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3Com Router 5000 Family
Getting Started Guide
www.3Com.com/
Part Number 10015122 Rev. AB
Published September 2007
Mfg. BOM 3122A076
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Download the latest software and documentation ® for your 3Com Router Thank you for purchasing a 3Com Router 5000 Family router. As part of our commitment to bringing you the most capable and dependable network equipment, 3Com offers free software maintenance updates and documentation updates on our website. To obtain the most up-to-date operating software and user documentation for the Router 5000, point your web browser to: www.3Com.com and select the “Support and Registration” link. Pl
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Contents 5 Contents Download the latest software and documentation for your 3Com® Router Contents About This Guide Before You Start 9 Release Notes 9 CD-ROM 9 Conventions 10 Related Documentation 10 Documentation Comments 11 1 Introducing the Router 5000 Family About the Router 5000 13 3Com Router 5012 (3C13701) 15 Indicators 16 System Description 16 3Com Router 5232 (3C13751) 17 Indicators 18 System Description 19 3Com Router 5642 (3C13755) 20 Indicators 20 System Description 21 3Com Router
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6 Contents 2 Installation Installing the Router on a Workbench 25 Installing the Router in a Rack 25 Power Cords, Grounds and Cables 26 PGND Wire 26 Power Cord 27 Power input and PGND 27 AC Power Cord 27 Console Terminal 29 Router to LAN Connection 30 Router to WAN Connection 31 Connecting the AUX port to the Modem 31 WAN Interface to DSU/CSU 32 3 Starting and Configuring the Router 5000 Startup of the Router 5000 43 Setting up Configuration Environment 43 Powering on the Router 45 Startup Proce
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Contents 7 Solve Problems Online 67 Purchase Extended Warranty and Professional Services 68 Access Software Downloads 68 Contact Us 69 Telephone Technical Support and Repair 69
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8 Contents
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9 About This Guide This guide provides the information you need to install and use the ® 3Com Router 5000 Family. The guide is intended for use by network administrators who are responsible for installing and configuring network equipment; consequently, it assumes a basic working knowledge of LANs (Local Area Networks). Before You Start This section contains information about the documents and CD-ROM that accompany your Router 5000. Release Notes The release notes provide important informa
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10 About This Guide Conventions Table 1 lists conventions that are used throughout this guide. Table 1 Notice Icons Icon Notice Type Description Information note Information that describes important features or instructions Caution Information that alerts you to potential loss of data or potential damage to an application, system, or device Warning Information that alerts you to potential personal injury Related In addition to this guide, the Router 5000 documentation set includes the Docum
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Documentation Comments 11 Documentation Your suggestions are very important to us. They will help make our Comments documentation more useful to you. Please e-mail comments about this document to 3Com at: pddtechpubs_comments@3com.com Please include the following information when commenting: ■ Document title ■ Document part number (on the title page) ■ Page number (if appropriate) Example: Router 5000 Family Getting Started Guide Part Number 10015122 Rev. AA Page 21 Please note that we can on
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12 About This Guide
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About the Router 5000 13 1 Introducing the Router 5000 Family ® This section introduces the 3Com Router 5000 and describes how it can be used in your network. It also describes the different models of Router 5000, including: ■ 3Com Router 5012 (3C13701) ■ 3Com Router 5232 (3C13751) ■ 3Com Router 5642 (3C13755) ■ 3Com Router 5682 (3C13759) About the The 3Com Router 5000 Family is intended for use on enterprise-level Router 5000 networks. The Router 5000 Family is ideal for use as core routers
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14 Chapter 1: Introducing the Router 5000 Family Multiple interface card/interface module options The Router 5000 provides SIC slots and MIM slots for installing expansion modules including serial interfaces, T1/CT1/PRI interface, E1/CE1/PRI interface, BRI S/T and U interfaces, Ethernet interface (including FE/GE, electrical interface and fiber interface), ADSL/G.SHDSL interface, ATM 25M/155M interface, and so on. Multiple channels of asynchronous serial interface access The router can ope
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3Com Router 5012 (3C13701) 15 3Com Router 5012 Figure 1 Front view of 3Com Router 5012 (3C13701) 1) POWER 2) SYSTEM 3) SLOT1 4) SLOT2 5) SLOT3 6) WAN 7) LAN Figure 2 Rear view of 3Com Router 5012 1) Power switch 2) Power socket 3) Grounding screw 4) Fixed interface (WAN) 5) Console port (CON) 6) Auxiliary port (AUX) 7) Fixed Ethernet interface (LAN) 8) MIM slot 1 9) SIC slot 2 10) SIC slot 3
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16 Chapter 1: Introducing the Router 5000 Family Indicators Eight indicators are provided on 3Com Router 5012. Their meaning is explained in the following table: Table 2 Router 5012 Indicators LED Indication POWER System power LED: OFF means power is off, ON means power is on. SYSTEM Hardware system operating LED. Blinking indicates that the system is in normal operation. Steady ON or OFF means that the system is in abnormal operation. SLOT1 MIM LED. ON indicates that the interface module
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3Com Router 5232 (3C13751) 17 Table 3 System description of 3Com Router 5012 (continued) Item Description Input voltage Rated voltage range: 100 to 240 VAC, 50 or 60 Hz Max voltage range: 85 to 264 VAC, 47 to 63 Hz System power 60 W consumption Operating temperature 0 to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) Relative humidity 5% to 90% (noncondensing) ■ SDRAM (synchronous dynamic random-access memory): As the primary memory, stores data for communication with CPU during system operation. ■ Flash memory: As
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18 Chapter 1: Introducing the Router 5000 Family Figure 4 Rear view of 3Com Router 5232 1) Power switch 2) Power socket 3) Grounding screw 4) Fixed LAN interface (LAN0) 5) Fixed WAN interface (WAN0) 6) MIM SLOT1 7) MIM SLOT2 8) MIM SLOT3 Indicators 10 indicators are provided on 3Com Router 5232. Their meaning is explained in the following table: Table 4 LEDs of 3Com 5232 Router LED Indication POWER System power LED: OFF means power is off, ON means power is on. SYSTEM Hardware status LED:
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3Com Router 5232 (3C13751) 19 System Description Table 5 System description of 3Com Router 5232 Item Description Fixed interface One AUX port One console port Two LAN ports Slot 3 MIM slots CPU MPC 8245 300 MHz NVRAM 128 KB Boot ROM 512 KB SDRAM 256 MB Flash 32 MB Physical dimensions 44.4 x 442 x 413 mm (1.7 x 17.4 x 12.4 in.) (H xWx D) Weight 8 kg (17.6 lb) Input voltage Rated voltage range: 100 to 240 VAC, 50 or 60 Hz Max. voltage range: 85 to 270 VAC, 50 or 60 Hz System power 80 W consumpt
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20 Chapter 1: Introducing the Router 5000 Family 3Com Router 5642 Figure 5 Front view of 3Com Router 5642 (3C13755) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 1) POWER 2) SYSTEM 3) AUX 4) CON 5) SLOT0~3 (READY/ACTIVE) Figure 6 Rear view of 3Com Router 5642 (7) (6) (5) (1) (2) (3) (4) 1) Power switch 2) Power socket 3) Grounding screw 4) MIM SLOT1 5) MIM SLOT0 6) MIM SLOT2 7) MIM SLOT3 Indicators The Router 5642 LED indicators are described in the following table: Table 6 Router 5642 Indicators LED Indicatio
