3com 4210 26-Port User Manual

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Solving Fabric Formation Problems
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another device on your network. 3Com suggests you use addresses in the range 
192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
These suggested IP addresses are part of a group of IP addresses that have been 
set aside specially for use ‘in house’ only.
Solving Fabric 
Formation Problems
If you are having problems with correctly forming a fabric, first ensure that 
Spanning Tree is enabled. If it is enabled, do the following:
1
Power off all units in the fabric.
2
Check all the cable connections in the fabric.
3
Check the ports have been enabled as fabric ports.
4
Power on all units in the fabric.