3com 6200 User Manual

Installation

• PC running RedHat Linux 6.2 or greater software. This software is 

used to support the Security Switch 6200 Graphical User Interface 
(GUI) and for hosting the Check Point™ FireWall-1

®

 Management 

Server.

• PC running WinNT4/Win2K software. This software is used for 

launching the Check Point FireWall-1 GUI and the system’s embedded 
WEB GUI.

• Security applications licenses to activate installed software on 

the system.

To install the chassis in a standard rack you need certain hand tools, 
appropriate cabling, and additional hardware not included in the 
chassis shipment.

To install the chassis into a standard rack you need, as a minimum, a 
Phillips screwdriver (9” minimum, #2).

Cabling requirements are installation-specific. Prior to installation you 
should know:

• The kind and number of cables required for each type of interface.

• The distance limitations for each signal type. Table 2-1: provides the 

approximate cable distance limitations.

Table 2-2:  shows the cables that ship with chassis.

Craft port: RS-232 DB9 directly 
from the system

15 meters maximum 
(50 feet maximum)

Management Link port: 10/100

Cat 5 cable, 100 meters (328 feet)

Copper Ethernet Link Port: 10/100/
1000

Cat 5 cable, 100 meters (328 feet)

Fiber Ethernet Link Port: Gigabit

62.5 micro-fiber - 275 meters
(902 feet)
50 micro-fiber - 550 meters
(1805 feet)

Power Cabling Standard AC power cable.
Console Port

Serial shielded straight-through 9-pin D-sub female to 9-
pin male cable.