Allied Telesis 950 Series Installation Manual page 6

Contents
Designating Ports in the Command Line Interface ............................................................................................................. 49
Software and Hardware Releases ...................................................................................................................................... 51
Chapter 2: Beginning the Installation ............................................................................................................................ 53
Reviewing Safety Precautions ............................................................................................................................................ 54
Installation Options ............................................................................................................................................................. 59
Choosing a Site for the Chassis.......................................................................................................................................... 60
Unpacking the Switch ......................................................................................................................................................... 61
Verifying the Accessory Kit ................................................................................................................................................. 65
Unpacking the AT-PWR600 AC Power Supply................................................................................................................... 67
Chapter 3: Installing Power Supplies and Optional XEM2 Line Card ......................................................................... 71
Installing AT-PWR600 AC Power Supplies......................................................................................................................... 72
Installing an Optional XEM2 Ethernet Line Card ................................................................................................................ 76
Chapter 4: Installing the Switch on a Table ................................................................................................................... 81
Chapter 5: Installing the Switch in an Equipment Rack ............................................................................................... 85
Beginning the Installation.................................................................................................................................................... 86
Required Items ............................................................................................................................................................ 86
Switch Orientations in the Equipment Rack................................................................................................................. 86
Removing the Bumper Feet ................................................................................................................................................ 88
Installing the Switch ............................................................................................................................................................ 89
Chapter 6: Installing the Switch on a Wall ..................................................................................................................... 93
Switch Orientations on a Wall ............................................................................................................................................. 94
Recommended Minimum Wall Area Dimensions................................................................................................................ 95
Plywood Base for a Wall with Wooden Studs ..................................................................................................................... 97
Installation Guidelines......................................................................................................................................................... 99
Tools and Material ....................................................................................................................................................... 99
Installing the Plywood Base .............................................................................................................................................. 101
Installing the Switch on the Plywood Base ....................................................................................................................... 102
Installing the Switch on a Concrete Wall........................................................................................................................... 105
Chapter 7: Verifying and Configuring the Switch ....................................................................................................... 109
Powering On the Switch.................................................................................................................................................... 110
Starting a Local Management Session ............................................................................................................................. 113
Verifying the Switch with AlliedWare Plus Commands ..................................................................................................... 115
Disabling VCStack ............................................................................................................................................................ 116
Configuring Ports 25 to 37 ................................................................................................................................................ 119
Saving Your Changes and Rebooting the Switch ............................................................................................................. 121
Chapter 8: Cabling the Networking Ports .................................................................................................................... 123
Cabling Twisted Pair Ports................................................................................................................................................ 124
Guidelines to Handling Twisted Pair or Fiber Optic Transceivers..................................................................................... 125
Installing Transceivers ...................................................................................................................................................... 126
Installing Direct Attach Cables .......................................................................................................................................... 132
Chapter 9: Replacing Modules ..................................................................................................................................... 135
Replacing XEM2 Ethernet Line Cards .............................................................................................................................. 136
Replacing AT-PWR600 AC Power Supplies..................................................................................................................... 141
Replacing FAN05 Modules ............................................................................................................................................... 146
Removing Fan Modules............................................................................................................................................. 146
Installing Fan Modules............................................................................................................................................... 148
Chapter 10: Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................................ 151
Appendix A: Technical Specifications ......................................................................................................................... 157
Physical Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................... 158
Environmental Specifications............................................................................................................................................ 160
Power Specifications......................................................................................................................................................... 161
Certifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 164
RJ-45 Twisted Pair Port Pinouts on AT-XEM2-12XT and AT-XEM2-12XTm Cards......................................................... 165
RJ-45 Style Serial Console Port Pinouts .......................................................................................................................... 166
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