Patton electronic 6511RC - Manual (Page 4)

Contents Model 6511RC User Manual
4
Temperature ...................................................................................................................................................27
Altitude ...........................................................................................................................................................27
Humidity ........................................................................................................................................................27
Physical dimensions ........................................................................................................................................27
LED Indicators ...............................................................................................................................................27
Approvals ..............................................................................................................................................................29
2 Hardware installation .................................................................................................................................... 31
Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................32
Unpacking the Model 6511RC Matrix Switch ......................................................................................................32
Verifying that the ForeFront chassis is properly installed .......................................................................................32
Verfying correct electrical grounding ...............................................................................................................33
Verifying correct cover plate installation .........................................................................................................33
Matrix Switch hardware installation ......................................................................................................................34
Installing the network cables ..................................................................................................................................35
Connecting the front-panel Ethernet LAN port ..............................................................................................36
Connecting the 10/100Base-T Ethernet port to an Ethernet switch or hub ...............................................36
Connecting the 10/100Base-T Ethernet port to an Ethernet-capable workstation or PC ...........................36
Connecting the front-panel EIA-561 RS-232 configuration port (DCE configured) .......................................37
Connecting the rear-panel STM-1 WAN port to an SDH network ................................................................37
Connecting the STM-1 optical interface to fiber-optic network cables ......................................................37
Connecting the STM-1 electrical interface to coaxial network cables .........................................................38
Connecting the rear-panel Ethernet WAN/management ports ........................................................................39
Connecting the 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet ports to a router, hub or switch ........................................40
Completing the hardware installation ....................................................................................................................40
3 Configuring the Matrix Switch for operation ................................................................................................ 41
Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................42
Configuration prerequisites ...................................................................................................................................42
Initial configuration through the RS-232 control port ...........................................................................................43
Connecting the DB9-RJ45 adapter with the included cable ............................................................................43
Setting up the HyperTerminal (or similar program) session ............................................................................44
Using a browser to complete Model 6511RC configuration ..................................................................................47
Displaying the Matrix Switch 6511RC web administration pages ...................................................................47
Home page overview .................................................................................................................................49
Configuring the default gateway .....................................................................................................................51
Configuring the system clocking parameters ...................................................................................................52
Module clocking mode ..............................................................................................................................52
Module clocking source and fallback .........................................................................................................53
Example 1 ...........................................................................................................................................53
Example 2 ...........................................................................................................................................54
Configuring the SDH circuit parameters ........................................................................................................54
Accessing the SDH circuit parameters .......................................................................................................55
Configuring the SDH physical interface type ............................................................................................56
Configuring the SDH interface parameters ...............................................................................................56