Cabling The Switch - Allied Telesis AT-9410GB Installation Manual

Installation

Cabling the Switch

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Perform the following procedure to connect the data cables to the
switch ports. Refer to Required Cables on page 43 for cable
specifications.
1. Connect the twisted pair cables to the RJ-45 ports on the switch, as
shown in Figure 24.
Figure 24 Connecting the Twisted Pair Cables
When connecting a twisted pair cable to a port on the switch,
observe the following guidelines:
An RJ-45 connector should fit snugly into the port on the switch.
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The tab on the connector should lock the connector into place.
Do not connect a port on the switch to a phone jack. Doing so can
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damage the switch.
Since the RJ-45 ports on the switch are auto-MDI/MDI-X, you can
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use either straight-through or cross-over twisted pair cables to
connect 10/100 Mbps devices to the switch. To connect a 1000
Mbps device to the switch, use a straight-through cable. A cross-
over cable will not work when connected to a 1000 Mbps device.
If your network topology will contain a loop where two or more
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network devices can communicate with each other over more
than one data path, do not connect the network cables forming
the loop until after you have activated the Spanning Tree Protocol
(STP) on the switch. Data loops can adversely affect network
performance. For instructions on how to activate STP, refer to the
AT-S45 Management Software User's Guide.