FNSW-8086/FNSW-8088 User's Guide
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1. teet ete n er edd 5 ee na A Per MEANT 5 LED IndICalioni s ei e e e 6 Uplink Button 2 tte aaa kisa 9 Activity Status anne PERSE UAE ses 10 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATIONN eere eee eee eee eneenue 13 SELECTING A SITE FOR THE SWITCH eee 13 CONNECTING TO POWER eere nnne 14 CONNECTING TO YOUR NETWORK eene 14 CHAPTER 3 SPECIFICATIONS eere eene eee eenue 17 APPENDIX A CONNECTOR PINOUTS 19 iv NOVASuwitch Series APPENDIX B INTRODUCTION TO LAN amp ETHERNET TECHNOLOGIES eere eee tnnns 21 FINSW 8086 8088F User s Guide Chapter 1 Introduction Benefits of Switching Ethernet switching technology has dramatically boosted the total bandwidth of a network It puts configuration flexibility and bandwidth adaptability into the local workgroups where the majority of work is generated It further eliminates congestion problems inherent to the CSMA CD protocol and improves predictable response time under heavy network loads Expensive routing equipment was used in the past to reduce the congestion under heavy loads The new wave of object oriented client and server applications demands higher bandwidth and tighter integration of client work stations with servers The old shared access Ethernet technology provides neither enough bandwidth nor predictable response time for th2. also available for this product series To get the most out of this manual it is you should have an understanding of networking concepts such as bridging IEEE 802 3 Ethernet and 100BASE TX Fast Ethernet and local area networks LANs For more information about these topics please refer to the Appendix Chapter Overview Introduction A general overview of switching benefits and the features of the Switch this manual accompanied with Installation Everything you need to know to install and configure the Switch with your network Specifications The Switch s specifications at a glance Connector Pinouts See Appendix A for more information Introduction to LAN amp Ethernet Technologies See Appendix B for more information FINSW 8086 8088F User s Guide Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ccceccceesssscesssssccesseccesssscsesessceesseseeessssceesscesees m INSTALLATION ss a ea nn ELET SPECIFICATIONS ianandsnanani ORI GR IEEE CONNECTOR PINOUTS ann INTRODUCTION TO LAN amp ETHERNET TECHNOLOGIES TABLE OF CONTENT ccsscssssssscssscsscsssssscscsesscssccsssensees IV CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 2 200220000000200000000200000000000000 1 BENEFITS OF SWITCHING eee eene nnne 1 EIGHT PORTS FIBER OPTIC ETHERNET SWITCH 1 PRODUCT FEATURES ia n nnne 3 PACKING LIST eese eene nnn 3 FRONT PANEL
3. promises for an easy migration path Ethernet Products Hub Hub is a central connection point for wiring the network It connects two or more Ethernet segments of any media type When transmitting signal begins to deteriorate which is caused by the limitation of media length hub simply takes the incoming signal and repeats or amplifies it out to all ports connected Hub also called repeater only allows users to share Ethernet Individuals of a shared network can only get a percentage of the available network bandwidth therefore a network of repeaters also named Shared Ethernet Switches The function of a switch is to connect separate networks together A Switch maps the Ethernet addresses of the nodes residing on each network segment and then allows only the necessary traffic to pass through When a packet is received by the switch the switch determines the destination and source segments of a packet and forward it to the right direction or drop it if the destination and the source are originated from the same network Switches also prevent bad or misaligned packets from spreading FINSW 8086 8088F User s Guide 23 into the rest of network thus increasing efficiency of the network transmission There are two basic architectures of LAN switches cut through and store and forward Cut through switches only examine the destination address before forwarding it on to its destination segment A store and forward switch accepts a
4. to 100Mbps operation In addition to the benefits of integrating 10Mbps and 100Mbps networks through TP ports this switch is also useful for segmenting networks that is bogged down with excess traffic as a fiber optic switching backbone By splitting a network into several segments and bridging them you can cut the traffic load on your network and reduce collisions on each segment especially if you can minimize intersegment traffic by placing users and devices that normally talk to each other on the same segment This switch fully complies with IEEE802 3u 100BASE TX 100BASE FX IEEE802 3 and 10BASE T standards It features wire speed switching mechanisms as well as the ability to filter local traffic collisions and error packets to maximize network performance NOVASuwiitch Series This eight port switch also facilitates an affordable and efficient migration path to 100Mbps Fast Ethernet and can continue to enhance your network s performance even if you upgrade your existing network with standard Ethernet applications internetworking systems and client side adapters to minimize migration costs Product Features This eight port switch provides the following features Eight 100BASE FX switching ports ST Interface Full duplex support on each port default for up to 2Km wiring Two port 10 100BASE TX with six port 100BASE FX for multiple choice of TP wiring Designed in compliance with 10BASE T IEEE
5. 0 100BASE TX TP Ports Connect cables to computers or network segments into the RJ 45 ports on the front of this switch It does not matter which port you select All the non fiber ports support 10BASE T or 100BASE TX with full or half duplex Use the uplink port with the uplink button pressed down for connecting to a regular i e non uplink port of a hub or another switch If connecting to an uplink port of a hub or another switch any of the eight ports can be used To connect two regular RJ 45 ports between any two switches or hubs you need a cross wire cable The cable must be a Category 5 shielded twisted pair or unshielded twisted pair STP UTP cable for 100BASE TX or Category 3 4 or 5 STP UTP cable for 10BASE T 100BASE FX Fiber optic ports NOVASuwitch Series Prepare a pair of fiber optic cables with ST type connectors at both ends If you are making a connection to a server or workstation be sure that it has a properly installed 100BASE FX network interface card Connect the Rx Tx jacks on the target device to the Tx Rx jacks on the switch FINSW 8086 8088F User s Guide 15 16 NOVASuwiitch Series Chapter 3 Specifications Applicable 10BASE T IEEE 802 3 Standards 100BASE TX IEEE 802 3u Ports 10 100BASE TX Auto 100Base FX Ports sensing Ports FNSW 8086F 2 6 FNSW 8088F 0 8 Speed 100BASE TX 200Mbps full duplex 100Mbps half duplex 10BASE TX 20Mbps full duplex 10Mbps ha
6. 802 3u 100BASE TX and 100BASE FX standards Comprehensive array of LED indicators that communicate the status of the switch and troubleshooting information Dynamic learning mode that automatically adjusts to the network configuration Runt and CRC filtering eliminates erroneous packets to optimize network bandwidth Full compatibility with standard Ethernet applications internetworking systems and client side adapters to minimize migration costs Packing List FINSW 8086 8088F User s Guide 3 When you unpack the switch you should find the items listed below Please inspect the contents and report any apparent damage or missing items immediately to your authorized reseller The Eight port Switch Users Manual AC power cord Rack Mount Ears with Screws NOVASuwiitch Series Front Panel The front panel of the switch has eight ports and an array of LED indicators to provide you with instant feedback on the status of the switch twm EN OO Seem Figure 1 Front Panel of FNSW 8086F FNSW 8088F Ports Ports of this switch are capable of accepting 100BASE FX with ST interface connections For FNSW 8086F the two TP ports support 10 100BASE TX with Cat 3 4 5 100Mbps twisted pairs connection When connects to a 100BASE TX network the ports operate at 100Mbps in hal
7. NOVASwitch Series FNSW 8086F FNSW 8088F Fast Ethernet Fiber optic Switch FINSW 8086 8088F User s Guide Trademarks Copyright PLANET Technology Corp 1998 PLANET is a registered trademark of PLANET Technology Corp The information in this manual is subject to change without notice All other trademarks belong to their respective owners Contents subject to revision without prior notice FCC Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A 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 the Instruction manual 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 Reversion This user s manual is for PLANET NOVASwitch Series model FNSW 8086F FNSW 8088F Rev 1 0 Jun 1998 Part No EMHFNSW88F i NOVASuwitch Series Preface This manual describes how to install and use the provided Fast Ethernet Switch which features eight ports 100BASE FX Multi mode fiber ports six ports 100BASE FX plus two ports 10 100BASE TX switching is
8. a corresponding array of captions located below the LEDs on the front panel LNK The link indicator is the top left LED It is illuminated whenever the port is connected to another working networked device 100 The top right LED shines whenever the switch detects that the corresponding port is connected to a 100BASE TX segment TX The middle left LED comes on when the port is transmitting data FINSW 8086 8088F User s Guide 7 FDX The full duplex LED the middle right LED is illuminated when the port is operating in full duplex mode When this LED is off the port is operating in half duplex mode RX The lower left LED comes on when the port is receiving data COL The collision LED at the lower right in the array shines when the switch detects packet collisions on the port O Port Utilization The Port Utilization LEDs indicates how much traffic each port is handling measured as a percentage of the port s bandwidth Column 1 corresponds to Port 1 Column 2 to Port 2 Column 3 to Port 3 etc As traffic on a port increase the LEDs for its column will shine progressively from bottom to top 8 NOVASuwiitch Series Uplink Status This LED is illuminated when the uplink button is pressed down Power This LED comes on when the switch is connected to a power supply and turned on Uplink Button The location of the uplink button is shown in Figure 2 1 Uplink Button Use the uplink port with the uplink button
9. erful yet flexible technology today Among different types of Local Area Networks such as FDDI ATM Token Ring and Apple Talk Ethernet strikes a good balance between speed price ease of installation and supportability This primer helps to explain this most popular technology and its associated products such as Ethernet hubs and switches LAN In order to reduce the expense on computer hardware and software and to easily share information LAN technologies were developed for people to share distributed computing resources LAN connects independent computers file servers printers etc together within a confined geographic area usually a single building or a college campus As LAN expands to link hundreds and thousands of computers various network protocols and media have developed to meet the organization s different requirements At times multiple LANs that are geographically dispersed may need to connect together and become so called Wide Area Network WAN FINSW 8086 8088F User s Guide 21 Ethernet Technologies More than 80 percent of all Local Area networks are installed with Ethernet The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IEEE define the standard of Ethernet as IEEE 802 3 The IEEE 802 3 provides rules for configuring Ethernet LANs specifies how elements should interact with one another and different types of media that can be used as well as data rate 10Mbps of Ethernet Ethernet supports just abou
10. f duplex mode and 200Mbps in full duplex mode When connects to a 10BASE T network the ports operate at 10Mbps in half duplex mode and 20Mbps in full duplex mode With the fiber optic port when it connects to a 100BASE FX network the ports operate at 100Mbps in half duplex mode and 200Mbps in full duplex mode default The maximum range of a 100BASE TX network connected to the switch is 100 meters with Category 5 shielded twisted pair and unshielded twisted pair STP UTP cable A 10BASE T network may range up to 100 meters with Category 3 4 or 5 STP UTP cable FINSW 8086 8088F User s Guide 5 As for the length of FX fiber link between a switch and Data Terminal Equipment FX is capable to span at most 2 Kilometers using 62 5 125 micron fiber optic cable The following table summarizes the port and cable specifications for this switch Connector Port Speed Half Full Duplex 100BASE TX Ru 45 100 200 100M Category Mbps 5 STP UTP 10BASE T 10 20 Mbps 100M Category 3 4 0r 5 STP UTP 100BASE FX Straight tip 100 200 62 5 125 ST Mbps micron fiber optic cable LED Indication The array of LED indicators on the front panel conveys status and configuration information to help you monitor and troubleshoot the switch NOVASuwiitch Series Figure 2 1 LED amp Button Indicators for FNSW 8086F Port Status TP Ports Each port has an array of six LEDs to show status information The LEDs are identified by
11. is new wave of workgroup computing Fast Ethernet switching not only satisfies both technical and business requirements but also preserves the user s existing investment in the huge 10 BASE T Ethernet installed base This compatibility ensures a path for users to add change and migrate to Fast Ethernet as demands emerge It also provides a low cost and flexible bandwidth solution directly to local workgroups where the majority of work is generated reducing the need for expensive network equipment Eight Ports Fiber Optic Ethernet Switch The eight port Fast Ethernet switch offered here adds 100Mbps switching performance in a cost effective desktop package The FINSW 8086 8088F User s Guide 1 Switch has eight switching ports each a 10 100 port capable of autosensing both speed and half full duplex mode With the demand for fiber NOVASwitch s eight port switch provides another model FNSW 8088F and FNSW 8086F in addition to the original switch The FNSW 8088F has eight multi mode fiber ports And for FNSW 8086F it has 6 port 100BASE FX ports and 2 port 10 100BASE TX ports This switch makes it possible to join a 100Mbps Fast Ethernet network to an existing 10Mbps Ethernet network FNSW 8086F Its internal cache buffers the traffic from the higher bandwidth 100Mbps segment to the 10Mbps segment If you later decide to make both segments 100Mbps Fast Ethernet the ports of the switch will automatically sense the change and adjust
12. lf duplex 100BASE FX 200Mbps full duplex 100Mbps half duplex Performance 148 800pps forwarding rate per port TP port Link 10 100Mbps Transmit Receive Duplex switch LED Collision Port Utilization Power Indicators ee Link Activity Duplex Port Utilization Power FINSW 8086 8088F User s Guide 17 Dimensions 440 X 205 X 45mm Rack mount size Weight 1 3kg 2 516 Power Input 100 250 VAC 47 63 Hz 2A Power 12W Consumption Operating 32 104 degrees F 0 40 degrees C Temperature Humidity 10 90 non condensing Altitude 10 000 ft 3048 m Emissions FCC part 15 Class A CISPR Class A CE Mark Safety UL CSA TUV GS 18 NOVASuwiitch Series Appendix A Connector Pinouts Port Connector ce Figure 6 RJ 45 Connector and Cable Pins The following table lists the pinout of the switch s 10 100BASE T TX ports Pin RegularPorts _Uplinkport NG NC NC 6 Output Transmit Data Input Receive Data _ pano E e FINSW 8086 8088F User s Guide 19 NOVASuwiitch Series Appendix B Introduction to LAN amp Ethernet Technologies In the last ten years as communication and business applications become increasingly complex computer network has evolved as a very important part of the enterprise infrastructure Communication systems like Local Area Network LANs have grown into a sophisticated pow
13. nd analyzes the entire packet before forwarding it to its destination It allows the switch to catch certain packet errors and keep them from propagating through the network Today there are a large number of hybrid switches available that mix both cut through and store and forward architectures NOVASuwiitch Series Part No EMHFNSW88F CE 1509002
14. pressed down for connecting to a regular port of a hub or another switch If connecting to an uplink port of a hub or another switch any of the switch s RJ 45 ports can be used Figure 2 2 LED Indicators of FNSW 8088F FINSW 8086 8088F User s Guide 9 Port Status Fiber optic ports Each port has an array of three LEDs to show status information The LEDs are identified by a corresponding array of captions located beside the LEDs on the front panel LINK The link indicator is the top LED It is illuminated whenever the port is connected to another working networked device ACT The middle LED comes on when the port is transmitting or receiving data FDX The full duplex LED the middle LED is illuminated when the port is operating in full duplex mode When this LED is off the port is operating in half duplex mode Port Utilization The Port Utilization LEDs indicates how much traffic each port is handling measured as a percentage of the port s bandwidth Column 1 corresponds to Port 1 Column 2 to Port 2 Column 3 to Port 3 etc As traffic on a port increase the LEDs for its column will shine progressively from bottom to top Power This LED comes on when the switch is connected to a power supply and turned on Activity Status 10 NOVASuwiitch Series TX Transmit Data RX Receive Data There is no uplink issue for fiber Switch thus the uplink status does not apply to FNSW 8088F FINSW 8086 8088F U
15. ser s Guide 11 12 NOVASuwiitch Series Chapter 2 Installation This chapter presents step by step installation instructions for this eight port Fiber optic Fast Ethernet Switch Selecting a Site for the Switch As with any electronic device you should place the Switch where it will not be subjected to extreme temperatures humidity or electromagnetic interference Specifically the site you select should meet the following requirements The room temperature should be between 32 and 104 degrees Fahrenheit 0 to 40 degrees Celsius The relative humidity should be less than 90 percent non condensing Surrounding electrical devices should not exceed the electromagnetic field RFC standards for IEC 801 3 Level 2 3V M field strength Make sure that the switch receives adequate ventilation Do not block the ventilation holes on the side of the switch or the fan exhaust port on the rear of the switch The power outlet should be within 1 8meter 6 feet of the switch Detailed specifications may be found on page 22 and 23 FINSW 8086 8088F User s Guide 13 Connecting to Power Connect the supplied AC power cord to the receptacle on the back of the switch and then plug the cord into a standard AC outlet with a voltage range from 100 to 240 VAC Turn the Ethernet switch on by flipping the ON OFF switch on the rear of the unit to the I ON position The O position is OFF Connecting to Your Network 1
16. t all kinds of popular network protocols It is one of the most ideal networking technologies today Fast Ethernet For networks that need higher transmission speeds IEEE has also established the standard 802 3u which raises the Ethernet speed limit from 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps This allows a network device to transmit data through media such as category 5 UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair cable or fiber optic cable at the rate of 100 Mbps instead of 10 Mbps A number of other high speed LAN technologies are also available for high bandwidth and good client server response time However Fast Ethernet offers the best solution that provides smooth migration from 10Base T technology to 100 Base TX It requires only minimal changes with existing cabling infrastructure Fast Ethernet and its successors have been said to be the most cost effective and high performance networking solutions of the future The Fast Ethernet contains three different cabling schemes 100Base TX for use with category 5 UPT STP cable 100Base FX for use with Multi mode fiber optic cable and 100Base T4 for 2 NOVASuwiitch Series use with cable 3 4 or 5 UPT cable Among three of them 100Base TX is most compatible to 10Base TX It allows users to retain the existing 10Base T cabling infrastructure thus becomes the most popular Fast Ethernet technology Gigabit Ethernet is still in the process of development Other than supports higher data transfer speed this technology also
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