◆ Up to six LACP or static 4-port trunks ◆ Port mirroring for non-intrusive analysis ◆ Layer 2/3/4 CoS support through four priority queues ◆ Full support for VLANs with GVRP ◆ IGMP multicast filtering and snooping ◆ Manageable via console, Web, SNMP/RMON Installation Guide SMC6824M...
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TigerStack III 10/100 Installation Guide From SMC’s Tiger line of feature-rich workgroup LAN solutions 38 Tesla Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (949) 679-8000 April 2003 Pub. # 150200033400A...
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Irvine, CA 92618 All rights reserved. Printed in Taiwan Trademarks: SMC is a registered trademark; and EZ Switch, TigerStack and TigerSwitch are trademarks of SMC Networks, Inc. Other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
All SMC products carry a standard 90-day limited warranty from the date of purchase from SMC or its Authorized Reseller. SMC may, at its own discretion, repair or replace any product not operating as warranted with a similar or functionally equivalent product, during the applicable warranty term.
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RIGHTS, WHICH MAY VARY FROM STATE TO STATE. NOTHING IN THIS WARRANTY SHALL BE TAKEN TO AFFECT YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS. * SMC will provide warranty service for one year following discontinuance from the active SMC price list. Under the limited lifetime warranty, internal and external power supplies, fans, and cables are covered by a standard one-year warranty from date of purchase.
Warnings: 1. Wear an anti-static wrist strap or take other suitable measures to prevent electro- static discharge when handling this equipment. 2. When connecting this switch to a power outlet, connect the field ground lead on the tri-pole power plug to a valid earth ground line to prevent electrical hazards.
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OMPLIANCES EC Conformance Declaration - Class A SMC contact for these products in Europe is: SMC Networks Europe, Edificio Conata II, Calle Fructuós Gelabert 6-8, 2 08970 - Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, Spain. This information technology equipment complies with the requirements of the Council Directive...
Japan VCCI Class A Taiwan BSMI Class A Australia AS/NZS 3548 (1995) - Class A SMC contact for products in Australia is: SMC Communications Pty. Ltd. Suite 18, 12 Tryon Road, Lindfield NSW2070, Phone: 61-2-94160437 Fax: 61-2-94160474 OMPLIANCES...
OMPLIANCES Safety Compliance Warning: Fiber Optic Port Safety CLASS I LASER DEVICE Avertissment: Ports pour fibres optiques - sécurité sur le plan optique DISPOSITIF LASER DE CLASSE I Warnhinweis: Faseroptikanschlüsse - Optische Sicherheit LASERGER ÄT DER KLASSE I Underwriters Laboratories Compliance Statement Important! Before making connections, make sure you have the correct cord set.
Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise (Germany) 1. Bitte lesen Sie diese Hinweise sorgfältig durch. 2. Heben Sie diese Anleitung für den späteren Gebrauch auf. 3. Vor jedem Reinigen ist das Gerät vom Stromnetz zu trennen. Verwenden Sie keine Flüssigoder Aerosolreiniger. Am besten eignet sich ein angefeuchtetes Tuch zur Reinigung. 4.
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ONTENTS Installing the Switch ......3-1 Selecting a Site ..........3-1 Equipment Checklist .
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Troubleshooting ......A-1 Diagnosing Switch Indicators ....... . . A-1 Power and Cooling Problems .
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ABLE OF ONTENTS Ordering Information ......D-1 Glossary Index...
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IGER Overview SMC’s TigerStack III 10/100 (SMC6824M) is a Fast Ethernet switch with 24 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX ports, plus two slots for optional slide-in 100BASE-FX or Gigabit modules. This switch can easily tame your network with full support for Spanning Tree Protocol, Multicast Switching, Virtual LANs, and Layer 2/3/4 CoS services.
100BASE-FX, or 1000BASE-X (GBIC) modules. Cascade connections between switches can be made using these modules. The switch also supports a stacking module that can be installed into slot M2. The stacking module allows up to eight units to be linked together and managed from one unit using one IP address.
SNMP applications. To manage the switch, you can make a direct connection to the RS-232 console port (out-of-band), or you can manage the switch through a network connection (in-band) using Telnet, the on-board Web agent, or Windows-based network management software.
Ports Status LEDs The base unit also includes a display panel for key system and port indications that simplify installation and network troubleshooting. The LEDs, which are located on the front panel for easy viewing, are shown below and described in the following tables. Base Unit Ports 1~24 (Link/Activity)
BOUT THE IGER TACK System Status LEDs Condition Power On Amber Diag On Green Flashing Green On Amber On Amber Link Duplex III 10/100 Figure 1-3. System Status LEDs System Status LEDs Status The unit’s internal power supply is operating normally.
This switch is acting as the master unit in the stack. This switch is acting as a slave unit in the stack. When the user enters the light unit command in the CLI, the unit ID of each switch in the stack will be displayed by port LEDs 1 to 8.
100BASE-FX module is fixed to operate at 100 Mbps full duplex, and supports auto-negotiation for flow control. This module is fitted with an SC connector, but you can attach an ST plug to the switch using the SC-ST Converter (Part Number: 99-012034-091).
ESCRIPTION OF ARDWARE Optional 1000BASE-X GBIC Module (SMC6824GB) 1000BASE-X GBIC Module SMC6824GB Figure 1-7. Single-Port 1000BASE-X GBIC Module This module supports 5 V 1000BASE-SX and 1000BASE-LX GBIC transceivers: 1000BASE-SX GBIC transceivers provide one short-wavelength (850 nm) Gigabit port that can be used for a high-speed backbone or server connection.
Optional Redundant Power Unit An optional Redundant Power Unit (RPU) is available that can supply power to the switch in the event of failure of the internal power supply. Power Supply Receptacle The power receptacle is located on the rear panel of the switch. The standard power receptacle is for the AC power cord.The receptacle labeled...
Features and Benefits Connectivity ◆ 24 dual-speed ports for 10 or 100 Mbps Ethernet connections ◆ Auto-negotiation enables each RJ-45 port to automatically select the optimum communication mode (half or full duplex) for the attached device ◆ Independent RJ-45 ports with support for automatic MDI/MDI-X ◆...
For Ethernet, there may be up to four hubs between any pair of stations; for Fast Ethernet, the maximum is two. This is known as the hop count. However, a switch turns the hop count back to zero. So subdividing the network into smaller and more manageable segments, and linking them to the larger network by means of a switch, removes this limitation.
Ethernet hub or switch, or link to another workgroup using a Gigabit connection. In the figure below, the switch is operating as a collapsed backbone for a small LAN. It is providing dedicated 20 Mbps full-duplex connections to workstations and 200 Mbps full-duplex connections to power users and servers.
Central Wiring Closet With 26 parallel bridging ports (i.e., 26 distinct collision domains), this switch can collapse a complex network down into a single efficient bridged node, increasing overall bandwidth and throughput. In the figure below, the 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX ports on the switch are providing 100 Mbps connectivity for up to 24 segments.
VLAN group it belongs to. When using port-based VLANs, ports can either be assigned to one specific group or to all groups. Port-based VLANs are suitable for small networks. A single switch can be easily configured to support several VLAN groups for various organizational entities (such as Finance and Marketing).
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, or Gigabit Ethernet. However, note that because switches break up the path for connected devices into separate collision domains, you should not include the switch or connected cabling in your calculations for cascade length involving other devices.
1. Full-duplex operation only applies to point-to-point access (such as when a switch is attached to a workstation, server or another switch). When the switch is connected to a hub, both devices must operate in half-duplex mode. 2. Avoid using flow control on a port connected to a hub unless it is actually required to solve a problem.
NSTALLING THE Selecting a Site TigerStack III 10/100 units can be mounted in a standard 19-inch equipment rack or on a flat surface. Be sure to follow the guidelines below when choosing a location. ◆ The site should: • be at the center of all the devices you want to link and near a power outlet.
◆ RS-232 console cable ◆ This Installation Guide ◆ Management Guide ◆ SMC Warranty Registration Card—be sure to complete and return to Optional Rack-Mounting Equipment If you plan to rack-mount the switch, be sure to have the following equipment available: ◆...
"Installing an Optional Module into the Switch" on page 3-4.. Rack Mounting Before rack mounting the switch, pay particular attention to the following factors: ◆ Temperature: Since the temperature within a rack assembly may be...
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Figure 3-2. Installing the Switch in a Rack 3. If installing a single switch only, turn to “Connecting to a Power Source” at the end of this chapter. 4. If installing multiple switches, mount them in the rack, one below the other, in any order.
2. Set the device on a flat surface near an AC power source, making sure there are at least two inches of space on all sides for proper air flow. 3. If installing a single switch only, go to “Connecting to a Power Source” at the end of this chapter.
3. Before opening the package that contains the module, touch the bag to the switch casing to discharge any potential static electricity. Also, it is recommended to use an ESD wrist strap during installation. 4. Remove the module from the anti-static shielded bag.
2. Press in on the transceiver’s side tabs, and gently slide it into the GBIC interface slot until it clicks into place. Caution: GBIC transceivers are hot-swappable. You do not need to power off the switch before installing or removing a transceiver. Note: Install only 5 V GBIC transceivers into the module slots.
Select the Master unit in the stack by pressing the push button in on only one of the stacking modules. Only one switch in the stack can operate as the Master, all other units operate in slave mode. If more than one switch in the stack is selected as Master, or if no switches are selected, the stack will not function.
Note: The stacking feature requires that all stacking module ports be connected and the switches powered on. If one stack link is not connected, or if a switch is powered off, the stack will not function. Connecting to a Power Source To connect a device to a power source: 1.
Network card ports in PCs and servers do not contain an internal wiring crossover, these are known as straight-through (MDI) ports. Therefore, most switch and hub ports implement a built-in crossover - known as fixed crossover (MDI-X) ports - so that they can be connected to PCs and servers using standard straight-through cable.
MDI-X ports, the wiring crossover must be implemented in the cable - known as a crossover cable. The RJ-45 ports on the switch base unit support automatic MDI/MDI-X operation, which means that they automatically detect the wiring in the link and configure as MDI or MDI-X accordingly.
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2. If the device is a PC card and the switch is in the wiring closet, attach the other end of the cable segment to a modular wall outlet that is connected to the wiring closet (see “Wiring Closet Connections” on the next page).
1. Attach one end of a patch cable to an available port on the switch, and the other end to the patch panel. 2. If not already in place, attach one end of a cable segment to the back of the patch panel where the punch-down block is located, and the other end to a modular wall outlet.
SC connector at both ends. If you need to connect to a device with 62.5/125 micron cable that has ST-type connectors, SMC provides an optional SC-ST Converter (Part Number: 99-012034-091). Each single-mode fiber port requires 9/125 micron single-mode fiber optic cable with an SC connector at both ends.
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AKING ETWORK 3. Connect one end of the cable to the SC port on the switch and the other end to the SC port on the other device. Since SC connectors are keyed, the cable can be attached in only one orientation.
Troubleshooting Chart Action • Internal power supply has failed or is disconnected. • Check connections between the switch, the power cord, the wall outlet.Contact SMC Technical Support. • Internal power supply has failed. • Contact your local dealer for assistance. •...
Then verify that you entered the correct IP address. Also, be sure the port through which you are connecting to the switch has not been disabled. If it has not been disabled, then check the network cabling that runs between your remote location and the switch.
Fiber Diameter 62.5/125 micron 50/125 micron MMF Note: If you need to connect to a device with 62.5/125 micron cable that has ST-type connectors, SMC provides an optional SC-ST Converter (Part Number: 99-012034-091). Cable Types and Specifications Type Cat. 3, 4, 5 100-ohm UTP...
ABLES Twisted-Pair Cable and Pin Assignments Caution: DO NOT plug a phone jack connector into any RJ-45 port. Use only twisted-pair cables with RJ-45 connectors that conform with FCC standards. For 100BASE-TX/10BASE-T connections, a twisted-pair cable must have two pairs of wires. Each wire pair is identified by two different colors. For example, one wire might be red and the other, red with white stripes.
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1, 2, 3, and 6, at one end of the cable, are connected straight through to pins 1, 2, 3, and 6 at the other end of the cable. When using any RJ-45 port on this switch, you can use either straight-through or crossover cable. MDI-X Assignment...
"X" (MDI-X) or neither port is labeled with an "X" (MDI), a crossover must be implemented in the wiring. (When auto-negotiation is enabled for any RJ-45 port on this switch, you can use either straight-through or crossover cable to connect to any device type).
1000BASE-T Pin Assignments 1000BASE-T ports switch support automatic MDI/MDI-X operation, so you can use straight-through cables for all network connections to PCs or servers, or to other switches or hubs. The table below shows the 1000BASE-T MDI and MDI-X port pinouts.
ABLES 1000BASE-T Cable Requirements All Category 5 UTP cables that are used for 100BASE-TX connections should also work for 1000BASE-T, providing that all four wire pairs are connected. However, it is recommended that for all critical connections, or any new cable installations, Category 5e (enhanced Category 5) or 6 cable should be used.
Console Port Pin Assignments The DB-9 serial port on the switch’s front panel is used to connect to the switch for out-of-band console configuration. The on-board menu-driven configuration program can be accessed from a terminal or a PC running a terminal emulation program.
ABLES Console Port to 25-Pin DTE Port on PC Switch’s 9-Pin Serial Port 2 RXD 3 TXD 5 SGND No other pins are used. Null Modem <---------TXD ------------ -----------RXD ----------> -----------SGND ---------- PC’s 25-Pin DTE Port 2 TXD 3 RXD...
Internal, auto-ranging transformer: 100 to 240 VAC, 47 to 63 Hz Power Consumption 60 Watts maximum Heat Dissipation 205 BTU/hr maximum Maximum Current 3.0 A @ 110 VAC 2.0 A @ 240 VAC Switch Features Spanning Tree Protocol Forwarding Mode Store-and-forward Throughput Wire speed ° °...
ANAGEMENT EATURES Flow Control Full Duplex: IEEE 802.3x Half Duplex: Back pressure Broadcast Storm Suppression Traffic throttled above a critical threshold VLAN Support Up to 255 groups; port-based or with 802.1Q VLAN tagging, GVRP for automatic VLAN learning, private VLANs Multicast Switching IGMP Snooping Quality of Service...
RDERING TigerStack III 10/100 Products and Accessories Product Number Description SMC6824M 24-port Fast Ethernet switch with two media expansion slots SMC6824GT Gigabit module with one 10/100/1000BASE-T port (RJ-45 connector) SMC6824FSSC Extender module with one 100BASE-FX single-mode fiber port (SC-type connector)
10BASE-T IEEE 802.3 specification for 10 Mbps Ethernet over two pairs of Category 3, 4, or 5 UTP cable. 100BASE-TX IEEE 802.3u specification for 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet over two pairs of Category 5 UTP cable. 100BASE-FX IEEE 802.3u specification for 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet over two strands of 50/125 or 62.5/125 micron core fiber cable.
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Bandwidth The difference between the highest and lowest frequencies available for network signals. Also synonymous with wire speed, the actual speed of the data transmission along the cable. Class I Repeater Fast Ethernet repeater that is principally used to connect different physical signaling systems (e.g., 100BASE-TX, 100BASE-FX) and that has an internal delay such that only one repeater of this type can reside within a single collision domain when maximum cable lengths are used.
Device that provides a full 100 Mbps bandwidth (or either 10 or 100 Mbps bandwidth with Auto-Negotiation) to each port (LAN segment). Full Duplex Transmission method that allows switch and network card to transmit and receive concurrently, effectively doubling the bandwidth of that link. Gigabit Ethernet A 1000 Mbps network communication system based on Ethernet and the CSMA/CD access method.
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IEEE 802.3ab Defines CSMA/CD access method and physical layer specifications for 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet. IEEE 802.3u Defines CSMA/CD access method and physical layer specifications for 100BASE-TX and 100BASE-FX Fast Ethernet. IEEE 802.3x Defines Ethernet frame start/stop requests and timers used for flow control on full-duplex links.
Media Access Control (MAC) A portion of the networking protocol that governs access to the transmission medium, facilitating the exchange of data between network nodes. An acronym for Management Information Base. It is a set of database objects that contains information about the device. Media Independent Interface, the standard interface for Fast Ethernet—similar to the AUI interface for traditional Ethernet.
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