Chapter 1 Introduction; Checklist; About The Switch - Planet MGSW-004 User Manual

1.1 Checklist

Thank you for purchasing Planet's MGSW-004 Managed Modular Switches. Before
continuing, please check the contents of your package for following parts:
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MGSW-004 Managed Modular Switches
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Power Cord
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RS-232 cable
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CD-ROM
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Rock mounting brackets
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Four Robber foot
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Quick installation Guide
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Rock-mounting bracket
Note: if any of these pieces are missing or damage please contact your dialer
immediately.

1.2 About the Switch

Planet's MGSW-004 is a 4-slot managed modular switch, This switch is designed to provide
your network with Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet connectivity over twisted pair and
Fiber optic cable. MGSW-004 is a high performance switch that provides different optional
modules. The optional modules can be 8-port 10/100Base N-Way Switch Module,
100Base-FX Fiber Module (ST/SC), 1000Base-LX Gigabit Module, 1000Base-SX Gigabit
Module and 1 x 1000Base-T(Gigabit)
In this modular switch, each module has its own entry MAC address table to store source
address, which is 4K for 8-port 10/100 TX and Gigabit module, 12K for 4-port fiber.
MGSW-004 supports up to 9.6Gbp back plane for packet transmission
This modular switch is able to managed through web, telnet and console and SNMP MIBII is
also supported for maximum management functionality. MGSW-004 provides user with
high-speed network connections with a store-and-forward architecture for abnormal packet
filtering. This switch also supports IEEE802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol to maintain a loop-free
network and IGMP to limit the flow of IP multicast traffic. MGSW-004 supports IEEE802.1Q
VLAN up to 4095 groups. This switch also provides port security for improved network
security.
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Chapter 1 Introduction

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