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Network interfaces
Port regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Built-in mounting brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Layer 3 routing protocol table sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 3. Installing the Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Summary of installation tasks
Unpacking a system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installation precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
General precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Power precautions and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Preparing the installation site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing a chassis in a rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing mounting brackets on the B16S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Removing the slot panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing the management and interface modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Attaching a management station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Attaching a PC or terminal to the console port or 10/100/1000 copper port . . . 37
Attaching a switch to an Ethernet port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Powering on the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Connecting AC power to the chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Verifying proper operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Observing the LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Displaying the module status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Chapter 4. Connecting Network Devices and Checking Connectivity
Assigning permanent passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Configuring IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
IPv4 devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
IPv6 devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Connecting network devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cable specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Connecting to Ethernet or fast Ethernet hubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Connecting to workstations, servers, or routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Connecting a network device to a fiber port on the device . . . . . . . . . 52
Automatic MDI/MDIX detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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Ethernet Switch s-series Installation and User Guide
Support for 100Base-FX on the 100/1000 interface module
2-port 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
LEDs for 2-port 10-Gigabit Ethernet module . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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About replacement power supplies
Power supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
About redundant power supplies and power supply failure . . . . . . . . 23
What happens when one or more system power supplies fail . . . . . . 23
What happens when one or more POE power supplies fail. . . . . . . 23
Cabling infrastructure
Installation location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Removing extra shipment screws (B08S only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
IPv4 devices running layer 3 software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
IPv4 devices running layer 2 software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
IPv6 devices running Layer 3 software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
IPv6 devices running Layer 2 software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installing a fiber optic module
Cabling a fiber optic module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cleaning fiber optic modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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