Cabletron Systems NB20E Manual De Usuario

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

USING THIS MANUAL ................................................................ 1-1

GETTING HELP .......................................................................... 1-2

THE NB20E AND NB25E TWO PORT ETHERNET BRIDGE .... 1-2

THE BRIDGE FILTERING METHOD .......................................... 1-3

MULTIPLE BRIDGE ENVIRONMENTS ...................................... 1-5
1.5.1

The Root Bridge.............................................................. 1-5

Primary and Redundant Data Paths ............................... 1-6

REMOTE LANVIEW .................................................................... 1-7

RELATED MANUALS.................................................................. 1-8

INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS/
SPECIFICATIONS

LOCATION REQUIREMENTS .................................................... 2-1

NETWORK REQUIREMENTS .................................................... 2-1

OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS ................................................ 2-2

INSTALLING THE NB20E OR NB25E BRIDGE

UNPACKING THE NB20E OR NB25E BRIDGE ......................... 3-1

INSTALLING THE BRIDGE......................................................... 3-1
3.2.1

Installing the Rack Mount Brackets ................................ 3-2

Cable Support Installation............................................... 3-3

Connecting The Bridge To The Network ........................ 3-3

Setting The Mode Switches ............................................ 3-4

3.2.5

Connecting The NB20E or NB25E To The Power Source ......................................................... 3-5

TESTING AND LANVIEW

INSTALLATION CHECK-OUT..................................................... 4-1

USING LANVIEW ........................................................................ 4-2

USING THE FORWARD BROADCAST SWITCH....................... 4-3

USING THE ROOT SWITCH ...................................................... 4-4