Accton Technology 3726M User Manual

CheetahSwitch Workgroup-3726M

Quick Installation Guide

CheetahSwitch Workgroup-3726M

Intelligent/Stackable Fast Ethernet Switch with 24 10BASE-T / 100BASE-TX (RJ-45) Ports, and Optional Media Expansion and Stack Modules

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Contents

Introduction 1

Installing the Switch 2

Package Contents 2 Description of Hardware 2 Mounting the Switch 3

Stacking Switches on a Flat Surface 3

Mounting Switches in a Rack 4 Installing a Management Module 4 Installing Optional Media and Stacking Modules 4 Connecting to the Stack’s Backplane 5 Connecting the Switch System 6

Making a Connection to an RJ-45 Port 6

Connecting to a 100BASE-FX Port 7

Connecting to a Gigabit Fiber Optic Port 7 Powering On the Switch 8 Verifying Port Status 9 Verifying System Operation 9 Applications 10

Product Specifications 11

Base Unit 11

Physical Characteristics 11

Switching Criteria 12

Traffic Control 12 Modules 12

Management Module (AC-ES3726M-AGENT) 12

100BASE-FX Module (EM3582-FX-SC) 12

1000BASE-SX Module (EM4582-SX-SC) 13

1000BASE-LX Module (EM4582-LX-SC) 13

Stacking Module (EM3580-STACK) 13

Troubleshooting 13

Diagnosing Switch Indicators 13 Power and Cooling Problems 14 Installation 14

Port and Cable Assignments 15

RJ-45 Port Description 15

Straight-Through Wiring 15

Crossover Wiring 15

EMI Certification 16

FCC Class A Certification (USA) 16

Contents

Canada Department of Communications - Class A 16 BSMI Class A (Taiwan) 16 VCCI Class A Compliance (Japan) 16 CE Mark Declaration of Conformance for EMI and Safety (EEC) 17

Safety Compliance 18

Warning: Fiber Optic Port Safety 18 Avertissment: Ports pour fibres optiques - sécurité sur le plan optique 18 Warnhinweis: Faseroptikanschlüsse - Optische Sicherheit 18 Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (USA) 18 Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise (Germany) 19

Optional Hardware Modules 20

Introduction

The CheetahSwitch Workgroup-3726M is perfect for moving workgroups from conventional 10 Mbps Ethernet to multiple-segment 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet, and for consolidating your network equipment into a single, clean, efficient, and super-fast switch stack. This switch system delivers dedicated 100 Mbps links to each attached LAN segment (independent collision domain) or to any PC attached directly to the stack – all with conventional cabling and adapters. It completely eliminates the bottlenecks of shared 10 Mbps Ethernet networks by providing a wide bandwidth of up to 8.8 Gbps per switch, and a stack backplane that can operate at up to 9.6 Gbps. This makes it ideal for increasing the throughput of interconnected Ethernet and Fast Ethernet hubs or server farms.

This switch includes three slots on the rear panel for various modules:

• The upper slot is for an SNMP/RMON Management Module. The stack supports only

one management agent.

• The lower right slot is for optional media expansion modules, including a dual-port

100 Mbps fiber optic module that can be connected to a remote site up to

2 kilometers (1.24 miles) away, or a single-port Gigabit module that can be used to

uplink to a collapsed Gigabit backbone or for a high-speed server connection.

• The lower left slot is for either an optional media expansion module or Stacking

Module. (Up to four switch units can be stacked together using Stacking Modules.)

When the Management Module is installed, this system can provide a wide array of advanced features:

• Master agent module manages entire stack in-band or out-of-band

• Backup agent module provides fault tolerance*

• Supports Telnet, SNMP/RMON and Web-based interface

• Four-group RMON (including Statistics, History, Alarms and Events)

• Spanning Tree Algorithm for redundant paths between switches

• VLAN support for up to 256 groups, port-based or with 802.1Q VLAN tagging

• GVRP for automatic VLAN learning*

• IGMP multicast filtering

• Quality of Service supports two levels of priority with Weighted Fair Queueing

• Configurable broadcast storm control

• Port mirroring (for real-time debugging without affecting the target port)

• Port trunking (up to 5 trunks per switch or 12 trunks for the entire stack, each trunk

contains 2~4 ports)

* This feature is not supported in the current firmware release.

The agent module allows you to configure or monitor the switch using the embedded management program or SNMP/RMON applications. To manage the switch, you can make a direct connection to the console port. You can also make a network connection to manage the switch using Telnet, the Web agent, or Accton’s free Windows-based network management software called AccView/Open.

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