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Preface The H3C WX3010E Wireless Switch Installation Guide describes preparing for installation, installing the switch, starting and configuring the switch, troubleshooting, and software maintenance of the WX3010E wireless switch. This preface includes: Audience • Conventions • Documentation feedback • Audience...
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Convention Description An alert that contains additional or supplementary information. NOTE Documentation feedback You can e-mail your comments about product documentation to info@h3c.com. We appreciate your comments.
Contents Product overview ······························································································ 1 Technical specifications ··················································································· 1 Front panel ········································································································ 2 Rear panel ········································································································ 2 Preparing for installation ·················································································· 3 Safety recommendations ················································································· 3 Safety symbols ························································································· 3 General safety recommendations ·························································· 3 Electrical safety ························································································ 4 Laser safety ······························································································ 5 Examining the installation site ········································································...
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Connecting the AC power cord ··································································· 26 Verifying the installation ················································································ 28 Logging in to the wireless switch ·································································· 29 Login methods ································································································ 29 Logging in through the console port ···························································· 29 Setting up the configuration environment ··········································· 29 Setting terminal parameters ································································· 30 Powering on the wireless switch ···································································...
Product overview Technical specifications Table 1 Technical specifications Item Specification 43.6 × 440 × 270 mm (1.72 × 17.32 × Dimensions (H × W × D) 10.63 in) Weight 4.0 kg (8.82 lb) Rate voltage range 100 VAC to 240 VAC, 50 Hz or 60 Hz Maximum voltage range 90 VAC to 264 VAC, 47 Hz to 63 Hz System power consumption...
Front panel The H3C WX3010E wireless switch provides eight 10/100/1000Base-T autosensing Ethernet ports, two 1000Base-X SFP ports, two USB ports, and one console port on the front panel. Figure 1 Front view (1) 10/100/1000Base-T autosensing Ethernet port LEDs (2) 1000Base-X SFP port LEDs...
Preparing for installation Safety recommendations Safety symbols When reading this document, note the following symbols: WARNING means an alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed can result in personal injury. CAUTION means an alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed can result in data loss, data corruption, or damage to hardware or software.
To prevent condensation, unpack the wireless switch at least half an hour • and power on the wireless switch at least two hours after you move the switch from a place below 0°C (32°F) to the equipment room. Stack devices according to the sizes of and packing symbols on the •...
Laser safety The H3C WX3010E wireless switches are Class 1 laser devices. WARNING! Do not stare into any fiber port when the wireless switch has power. The laser light emitted from the optical fiber may hurt your eyes. Before you disconnect the fiber connector, execute the shutdown •...
High temperature can accelerate the aging of insulation materials and • significantly lower the reliability and lifespan of the wireless switch. For the temperature and humidity requirements of the wireless switch, Table Table 3 Temperature/humidity requirements Temperature Relative humidity 0°C to 45°C (32°F to 113°F) 5% to 95%, noncondensing Cleanness Dust buildup on the chassis may result in electrostatic adsorption, which...
Cooling system The WX3010E wireless switch adopts left to right airflow for heat dissipation. To guarantee the performance of this cooling system, you must consider the ventilation design for the installation site. Figure 3 Airflow through the WX3010E chassis Ensure an adequate clearance around the air intake vents and exhaust •...
Lock the wrist strap tight around your wrist to keep good contact with the skin. Secure the wrist strap lock and the alligator clip lock together. Attach the alligator clip to the rack. Make sure that the rack is well grounded. Figure 4 Attaching an ESD-preventive wrist strap (1) ESD-preventive wrist strap (2) Lock...
Keep the wireless switch far away from high-power radio launchers, • radars, and equipment with high frequency or high current. NOTE: Use electromagnetic shielding when necessary. Lightning protection To protect the wireless switch from lightning better, do as follows: Make sure the grounding cable of the chassis is well grounded. •...
Accessories Grounding M6 screw (user Cage nut (user M4 screw cable supplied) supplied) Front mounting Rubber feet Bail latch Console cable bracket Checklist before installation Table 6 Checklist before installation Item Requirements Result • There is a minimum clearance of 10 cm (3.9 in) around the inlet and exhaust vents for heat dissipation of the wireless Ventilation...
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Item Requirements Result • The equipment and rack are well grounded. • The equipment room is dust-proof. • The humidity and temperature are at a proper level. • Wear an ESD-preventive wrist strap and make sure the wrist strap makes good skin contact and is well grounded when prevention installing FRUs.
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Item Requirements Result • Install the wireless switch in an open rack if possible. If you install the wireless switch in a closed cabinet, make sure that the cabinet is equipped with a good ventilation system. • The rack is sturdy enough to support the Rack-mounti weight of the wireless switch and installation accessories.
Keep the tamper-proof seal on a mounting screw on the chassis cover intact, and if you want to open the chassis, contact the local agent of H3C for permission. Otherwise, H3C shall not be liable for any consequence caused thereby.
Mounting the wireless switch on a workbench If a standard 19-inch rack is not available, you can place a WX3010E wireless switch on a clean, flat workbench, as follows: Check that the workbench is sturdy and well grounded. Attach the four rubber feet to the recessed areas on the chassis bottom.
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Place the wireless switch with upside up on the workbench. IMPORTANT: Ensure good ventilation and 10 cm (3.9 in) of clearance • around the chassis for heat dissipation. Avoid placing heavy objects on the wireless switch. • Keep at least a vertical distance of 1.5 cm (0.59 in) between •...
Installing the wireless switch in a 19-inch rack CAUTION: Ensure a clearance of 1U (44.45 mm, or 1.75 in) between • equipment for heat dissipation. Wear an ESD-preventive wrist strap and make sure the wrist • strap makes good skin contact and is well grounded before you install the wireless switch to the rack.
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Figure 8 Attaching mounting brackets to the wireless switch Supporting the bottom of the wireless switch with one hand, horizontally push the wireless switch into the rack until the brackets meet the posts on both sides of the rack. Figure 9 Installing the wireless switch to the rack Keeping the brackets flush against the posts, align the holes in the brackets with the cage nuts on the rack.
Figure 10 Attaching the wireless switch to the rack Grounding the wireless switch WARNING! Correctly connecting the wireless switch grounding cable is • crucial to lightning protection and EMI protection. Do not connect the wireless switch grounding cable to a fire •...
Grounding the wireless switch with the grounding terminal on the chassis (recommended) To connect the grounding cable: Remove the grounding screw from the rear panel of the wireless switch chassis. Attach the grounding screw to the ring terminal of the grounding cable. Use a Phillips screwdriver to fasten the grounding screw into the grounding screw hole.
Grounding the wireless switch with a grounding conductor buried in the earth ground If earth ground is available at the installation site, hammer a 0.5 m (1.64 ft) or longer angle iron or steel tube into the earth ground to serve as a grounding conductor.
(3) AC transformer (4) Grounding Installing a lightning protector for a network port (optional) NOTE: H3C recommends that you install lightning protector for • 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 copper Ethernet ports. Read the instructions for the lightning protector carefully • before you install it.
Use a double-faced adhesive tape to stick the lightning protector onto the wireless switch chassis, and make sure it is as close to the grounding screw of the wireless switch as possible. Measure the distance between the protector and the grounding screw of the wireless switch, cut the ground wire of the protector as appropriate, and securely tighten the ground wire to the grounding screw of the wireless switch.
LED Steady yellow Mbps. (yellow/green) The port is sending or receiving Flashing yellow data at 10/100 Mbps. No link is present. Connecting a fiber port GE SFP transceiver module The WX3010E wireless switch supports only GE SFP transceiver modules.
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NOTE: No transceiver module is shipped with the wireless switch. H3C transceiver modules are recommended. Figure 15 Transceiver module appearance Table 8 Fiber port LED description Item SFP-GE-SX-MM850-A SFP-GE-LX-SM1310-A Central wavelength 850 nm 1310 nm Transmission 550 m (1804.46 ft) 10 km (6.21 miles)
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Installing a transceiver module WARNING! When connecting an optical fiber, follow these guidelines: Never bend or curve a fiber when connecting it. After a fiber • is installed well, the bend radius must be not less than 10 cm (3.94 in). Keep the fiber end clean.
Figure 16 Connecting an optical fiber After powering on the wireless switch, check the SFP port status LED. Table 9 Fiber port LED description Status Description Steady green The port is operating at 1000 Mbps. 1000Base-X The port is sending or receiving data SFP port LED Flashing green at 1000 Mbps.
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To connect the AC power cord: Make sure the grounding cable is well grounded. Attach the hooks of the bail latch into the holes on the two sides of the AC-input power receptacle, and pull the bail latch upwards. Connect one end of the AC power cord to the AC-input power receptacle on the wireless switch.
Verifying the installation After installation, check that: All screws are fastened. • The grounding cable and power cord are securely connected. • The correct power source is used. • All the interface cables are cabled indoors. If any cable is routed •...
Logging in to the wireless switch Login methods Logging in through the console port • Logging in through Telnet • Logging in through the web interface • Logging in through the console port To log in through the console port, prepare an 8-core shielded console cable (with a crimped RJ-45 connector at one end and a DB-9 female connector at the other end) and a console terminal (such as a laptop or a PC).
Figure 18 Connecting the console cable Setting terminal parameters To set terminal parameters, for example, on a Windows XP HyperTerminal: Select Start > All Programs > Accessories > Communications > HyperTerminal. The Connection Description dialog box appears. Enter a name for the new connection in the Name field and click OK.
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Figure 19 Connection description Select the serial port to be used from the Connect using list, and click OK.
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Figure 20 Setting the serial port used by the HyperTerminal connection Set Bits per second to 9600, Data bits to 8, Parity to None, Stop bits to 1, and Flow control to None, and click OK.
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Figure 21 Setting the serial port parameters NOTE: To restore the default settings, click Restore Defaults.
Figure 22 HyperTerminal window Powering on the wireless switch Checking before power-on Before powering on the wireless switch, verify the following items: The power cord and grounding cable are properly connected. • The input power voltage is as required. • The console cable is properly connected, the terminal or PC used for •...
Booting Normal Extend BootWare. Extend BootWare self-decompressing....Done! ****************************************************** H3C WX3010E BootWare, Version 0.07 ****************************************************** Copyright (c) 2004-2011 Hangzhou H3C Technologies Co., Ltd. Compiled Date : Dec 26 2011 CPU Type : XLS208 CPU L1 Cache : 32KB CPU Clock Speed...
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Memory Speed : 533MHz BootWare Size : 512KB Flash Size : 16MB cfa0 Size : 999MB CPLD Version : 001 PCB Version : Ver.A BootWare Validating... Press Ctrl+B to enter extended boot menu... Press Ctrl + B at the prompt within four seconds to access the Boot menu. Otherwise, the system enters the system image file reading and self-compressing process.
Logging in through Telnet You can use the following default settings to log in to the web interface through HTTP: Username—admin • Password—admin • address VLAN-interface wireless • switch—192.168.0.100/24. If you do not want to use the default login information, you can also log in to the wireless switch by following these steps: Log in to the wireless switch through the console port, enable the Telnet function, and set user privileges.
Hardware management and maintenance NOTE: The CLI and outputs depend on the wireless switch model. Logging in to the switching engine by using OAP You can log in to the operating system of the switching engine from the access controller engine side, and then the command line interface is switched from the access controller engine to the switching engine, where you can manage the system and application software of the switching engine.
Comware Software, Version 5.20, Release 3308P02 Copyright (c) 2004-2012 Hangzhou H3C Tech. Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. H3C WX3010E-LSW uptime is 0 week, 0 day, 0 hour, 29 minutes H3C WX3010E-LSW 128M bytes DRAM bytes Nor Flash Memory Config Register points to Nor Flash Hardware Version is VER.A...
Omitted Displaying detailed information about the wireless switch Use the display device verbose command to display detailed information about the wireless switch. On the access controller engine • <H3C>display device verbose Slot No Board Type Status Max Ports WX3010ELSW Normal...
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Normal—The access controller engine in the slot is operating properly. Maximum number of interfaces that the access controller Max Ports engine supports On the switching engine • <H3C>display device verbose Slot 1 SubSNo PortNum PCBVer FPGAVer CPLDVer BootRomVer AddrLM Type State Ver.A NULL 0.07...
An electronic label is a profile of a wireless switch and contains the permanent configuration including the serial number, manufacturing date, MAC address, and vendor name. On the access controller engine • <H3C>display device manuinfo Slot 1: Subslot 0 DEVICE_NAME : WX3010E-PoEP...
MANUFACTURING_DATE : 2008-10-30 VENDOR_NAME : H3C Table 14 Command output Field Description DEVICE_NAME Wireless switch model DEVICE_SERIAL_NUMBER Serial number of the wireless switch MAC_ADDRESS MAC address of the wireless switch MANUFACTURING_DATE Manufacturing data of the wireless switch VENDOR_NAME Vendor name...
Displaying the memory usage of the wireless switch Use the display memory command to display the memory usage statistics for the wireless switch. <H3C>display memory System Total Memory(bytes): 214811120 Total Used Memory(bytes): 54536080 Used Rate: 25% Table 16 Command output...
• Fault—The fan has failed. Displaying the operating state of a power module Use the display power command to display the operating state of a power module. <H3C>display power Power 1 State: Normal Table 18 Command output Field Description Power...
Displaying the exception handling method Use the display system-failure command to display the exception handling method. <H3C> display system-failure System failure handling method: reboot Rebooting the wireless switch When upgrading and maintaining the system software image file, or configuration file for the wireless switch, you must reboot the wireless switch.
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Task Command Remarks Required Reboot the wireless reboot switch immediately. Available in user view To schedule a reboot for the wireless switch: Task Command Remarks • Schedule a reboot to occur at a specific time Use either command. and date: schedule reboot at The scheduled reboot hh:mm [ date ]...
• The power cord is in good condition. • NOTE: If the problem persists, contact the H3C technical support for help. Configuration terminal problems If the configuration environment setup is correct, the configuration terminal displays booting information when the wireless switch is powered on.
<H3C>system-view [H3C]user-interface console 0 [H3C-ui-console0]authentication-mode password [H3C-ui-console0]set authentication password simple 123456 When you set the password by using the set authentication password { cipher | simple } password command, follow these guidelines. If the cipher keyword is specified, the password is stored in cipher text.
To restore the original configuration, use the display saved-configuration command to display the configuration, and then copy and execute the configuration. Save the new configuration. <H3C> save NOTE: After you modify the login password, use the save command •...
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When you use FTP to load software, you have input an incorrect IP • address, software name, username, or password. If software loading has failed even if the physical connections are in good condition and the software loading process does not have any input errors, contact the local sales agent.
Appendix A Cables Console cable A console cable is an 8-core shielded cable, with a crimped RJ-45 connector at one end for connecting to the console port of the switch, and a DB-9 female connector at the other end for connecting to the serial port on the console terminal.
Ethernet twisted pair cable Introduction An Ethernet twisted pair cable consists of four pairs of insulated copper wires twisted together. Every wire uses a different color, and has a diameter of about 1 mm (0.04 in). A pair of twisted copper cables can cancel the electromagnetic radiation of each other, and reduce interference of external sources.
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Figure 2 RJ-45 connector pinout PIN #8 PIN #1 NOTE: The RJ-45 Ethernet ports of the H3C WX3010E wireless switch use category 5 or higher Ethernet twisted pair cables for connection. EIA/TIA cabling specifications define two standards, 568A and 568B, for cable pinouts.
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Crossover—The pinouts are T568B compliant at one end and T568A • compliant at the other end, as shown in Figure Figure 3 Straight-through cable...
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Figure 4 Crossover cable Select an Ethernet twisted pair cable according to the RJ-45 Ethernet port type on your device. An RJ-45 Ethernet port can be MDI (for routers and PCs) or MDIX (for switches). Table 3 Table 4 show their pinouts. Table 3 RJ-45 MDI port pinouts 10Base-T/100Base-TX 1000Base-T...
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10Base-T/100Base-TX 1000Base-T Signal Function Signal Function Receives BIDB- Bi-directional data cable B- data Reserved BIDD+ Bi-directional data cable D+ Reserved BIDD- Bi-directional data cable D- Table 4 RJ-45 MDIX port pinouts 10Base-T/100Base-TX 1000Base-T Signal Function Signal Function Receives BIDB+ Bi-directional data cable B+ data Receives BIDB-...
If an RJ-45 Ethernet port is enabled with MDI/MDIX autosensing, it can automatically negotiate pin roles. NOTE: The RJ-45 Ethernet ports on the WX3010E wireless switch support MDI/MDIX autosensing. Making an Ethernet twisted pair cable To make an Ethernet twisted pair cable: Cut the cable to a proper length with the crimping pliers.
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Table 5 Characteristics of single mode and multi-mode optical fibers Item Single mode fiber Multi-mode fiber Larger core than single mode Small core (10 micrometers Core fiber (50 micrometers, 62.5 or less) micrometers or greater) Allows greater dispersion and Dispersion Less dispersion therefore, signal loss exists.
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Before connecting an optical fiber, make sure that the • connector and cable type match the hot swappable interface module. The fiber Ethernet port of the WX3010E wireless switch • supports only the LC connector. Fiber connectors are fitted with dust caps. Keep the dust caps •...
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Contents Appendix B PoE power supply ········································································ 1 PoE power supply ···························································································· 1...
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Appendix B PoE power supply PoE power supply The wireless switch supports Power over Ethernet (PoE), which can use twisted pairs to provide –48 VDC power for the powered devices (PDs), such as IP phones, WLAN APs, security devices, and Bluetooth APs, attached to the wireless switch.
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