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3Com Switch 5500 Family
Getting Started Guide
Switch 5500-EI
Switch 5500G-EI
www.3Com.com
Part No. 10014925, Rev. AD
Published: August, 2007
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3Com Corporation Copyright © 2006-2007, 3Com Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this documentation may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work (such as translation, transformation, or adaptation) without 350 Campus Drive written permission from 3Com Corporation. Marlborough, MA 3Com Corporation reserves the right to revise this documentation and to make changes in content from time to time USA 01752-3064 without obligation on the part of 3Com
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 3 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM CONTENTS ABOUT THIS GUIDE Release Notes 8 Conventions 8 Related Documentation 8 Accessing the Documentation 9 Documentation Comments 10 1 INTRODUCING THE SWITCH 5500 FAMILY About the Switch 5500 Family 12 Switch 5500 Family — Front View 14 Switch 5500 — Rear View Detail 21 Default Settings 27 2 INSTALLING THE SWITCH Package Contents 30 Choosing a Suitable Site 31 Rack-mounting
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 4 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM Manually Configuring the IP Information 61 Viewing Automatically Configured IP Information 67 Setting Up Command Line Interface Management 69 Setting Up Command Line Interface Management using SSH 70 Setting Up Web Interface Management 71 Setting Up SNMP Management 72 Changing the Default Passwords 73 Downloading the Configuration Conversion Utility 74 4 CREATING AN XRN STACKING FABRIC How To
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 5 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM B PIN-OUTS Null Modem Cable 123 PC-AT Serial Cable 123 Modem Cable 124 Ethernet Port RJ-45 Pin Assignments 124 C TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Switch 5500 (28 Port) 128 Switch 5500 PWR (28 Port) 129 Switch 5500 (52 Port) 130 Switch 5500 PWR (52 Port) 131 Switch 5500 FX (28 Port) 132 Switch 5500G-EI (24 Port) 133 Switch 5500G-EI PWR (24 Port) 134 Switch 5500G-EI (48 Port) 135 Switch
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 6 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM INDEX REGULATORY NOTICES
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 7 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM ABOUT THIS GUIDE This guide provides all the information you need to install and use the following switches in their default state: Table 1 Switch 5500 Family Switch Model SKU Number Switch 5500-SI 28-Port 3CR17151-91 Switch 5500-SI 52-Port 3CR17152-91 Switch 5500-EI 28-Port 3CR17161-91 Switch 5500-EI 52-Port 3CR17162-91 Switch 5500-EI PWR 28-Port 3CR17171-91 Switch 5500-EI PWR 52-Port 3CR17172-91 Switch 5500-EI 28-Port
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 8 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM 8 ABOUT THIS GUIDE Release Notes The Release Notes provide important information about the current software release, including new features, modifications, and known problems. You should read the Release Notes before installing the Switch in your network. If the information in the Release Notes differs from the information in this guide, follow the instructions in the Release Notes. Conventions Table 2 lists conventions
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 9 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM Accessing the Documentation 9 ■ Release Notes These notes provide information about the current software release, including new features, modifications, and known problems. The Release Notes are supplied in hard copy with your Switch. Accessing the The Switch 5500 Family documentation is available in Adobe Acrobat Documentation Reader Portable Document Format (PDF) at www.3com.com.
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 10 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM 10 ABOUT THIS GUIDE 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 and revision (on the title page) ■ Page number (if appropriate) Example: Part Number 10014925 rev
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 11 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM INTRODUCING THE 1 SWITCH 5500 FAMILY This chapter contains introductory information about the Switch 5500 and how it to use it within a network. It includes hardware and software feature summaries and contains the following section: ■ About the Switch 5500 Family ■ Switch 5500 Family — Front View ■ Switch 5500 — Rear View Detail ■ Default Settings
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 12 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM 12 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING THE SWITCH 5500 FAMILY About the Switch The Switch 5500 Family includes mixed media devices consisting of those 5500 Family described in Table 3. Table 3 Switch 5500 Family Hardware Switch 5500 Family Switch 5500-SI 28 Port 24 4 1 1 Switch 5500-SI 52 Port 48 4 1 1 Switch 5500-EI 28 Port 24 4 1 1 Switch 5500-EI 52 Port 48 4 1 1 Switch 5500 PWR 28 Port 24 4 1 1 Switch 5500 PWR 52 Port 48 4 1 1 Sw
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 13 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM About the Switch 5500 Family 13 For information about using the software features of the Switch, refer to the “Command Reference Guide” located at www.3com.com. Summary of Table 4 summarizes the hardware features that are supported by the Hardware Features Switch 5500. Table 4 Hardware Features Feature Switch 5500 Family MAC Addresses Up to 16,000 supported Forwarding Modes Store and Forward Auto-negotiation Supported o
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 14 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM 14 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING THE SWITCH 5500 FAMILY Switch 5500 Family — Front View Figure 1 Switch 5500-SI and EI 28-Port — front view Port Status LEDs Console Port RPS LED 10/100BASE-TX Ports 1000BASE-X Ports Unit LED Power LED Mode LED Figure 2 Switch 5500-SI and EI 52-Port — front view Port Status LEDs Console Port Unit LED RPS LED Mode LED PWR LED 10/100BASE-TX Ports 1000BASE-X Ports Figure 3 Switch 5500-EI 28-Port
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 15 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM Switch 5500 Family — Front View 15 Figure 4 Switch 5500-EI 52-Port PWR - front view Port Status LEDs Unit LED Console Port RPS LED Mode LED 3CR17172-91 SuperStack 4 Switch 5500 PWR 52 Port Green=Status Yellow=Packet Red=PoE PWR LED 10/100BASE-TX Ports 1000BASE-X Ports Figure 5 Switch 5500-EI FX 28-Port — front view Console Port Port Status LEDs RPS LED Unit LED Speed Duplex RPS Green=Speed Yellow=Duplex PWR 100Base-FX 1
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 16 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM 16 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING THE SWITCH 5500 FAMILY Figure 7 Switch 5500G-EI (48 port) — front view RPS LED Console Port Port Status LEDs Power LED Unit LED Mode LED Status:Green=10Mbps Yellow=10Mbps Flashing=Disabled Packet:Green=Full Duplex Yellow=Half Duplex Power:Green=Delivering Power Yellow=Fault Flashing Green=Over Budget SuperStack 4 Switch 5500G-EI 48-port Mode: 100% 1 13 2 14 3 15 4 16 5 1767 18 19 8 20 9 21 10 22
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 17 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM Switch 5500 Family — Front View 17 You can disable auto-negotiation. You can manually configure these ports to 10 Mbps half duplex, 100 Mbps half duplex, 10 Mbps full duplex, or 100 Mbps full duplex. It is not possible to manually configure a 1000 Mbps link because auto-negotiation is mandatory in the 1000 Mbps standard. If you disable auto-negotiation, Auto MDIX cannot function and the ports become fixed in MDIX (cr
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 18 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM 18 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING THE SWITCH 5500 FAMILY Unit LED The Unit LED is a seven segment display visible on the front of the Switch. The Unit LED indicates the unit number in a fabric, POST test ID, and software upgrade information. In the unlikely event of a hardware fault occurring, you can use the Unit LED to help diagnose the problem. For information on using the Unit LED for problem solving, see “Solving Problems
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 19 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM Switch 5500 Family — Front View 19 LED Color Indicates Off No link is present. Duplex Green Full duplex, blinking off for every packet received or transmitted. Yellow Half duplex, blinking off for every packet received or transmitted. Yellow flashing The port has failed POST. Off No link is present. PoE Green Power is being delivered to the port. Green flashing Port power has exceeded limit or is unable to supply power d
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10014925-AD_S5500_GSG.book Page 20 Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:29 PM 20 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING THE SWITCH 5500 FAMILY LED Color Indicates Unit LED Green Power on Self Test (POST) is in progress. During POST a test ID number appears in the Unit LED (seven segment display) or Software download is in progress. During software download, a clockwise cycling bar appears in the Unit LED. Green flashing The Switch has failed POST. The Unit LED flashes the number of the test that has failed. Gre
