Atlantis Land A02-G4-8-M2 User Manual

4/8 ports 10/100/1000Mbps

Gigabit Ethernet Desktop Switch Layer 2

USER’S GUIDE

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FCC Warning

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with this user’s guide, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

CE Mark Warning

This is a Class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

A02-G4(8)/M2 (october 2002)

ABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT THIS GUIDE

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VERVIEW OF THIS USER’S GUIDE

INTRODUCTION

IGABIT ETHERNET TECHNOLOGY

AST ETHERNET TECHNOLOGY

WITCHING TECHNOLOGY

EATURES

Ports Performance features

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UNPACKING AND SETUP

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NPACKING

ETUP

ESKTOP OR SHELF INSTALLATION

ACK INSTALLATION (OPTIONAL

ONNECTING NETWORK CABLE

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IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMPONENTS

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RONT PANEL

EAR PANEL

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UPPORT

NDICATORS

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

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BOUT THIS GUIDE

This user’s guide tells you how to install your 4(8)-port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Switch, how to connect it to your Gigabit Ethernet network.

Terms

For simplicity, this documentation uses the terms “Switch” (first letter upper case) to refer to the 4(8)-port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Switch, and “switch” (first letter lower case) to refer to all Ethernet switches, including the 4(8)-port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Switch.

Overview of this User’s Guide

Introduction

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Unpacking and Setup

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installation of the Switch.

Identifying External Components

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rear panel, and LED indicators of the Switch.

Connecting the Switch.

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to your Ethernet network.

Technical Specifications

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the 4(8)-port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Switch.

Describes the Switch and its features.

Helps you get started with the basic

Describes the front panel,

Tells how you can connect the Switch

Lists the technical specifications of

NTRODUCTION

This section describes the features of the 4(8)-port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Switch, as well as giving some background information about Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and Switching technology.

Gigabit Ethernet Technology

Gigabit Ethernet is an extension of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet utilizing the same packet structure, format, and support for CSMA/CD protocol, full duplex, flow control, and management objects, but with a tenfold increase in theoretical throughput over 100-Mbps Fast Ethernet and a hundredfold increase over 10-Mbps Ethernet. Since it is compatible with all 10-Mbps and 100-Mbps Ethernet environments, Gigabit Ethernet provides a straightforward upgrade without wasting a company’s existing investment in hardware, software, and trained personnel.

The increased speed and extra bandwidth offered by Gigabit Ethernet is essential to coping with the network bottlenecks that frequently develop as computers and their busses get faster and more users use applications that generate more traffic. Upgrading key components, such as your backbone and servers to Gigabit Ethernet can greatly improve network response times as well as significantly speed up the traffic between your subnets.

Gigabit Ethernet enables fast optical fiber connections to support video conferencing, complex imaging, and similar data-intensive applications. Likewise, since data transfers occur 10 times faster than Fast Ethernet, servers outfitted with Gigabit Ethernet NIC’s are able

to perform 10 times the number of operations in the same amount of time.

In addition, the phenomenal bandwidth delivered by Gigabit Ethernet is the most cost-effective method to take advantage of today and tomorrow’s rapidly improving switching and routing internetworking technologies. And with expected advances in the coming years in silicon technology and digital signal processing that will enable Gigabit Ethernet to eventually operate over unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cabling, outfitting your network with a powerful 1000-Mbpscapable backbone/server connection creates a flexible foundation for the next generation of network technology products.

Fast Ethernet Technology

The growing importance of LANs and the increasing complexity of desktop computing applications are fueling the need for high performance networks. A number of high-speed LAN technologies have been proposed to provide greater bandwidth and improve client/server response times. Among them, 100BASE-T (Fast Ethernet) provides a non-disruptive, smooth evolution from the current 10BASE-T technology. The non-disruptive and smooth evolution nature, and the dominating potential market base, virtually guarantee cost effective and high performance Fast Ethernet solutions in the years to come.

100Mbps Fast Ethernet is a new standard specified by the IEEE 802.3 LAN committee. It is an extension of the 10Mbps Ethernet standard with the ability to transmit and receive data at 100Mbps, while maintaining the CSMA/CD Ethernet protocol. Since the 100Mbps Fast Ethernet is compatible with all other 10Mbps Ethernet

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