GE 1601-9026-A3 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• 1. PREPARATION

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• PRECAUTIONS

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• DETERMINING MOUNTING LOCATION

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• 2. MECHANICAL INSTALLATION

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• TABLE-TOP OR SHELF MOUNTING

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• RACK MOUNTING - ML2400

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• DIN-RAIL / PANEL MOUNTING - ML1600

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• Mounting Dimensions with Metal Brackets

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• DIN-RAIL / PANEL MOUNTING - ML1200/ML800

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• Mounting Dimensions for ML1200/ML800 with metal brackets

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• 3. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION

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• POWERING THE UNIT - ML2400

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• POWERING THE UNIT - ML1600

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• POWERING THE UNIT - ML1200/ML800

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• UL REQUIREMENTS FOR DC-POWERED UNITS

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• ALARM CONTACTS

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• DIELECTRIC STRENGTH (HI-POT) TESTING

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• DESCRIPTION

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• ML2400/ML1600

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• ML1200/ML800

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• ETHERNET PHYSICAL LAYER: TWISTED PAIR COPPER VS FIBER OPTIC

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• Twisted Pair copper cable

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• Fiber

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• SUPPORTED NETWORK TOPOLOGIES

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• Star Architecture

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• Mesh Architecture

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• Ring Architecture

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• 10BASE T AND 100BASET MEDIA

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• Unshielded Twisted Pair cable:

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• Ethernet: Unshielded Twisted Pair

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• 6. CONNECTING ETHERNET MEDIA

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• DESCRIPTION

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• CONNECTING ST-TYPE FIBER OPTICS (TWIST-LOCK)

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• CONNECTING SC-TYPE FIBER OPTICS (SNAP-IN)

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• CONNECTING SINGLE-MODE FIBER OPTICS

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• CONNECTING RJ45 TWISTED PAIR

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• CONNECTING GIGABIT MEDIA USING GBICS

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• 7. HUBS AND SWITCHES

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• FIBER OPTIC ETHERNET:

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• Wavelengths of light

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• SINGLE AND MULTI-MODE CABLE

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• Fiber Cable Cross Section and Physical Specifications

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• Single mode fiber - Less attenuation per unit distance

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• 8. OPTICAL POWER BUDGET

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• ASSIGNING AN IP ADDRESS TO THE MULTILIN SWITCH

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• ASSIGNING A STATIC IP ADDRESS TO A PERSONNEL COMPUTER

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• CONFIGURING THE SWITCH PORTS FOR UR REDUNDANT OPERATION

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• 9. TAGGED VLANS & RING ONLY MODE-

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• Background:

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• CONFIGURING TAGGED VLANS

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• Configuring a VLAN within the switch

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• CONFIGURING THE MULTILINK SWITCH FOR RING ONLY MODE

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• 10. MULTILINK FIRMWARE UPDATES

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• UPDATING MULTILINK FIRMWARE

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• SELECTING THE PROPER VERSION

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• UPGRADING USING A SERIAL CONNECTION- COMMAND LINE INTERFACE

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• UPDATING USING THE ENERVISTA WEB INTERFACE SOFTWARE

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• Using FTP

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• Using TFTP

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