16-slot managed media converter chassis (68 pages)
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Copyright PLANET Technology Corp. 2002. Contents subject to revision without prior notice. PLANET is a registered trademark of PLANET Technology Corp. The information in this manual is subject to change without notice. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Briefing Features Chapter 2 UNPACKING AND INSTALL Unpacking Installation Deciding How to Install the System Chapter 3 IDENTIFYING FRONT PANEL Front Panel LED Indicators Chapter 4 CONFIGURING THE SYSTEM Configure Through Terminal Emulator/TELNET Program Management through Web browser Chapter 5 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS...
PLANET Smart Fast / Gigabit Ethernet Converter in one chassis. With the independent power supply on each slot of the WMC-1600R series, you can freely install or remove the converters without interrupting the rest of the networks. Moreover, it’s very flexible that each bay of the media converter chassis can be deployed with PLANET’s smart media...
This chapter provides unpacking and setup information for the Media Converter Chassis. 2.1 Unpacking Open the box of the WMC-1600R and carefully unpack it. The box should contain the following items: One Intelligent Media Converter Chassis with one power supply installed •...
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2.3.1 Mounted to 19-inch standard rack Use the rack-mount brackets and screws to install the chassis into any EIA 19" standard rack. Step 1: Attach the brackets to each side of the chassis. Apply four screws to each side and secure them tightly. Step 2: Carefully position the chassis into the rack.
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Step 3: Carefully slide in the module and fasten the hand screw clockwise by using hand or screwdriver until it is fully and firmly fitted into the slot of the chassis. Insert media converter module into an available slot and fasten the hand screw clockwise by using hand or screwdriver.
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2.3.4 Installing and Removing the Power Supply To remove a power supply out the chassis, you have to loose the hand screw counter clockwise and pull out the power supply from the chassis. To install a power supply to the chassis, you have to fasten the hand screw clockwise and slide in the power supply to the chassis.
Chapter 3 IDENTIFYING FRONT PANEL This section identifies all the major components of the front panel. The front panel is shown, followed by a description of each panel feature. The indicator panel is described in detail in the next chapter. 3.1 Front Panel The figure below shows the front panels of the Management Module.
4.1 Configure Through Terminal Emulator/TELNET Program 4.1.1 Console and Terminal Emulator program setting The WMC-1600R can be accessible using a terminal or terminal emulator attached to the RS-232 serial port. 1.Locate correct DB9 serial port cable with female DB9 connector.
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4.1.3 Management Setting Through Terminal Emulator There are three items in the Main Menu, System Function, Configuration and SNMP Configuration. 4.1.3.1 System Function There are three items in System Function menu, “Software Reboot, Factory Reset, and Image Update. 4.1.3.1.1 Software Reboot After configuring, it needs to reboot the software setting in order to run the device properly.
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There are four items in the Configuration menu, “General Configuration, System Configuration, Media Converter Chassis and Media Converters. 4.1.3.2.1 General Configuration Hardware revision: noted the version of the hardware. BIOS revision: noted the version of the BIOS. Firmware revision: noted the version of the firmware. Change Password: the changing of the admit password.
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4.1.3.2.3 Media Converter Chassis The screen will show out the power status of the WMC-1600R. V stands for “yes” and X stands for “No”. Plug in: indicates if Power 1 or 2 was plugged in or not. Power Fail: indicates if the Power 1 or 2 is fail or not.
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Device LLCF: Link Loss Carry Forward, “on” or “off”. Enable: to enable the link of the Device, “on” or “off”. Media 1 LLR: Link Loss Return, “on” or “off”. Auto: “A” for Auto-Negotiation or “F” for “forced Mode”. Speed: to select the speed of the copper port, “10M”, “100M” or “1G”. Dup: Duplex mode, “F”...
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4.1.3.3 SNMP Configuration Get Community Name: to get the device community name (default = public). Set Community Name: to set the device community name (default = private). Trap Community Name: to authorize the device trap community name (default = public). Trap Host IP Address: to set the trap host IP address (same as monitoring station IP address).
4.2 Management through Web browser The WMC-1600R is accessible using a Web browser (IE explorer, Netscape Communications, etc.) to open up the chassis monitoring system. The default IP Address for the chassis system is “192.168.1.1”, and the default Login name and password is both “root”.
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There are five items in Configuration menu, General Configuration, System Configuration, SNMP Configuration, Location Setting and Redundant Backup Setting. 4.2.2.1 General Configuration Hardware revision: noted the version of the WMC-1600R. BIOS revision: noted the version of the BIOS. Firmware revision: noted the version of the firmware.
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System Name: to authorize the device system name. Location: to show the WMC-1600R where it is located. Refresh time: to set the refreshing time of the device through the web. NOTE: After configuring the system device, need to press the save button to save the setting.
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Warm Start trap: to set the trap when the device had been reset (default = enable). Authentication Fail Trap: to set the warning trap when the community name of the device and workstation are different (default = enable). Power Fail Trap: to set the Power Fail Trap (default = enable). Fan Fail Trap: to set the Fan fail trap (default = enable).
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4.2.2.5 Redundant Backup Setting The redundant function is to change the master line to the slave line in case of the linking fails happen. The Redundant functions were set fixed, the master slot is slot 1(odd number slot) and the slave slot is slot 2(even number slot), and there are eight redundant groups in all. The “Act”...
Chapter 5 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Chassis System Capacity Sixteen bays for housing up to sixteen media converters Material Steel One power supply provided, hot-swappable Power *A second power supply for load-sharing is optional, also hot- swappable Two fans mounted together with the power supply or alone at Cooling the rear Dimensions...
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Management Module IEEE802.3 10Base-T Ethernet Standards IEEE802.3u 100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet IEEE802.3x flow control Protocol CSMA/CD Data Ethernet: 10Mbps (half duplex), 20Mbps (full duplex)Fast Transfer Rate Ethernet: 100Mbps (half duplex), 200Mbps (full duplex) LED Indicators Power On, Power Fail, Fan Fail, MGM, Console, LNK/ACT 10BaseT: 2-pair UTP Cat.
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