GE QS24 UR - Manual (Page 3)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
UR SWITCH MODULE – QUICKSTART GUIDE TOC–1
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION TO TWISTED PAIR AND FIBER OPTIC ETHERNET LANS ............QS-1
E THERNET P HYSICAL L AYER : T WISTED P AIR C OPPER VS F IBER O PTIC ........................ QS-1
Twisted Pair copper cable ............................................................................. QS-2
Fiber ......................................................................................................................... QS-2
S UPPORTED N ETWORK T OPOLOGIES ................................................................................ QS-3
Star Architecture ................................................................................................ QS-3
Mesh Architecture ............................................................................................. QS-3
Ring Architecture ............................................................................................... QS-3
10BASET AND 100BASET MEDIA ...................................................................................QS-4
Unshielded Twisted Pair cable: ................................................................... QS-4
Ethernet: Unshielded Twisted Pair ............................................................. QS-4
HUBS AND SWITCHES ......................................................................................................QS-7
F IBER O PTIC E THERNET : ..................................................................................................... QS-7
Wavelengths of light ........................................................................................ QS-7
S INGLE AND M ULTI - MODE CABLE ..................................................................................... QS-8
Fiber Cable Cross Section and Physical Specifications ................... QS-8
Difference between Single-mode and Multi-mode Cable .............. QS-9
O PTICAL P OWER B UDGET .................................................................................................. QS-9
M AXIMUM FIBER SEGMENT LENGTH CALCULATION : ........................................................ QS-11
UR-2S AND UR-2T 10/100 B ASE T S WITCH P ORTS .................................................. QS-12
INTRODUCTION TO THE 2S AND 2T UR MANAGED SWITCH MODULES: ............QS-13
H ARDWARE O VERVIEW ....................................................................................................... QS-15
2S AND 2T LED INDICATORS ............................................................................................ QS-15
H ARDWARE I NSTALLATION ................................................................................................. QS-16
INITIAL C ONFIGURATION P ROCEDURE ............................................................................. QS-17
C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH IP A DDRESS AND S UBNET M ASK USING
E NER V ISTA UR S ETUP S OFTWARE . ................................................................ QS-17
A SSIGNING AN IP A DDRESS TO THE UR S WITCH M ODULE
USING THE C ONSOLE P ORT ............................................................................. QS-19
A SSIGNING A STATIC IP A DDRESS TO A PERSONNEL COMPUTER .................................. QS-26
S ELF - TEST E RRORS AND M EANING ................................................................................... QS-31
TAGGED VLAN’S .................................................................................................................QS-33
Background .......................................................................................................... QS-33
C ONFIGURING T AGGED VLAN S ........................................................................................ QS-34
Configuring a VLAN within the Switch ..................................................... QS-34
C ONFIGURING THE UR S WITCH FOR R ING O NLY M ODE .............................................. QS-40
S AVING AND L OADING S WITCH S ETTINGS ...................................................................... QS-49
Saving Switch Settings .................................................................................... QS-49
Loading Switch Settings ................................................................................. QS-49
UR SWITCH MODULE FIRMWARE UPDATES ...............................................................QS-51
U PDATING UR S WITCH M ODULE F IRMWARE ................................................................. QS-51
S ELECTING THE P ROPER V ERSION .................................................................................... QS-51