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The Asanté NetStacker Hub has a limited lifetime warranty which applies to the original purchaser of the product. Asanté Technolo- gies, Inc. warrants that this product will be free from defects in title, materials and manufacturing workmanship. If the NetStacker Hub is found to be defective, then, as your sole remedy and as the manufacturer’s only obligation, Asanté...
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Preface • About this Manual on page viii • What Typographic Changes and Symbols Mean on page ix...
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About this Manual About this Manual This Installation Guide for the Asanté NetStacker Hub is part of a set of four installation guides which you will use when you install the NetStacker Hub. The three additional guides you will find useful when installing the hub are: Asanté...
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Related Documentation What Typographic Sometimes it is necessary to give a special meaning or significance to the information in the manual. This is done by displaying a dif- Changes and ferent typeface and by presenting the text in a different format. Symbols Mean The following are examples of the special typefaces and formats used in this manual.
What Typographic Changes and Symbols Mean Procedures and The manual provides specific instructions about how to perform a task or configure an application. Where you must perform certain Instructions steps in a certain order, the manual provides a formal procedure. All procedures in the manual are made to look different from the regular text to make them easily recognizable and simple to follow.
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Asanté NetStacker Hub Installation Guide • Introducing the NetStacker Hub on page 2 • Installing the NetStacker Hub on page 5 • Introducing the NetStacker Chassis on page 6 • Installing the NetStacker Chassis on page 7 • Technical Specifications on page 15...
Introducing the NetStacker Hub Introducing the The NetStacker Hub™ is a dual-slot, two-segment Ethernet hub. It is designed to be used as a unit of two or three stacked NetStacker NetStacker Hub Hubs, or as a single hub with the potential for growing into a stack of up to three NetStacker Hubs.
Introducing the NetStacker Hub About Building a Stack A stack of two or three NetStacker Hubs must consist of the following: Base Hub on the bottom of the stack One or two Expansion Hubs on top of the Base The Base Hub, always located on the bottom of the stack, consists of a Base Chassis containing one or two modules.
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NetStacker Hub.) The NMM Lite does not allow network segment switching. All ports on the NetStacker Hub are automatically set to Segment 1 and cannot be switched to Segment 2. For segment switching capability, use a full-size AH2072 NMM which lets you assign a module to either Segment 1 or Segment 2.
Instructions for installing a module in the chassis are in the individual installation guide for the module. A preassembled NetStacker Hub requires only that you place it on a desk or rack and plug it into a power outlet.
Introducing the NetStacker Chassis Introducing the The NetStacker Chassis has two slots for single- or double-slotted multiport repeater modules. NetStacker The chassis has the following features: Chassis Two slots that accept a variety of multiport repeater modules, allowing you to add nodes when needed Smart Snap stacking mechanism for stacking a...
Installing the NetStacker Chassis Installing the This section describes how to install a NetStacker Chassis (with or without preassembled components) and build a stack of Net- NetStacker Chassis Stacker Hubs. Figure 3 shows a front view of a single empty NetStacker Chassis. ASANTÉ...
Installing the NetStacker Chassis Preparing for the Before you install the NetStacker Chassis, you need to ground Installation yourself, check the package contents and prepare the work area. Grounding Yourself Before you unpack or handle the chassis, you must discharge static electricity from your body or clothes by attaching the pro- vided grounding strap to your wrist and then by touching the mount rack for the chassis or a piece of metal.
Installing the NetStacker Chassis Mounting the To mount the Base Chassis on a desk: Chassis on a Desk Peel the protective strips from the self-adhesive feet and apply the feet on the four corners of the Base Chassis base. Place the Base Chassis on a flat, stable surface. Note: Make sure the desk or table can support approx- imately 40 lbs for a fully loaded three-hub stack.
Installing the NetStacker Chassis Building a Stack of You can build a stack of two or three NetStacker hubs. NetStacker Hubs The first hub in a stack must be the Base Hub while the second and third hubs (called Expansion hubs ) must be used only with a Base Hub.
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Installing the NetStacker Chassis E xp si o Expansion Hub E xp si o Expansion Hub E xp si o Base Hub Figure 5 Building a stack of NetStacker Hubs Page 11...
Installing the NetStacker Chassis Mounting a Single Hub To mount a NetStacker Hub or a stack of NetStacker hubs on a rack: or a Hub Stack on a Rack Mark the desired location on the rack for the single hub or the stack.
Installing the NetStacker Chassis Checking the Fuse A blown fuse usually indicates a serious problem in the power supply. Contact Asanté Technical Support (see “Asking for Assis- tance” on page v of this manual) to help you determine the cause and decide if it is necessary to replace the fuse or return the hub for testing and servicing.
Disassembling a Stack Disassembling a To disassemble a stack of two or three NetStacker Hubs: Stack Facing the front of the stack, grasp the top Expansion Hub on the sides, toward the very rear of the hub. Lift the hub straight up, disconnecting the edge con- nector and pulling the mounting pins out of their receiver holes.
Technical Specifications Technical The technical specifications for the Asanté NetStacker Chassis are: Specifications Power Requirements: Input Voltage: 100-240 VAC 50-60Hz autosensing Input Current: 2A @ 110 VAC (max.) 1.1A @ 220 V 2A/250V Fast Blow Fuse Electromagnetic Emissions: FCC Class A EN 55022 Class A This is an EMC Class A product.
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