ch ing module for Cabletr on System s SmartSwitch 9 000 chassis , provi ding 24 MT -RJ MMF ports. The 9E531- 24 can be used t o connect i ndividual 10 BASE- FL user devices an d servers. Features Connectivity The 9H532-24 connects to Eth ernet networks or [...]

Introductio n 1-2 Figure 1-1. The 9E 531-24 ETHERNET 9E531-24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24[...]

1-3 Introductio n Duplex Mode Through Loca l Management, each port on the 9E531-2 4 can be configur ed to support either full or half duplex mode of operation. Runtime IP Address Discovery This featur e enables the m odules to automati cally accept a n IP address fr om a Boot Strap Pr otocol (B ootP) server on the net work into NVRAM without r equi[...]

Introductio n 1-4 Management Management of the 9E531-2 4 module and SmartSwitc h chassis and any optional equipment is accompl ished using the Local Management applicati on or remote SNMP mana gement stations. Local Management is access ible through th e RS232 COM port on the Envir onmental M odule using a local VT100 terminal , or a r emote VT100 [...]

1-5 Introductio n device, and to have it pause its transmission while the r eceiving device proces ses the frames alr eady r eceive d. Flow contr ol can be e nabled or disabl ed on a port-by- port basis. Both devices must support the IEEE 802.3x standar d for flow contr ol to work. The 9E531-24 supports the f ollowing two types of flow contr ol: ?[...]

Introductio n 1-6 Standards Compatibility The 9E531-24 is fully compliant with the IEEE 802.3, 80 2.3x, 802.1Q, and 802.1p standar ds. The 9E531-24 pr ovides IEEE 802.1D Spanning T ree Algorithm (ST A) support to enhance the overal l reliability of the network and protect against “loop” conditions. The 9E5 31-24 supports a wide variety of indus[...]

1-7 Introductio n Related Manuals The Cabletr on Systems manuals listed below s hould be used to suppleme nt the pr ocedures and technical data c on tained in this manual. SmartSwitc h 9000 Installa tion Guide SmartSwitch 9 000 9C300-1 Envir onmental Module User’ s Guide SmartSwitch 9 000 9C214-1 AC Power Sup ply User ’ s Guide SmartSwitch 9 00[...]

Introductio n 1-8 Getting Help For additional support r elated to this devic e or document, contact Cabletr on Systems using one of the f ollowing methods: Before cal ling Cabletron Systems, have t he following informat ion ready: • Y ou r Cabletron Systems servi ce contract number • A description of the f ailure • A description of any ac tio[...]

2-1 Chapter 2 Installing the Smar tSwitch 9000 Module Unpac king the Modu le 1. Carefully r emove the module fr om the shipping box. (Save the box and packing material s in the event the module must be r eshipped.) 2. Remove the module fr om the plastic bag. Observe all prec autions to prevent damage fr om Electrosta tic Dischar ge (ESD). 3. Carefu[...]

Installi ng the Sma r tSwitc h 9000 Mo dule 2-2 Figure 2-1. User -Accessible Com ponents SMB- 1 PR OM Flash SIMM S ocket 32 MB DRAM i960 Proc essor DIP Swi tch Boot PROM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8[...]

2-3 Installi ng the Sma r tSwitc h 9000 Mo dule An eight-position DIP switch is loc a ted on the module card as shown in Figur e 2-1. The func tion of the switches ar e listed in T able 2-1. See the Cautions at the end of this ta ble. T able 2-1. Function of DIP Switc h Switch Function Description 8 Clear Password 1 When toggled, this switch clears[...]

Installi ng the Sma r tSwitc h 9000 Mo dule 2-4 Using DIP Switch 6 The purpose of DIP switch 6 is to force a Flash download from a BootP serve r thr ou gh the EM-EPIM. The fi rst step in this pr ocess is to config ure the BootP server . Configurations of BootP s ervers can dif fer from pla tform to platform and from one ope r ating system to anothe[...]

2-5 Installi ng the Sma r tSwitc h 9000 Mo dule 3. Grasp the module and slide it into the slot s. Make sure that the module ’s circ uit car d is between the car d guides, as shown in Figure 2-2. Check both the upper and lower tracks of the car d. T ake car e that the module slides in straight and engages the backpla n e connectors properly . 4. L[...]

Installi ng the Sma r tSwitc h 9000 Mo dule 2-6 The Reset Switch The Reset switch is loca ted under the top plastic tab as shown in Figur e 2-3. Use the r eset swit ch to r eset the module’s processor , shutdown (power down) the module, and/or r estart the module. • T o reset the module’s i 960 processor , press the res et switch twice within[...]

3-1 Chapter 3 T echnical Overvie w Smar tSwitch Ar c hitecture The SmartSwitch A r chitecture of th e 9E531-24 m odu le, as shown in Figur e 3-1, is configurable f or one of two modes of operation: traditional IEEE 802.1 switc h ing, or Secur e Fast switching. The module supports only one o f these modes of operation at any one time. When operating[...]

T ec hnical O verview 3-2 Figure 3-1. Bloc k Diagram System Management Buses There are two management cha nnels within the SmartSwitc h 9000 system: th e SMB-1 and the SMB- 10. These buses provide ou t-of-ba n d management and inter -module managemen t communication.[...]

3-3 T ech nical O v e r view SMB-1 Bus The SMB-1 is a 1 Mbps management b us located within the SmartSwitch 9000. This bus is u tilized by all diagn ostic co ntr ollers in the system i ncluding connectivi ty modules, power supply modules and the enviro nmental module. The SMB-1 transports inter -chassis information between syste m components, such [...]

T ec hnical O verview 3-4 INB Inter face Each module attac h es to both INB A and INB B and has two INB ASICs. The INB ASICs use 64-byte E th ernet frames for transmission onto the INBs at 66 MHz. The 9X5XX modules ar e fully compatible with th e the first generati on 9X4XX modules. The first generati on modules communicate only on INB B using a 56[...]

4-1 Chapter 4 LANVIEW LEDs The front panel LA NVIEW LEDs indicate the status of the module and may be used as an aid in tr oubleshooting. Figur e 4-1 shows the LANVIEW LEDs of t h e 9E531-24 modul e. Figure 4-1. The 9E53 1-24 LANVIEW LEDs ETHERNET 9E531-24 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 System Sta tus INB T ransmi t INB Receive Ether net Tr a n s m i t Et[...]

LANVIEW LEDs 4-2 The functions of the two System Status LEDs, System Management Bus (SMB) and the CPU, ar e listed in T able 4-1. The functions of the INB transmi t LED are listed i n T a ble 4-2. The functions of the INB r eceive LED ar e listed in T able 4-3. T able 4-1. System Status (SMB an d CPU) LEDs LED Color State Description Green Function[...]

4-3 LANV I EW LEDs The functions of the Ethernet T ransmit and Ethernet Recei ve LEDs are list e d in T able 4-4 and T able 4-5. T able 4-4. Ethernet T ransmit LEDs Color State Green (Flashing) Activity (Flashing rate indicates rate of activity) Y ell ow (Flashin g) Port in stan dby state Red Port disabled Red (Flashi ng) Collision Off No acti vity[...]

LANVIEW LEDs 4-4[...]

5-1 Chapter 5 Specifications T echnical Specifications CPUs PowerPC Intel i96 0 RISC based micr oproces sor Memor y 8 MB Flash Memory (expandable to 16 MB) 32 MB DRAM (loc al) 4 MB Me mory (Shar ed) Netw ork Interface 24 MT -RJ multimode fiber ports - 10BASE-FL P er f ormance Module Switch Fabric bandwidth 3.3 Gbps Module Throughput 2.2 Mpps Source[...]

Specifi cations 5-2 Regulatory Compliance This equipment meets the following safety and elect romagnetic c ompatibility (EMC ) requiremen t s: Service MTBF (MHB K-217E) >200,000 h rs. MTTR <0.5 hr . Ph ysical Dimensions 35.0 D x 44.0 H x 3.0 W centimeters (13.8 D x 17.4 H x 1.2 W inches) W eight Unit: 4.5 kg ( 10 lb) Shipping: 5.4 kg (12 l b [...]