B&B Electronics EIRM-EXTEND-8 - Manual - Manual (Page 4)

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Table of Contents
Preface iii
Chapter 1 – Introduction 1
P RODUCT O VERVIEW ................................................................................ 1
P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ................................................................................ 1
P RODUCT H IGHLIGHTS .............................................................................. 2
Basic Features ...................................................................................... 2
Management Support ........................................................................... 2
Front Panel Display 4
Physical Ports 5
Ethernet Extender Switch Management 7
Web-based browser interface .............................................................. 7
Administration console via RS-232 serial port (CLI) ......................... 7
External SNMP-based network management application .................... 7
Installation 8
S ELECTING A S ITE FOR THE E THERNET E XTENDER S WITCH ...................... 8
D IN R AIL M OUNTING ................................................................................ 8
C ONNECTING TO P OWER ........................................................................... 9
12VDC DC Jack ................................................................................... 9
Redundant DC Terminal Block Power Inputs ...................................... 9
A LARMS FOR P OWER F AILURE ................................................................ 10
Reset Button........................................................................................ 11
C ONNECTING TO Y OUR N ETWORK .......................................................... 11
Cable Type & Length ......................................................................... 11
Cabling ............................................................................................... 12
M ANAGEMENT A CCESS O VERVIEW ........................................................ 12
Administration Console (CLI) ............................................................ 13
Direct Access ...................................................................................... 13
Modem Access .................................................................................... 14
W EB M ANAGEMENT ............................................................................... 14
SNMP-B ASED N ETWORK M ANAGEMENT ............................................... 14
P ROTOCOLS ............................................................................................. 15
M ANAGEMENT A RCHITECTURE ............................................................... 15
W EB -B ASED B ROWSER M ANAGEMENT ................................................... 15
SNMP & RMON Management 16
O VERVIEW .............................................................................................. 16
SNMP A GENT AND MIB-2 (RFC 1213) .................................................. 17
RMON MIB (RFC 2819) AND B RIDGE MIB (RFC 1493) ....................... 17
B RIDGE G ROUPS S UPPORTED .................................................................. 18