Soho FSD-800 User's Manual
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1. 1 PCQHUTES Eaa 3 CHAPTER 2 5 HARDWARE 5 Front PANEL a ee eS 5 Rear Paneb Ga hate S aaa 6 Hardware 7 CONPIQUPALION wis enra EE 8 10 CHAPTER i e PE EA E A EE 15 TROUBLESHOOTING arei ea rer EEEE REEE E 15 APPENDIX ccccscsocsssccecsscssccsccscssesesccecssccseceecseesescsssseseoses 17 SPECIFICATIONS 17 FSD 800 User s Manual 1 This page is intentionally left blank SOHOConnect Series Chapter 1 General Introduction Checklist Check the contents of your package for following parts The Fast Ethernet Switch Power Cord User s Manual If any of these pieces are missing or damaged please contact your dealer immediately if possible retain the carton including the original packing material and use them against to repack the product in case there is a need to return it to us for repair Introduction The FSD 800 8 port 10 100Mbsp Ethernet Switch is designed to allow simultaneous transmission of multiple packets via an internal high speed data channel This means that it can partition FSD 800 User s Manual 1 network more efficiently than bridges or routers in most environments In the2. Features 8 port 10 100base TX Auto Negotiation Ethernet Switching Hub Complies with the IEEE802 3 Ethernet and IEEE802 3u Fast Ethernet standard Features Store and Forward architectures with wire speed filtering and forwarding rates Full Half Duplex capability on every TX ports total bandwidth is up to 200Mbps port Support up to 4K Uni cast address Layer 2 address resolution Self Learning Broadcast storm control TEEE802 3x compliant full duplex flow control Half duplex flow control 100 240VAC Full range internal power supply FSD 800 User s Manual 3 LED indicators for simple diagnostics and management Port 8 provides an extra port for MDI and MDI X mode PC or hub Uplink Plug and Play SOHOConnect Series Chapter 2 Hardware Description This section describes the hardware features of the Switch For easier management and control of the Switch familiarize yourself with its display indicators and ports Front panel illustrations in this chapter display the unit LED indicators Before connecting any network device to the hub read this chapter carefully Front Panel The unit front panel provides a simple interface monitoring the Switch It includes a power indicator for each port Lat Ltd Figure 1 Front Panel of FSD 800 LED indicators LED Color Function Power Green PWR Link Act Green 100 Green FDX COL Green Description This
3. following sections the term Switch will represent Planet s FSD 800 and switch for third part Ethernet switches This Switch is a highly reliable network switch and is the ideal device for bridging Ethernet to Fast Ethernet workgroups or networks Simple and cost effective the Switch complies with TEEE802 3u IEEE802 3 100 and 10Base T Therefore the Switch will be the fast being recognized as one of the most important building blocks for today networking technology Compact in size and designed for Plug and Play installation the Switch allows the network administrator to simply connect the network and power cables and the switching bridging functions begin automatically No hardware or software configurations are required The front panel of the Switch provides LED indicators for easy recognition of the switch operation status and for troubleshooting These LED indicators display the power status for the system and link speed full duplex and receive status for each port With 8 port Fast Ethernet Switching designed specifically for 2 SOHOConnect Series connecting workgroup devices and desktops companies longer have to invest in expensive and inflexible switches engineered primarily for backbone implementations Instead companies can deploy scaleable affordable switches that increase the aggregate bandwidth of the network by boosting throughput to the workgroups that need it most
4. indicator lights green when the hub is receiving power otherwise it is off This indicator green when the port is connected to a either 10Mbps Ethernet or 100Mbs Fast Ethernet station If the station to which the hub is connected is powered off or if there is a problem with the link the LED will remain off And the indicator blinking green when the data will be received to all other connected ports This indicator green when the port is connected to 100 Fast Ethernet station If the station to which the hub is connected is powered off 10 Ethernet station or if there is a problem with the link the LED will remain off Lit Full duplex operation Unlit Half duplex operation Blink indicates data collisions the respective Ethernet segment of this port Whenever a collision is detected the respective COL indicator will briefly blink Rear Panel The rear panel of the Switch indicates an AC jack power socket which accepts 100 240VAC Power inlet for FSD 800 SOHOConnect Series 100V 240VAC 50 60Hz Figure 2 Rear Panel of FSD 800 Hardware Installation 1 Place the Switch on a smooth surface 2 Connect the output cord of power supply to the AC jack 3 Connect hub or PC to one port of the Switch using Category 3 4 5 UTP STP cabling 4 Connect another hub or PC to the other port of Switch by following the same process as described in Step 3 Notice Cable distance
5. SOHOConnect Series FSD 800 8 port 10 100Mbps Ethernet Switch FSD 8080 User s Manual Trademarks Copyright PLANET Technology Corp 2000 PLANET is a registered trademark of PLANET Technology Corp All other trademarks belong to their respective owners Contents subject to revision without prior notice FCC Warning This device has been tested and found to comply with 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 users manual may cause interference in which case user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense CE Mark Warning This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Revision The information in this manual is subject to change without notice User s manual for PLANET SOHOConnect Series Switch Model FSD 800 Rev 1 0 July 2000 Part No EM FSD800 SOHOConnect Series Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 GENERAL 1 Ch cklist istesno en euade Setanta hee a eR 1
6. ascade RJ 45 shared with port 1 Exchange Hardware Physical Environmental Specification DC inputs 100 240VAC 50 60Hz LED Indication System Power Port 3 LED Indicators per port LINK ACT 100 FDX COL Operating 0 50 degree C Temperature Storage Temperature 20 70 degree General Ethernet 10 90 non condensing FCC Class A CE Mark Class A Performance Transmission Store and forward Method Filtering Address Table Packet 148 800pps per port for 100Mbps Filtering Forwarding ps Rate 14 880pps per port for 10Mbps Learning 4 K entries device 18 SOHOConnect Series
7. comes in And these ports will transmit this packet to the network it connected If found and the destination address is 10 SOHOConnect Series located at different port from this packet comes in the Ethernet Switch will forward this packet to the port where this destination address is located according to the information from address table But if the destination address is located at the same port with this packet comes in when this packet will be filtered Thereby increasing the network throughput and availability Store and Forward Store and Forward is one type of packet forwarding techniques A Store and Forward Ethernet Switch stores the incoming frame in an internal buffer do the complete error checking before transmission Therefore no error packets occurrence it is the best choice when a network needs efficiency and stability The Switch scans the destination address from the packet header searches the routing table provided for the incoming port and forwards the packet only if required The fast forwarding makes the switch attractive for connecting servers directly to the network thereby increasing throughput and availability However the switch is most commonly used to segment existing hubs which nearly always improves overall performance An Ethernet Switch can be easily configured in any Ethernet network environment to significantly boost bandwidth using conventional FSD 800 User s Manual 11 cabling an
8. d adapters Due to the learning function of the Ethernet switch the source address and corresponding port number of each incoming and outgoing packet are stored in a routing table This information is subsequently used to filter packets whose destination address is on the same segment as the source address This confines network traffic to its respective domain reducing the overall load on the network The Switch performs Store and forward therefore no error packets occur More reliably it reduces the re transmission rate No packet loss will occur Auto Negotiation The STP ports on the Switch have built in Auto Negotiation This technology automatically sets the best possible bandwidth when a connection is established with another network device usually at Power On or Reset This is done by detect the modes and speeds at the second of both device is connected and capable of Both 10Base T and 100Base TX devices can connect with the 100Base TX port in either Half or Full Duplex mode 12 SOHOConnect Series If attached device is 100Base TX port will set to e 10Mbps no auto negotiation 10Mbps 10Mbps with auto negotiation 10 20Mbps 10Base T Full Duplex e 100 no auto negotiation 100Mbps e 100Mbps with auto negotiation 100 200Mbps 100Base TX Full Duplex FSD 800 User s Manual 13 This page is intentionally left blank 14 SOHOConnect Series Chapter 3 Troubleshooting This chap
9. for FSD 800 The cable distance between the Switch and hub PC should not exceed 100 meter Make sure the wiring is correct It can be used Category 3 4 5 cable in 1OMbps operation To reliably operate your network at 100Mbps you must use an Unshielded Twisted Pair UTP Category 5 cable or better Data Grade cabling While a Category 3 or 4 cable FSD 800 User s Manual 7 may initially seem to work it will soon cause data loss All kinds of hub PC can connect to switch by using straight through wires The hub provides one additional RJ45 connector that is converted from port 1 labeled Uplink port Either port 8 or Uplink port can be used at one time Configuration 100Mbps Server to 10Mbps Hub Plug one end of the Category 5 UTP Cable into any one port of the Switch and the other end of this cable into the RJ 45 of Fast Ethernet Adapter in the server The cable length between these 2 connecting points should not exceed 100 meters Plug one end of the Category 3 UTP Cable into Uplink port of the Switch and the other end of this cable into any port of the 10Mbps Ethernet hub The cable length between these 2 connecting points should not exceed 100 meters 8 SOHOConnect Series link LIL Ltt dt 100 meters Hubs a MOX Figure 3 100Mbps File server to Hubs C
10. onnection 10Mbps Hub to 100Mbps Hub Plug one end of the Category 5 UTP Cable into one port of the Switch and the other end of this cable into Uplink port of the 100Mbps Fast Ethernet Hub The cable length between these 2 connecting points should not exceed 100 meters Plug one end of the Category 3 UTP Cable into one port of the Switch and the other end of this cable into Uplink port of the 10Mbps Ethernet Hub The cable length between these 2 connecting points should not exceed 100 meters FSD 800 User s Manual 9 Switch Operation Address Table The Switch is implemented with an address table This address table composed of many entries Each entry is used to store the address information of some node in network including MAC address port no etc The information comes from the learning process of Ethernet Switch Learning When one packet comes in from any port The Ethernet Switch will record the source address port no and the other related information in address table This information will be used to decide either forwarding or filtering for future packets Forwarding amp Filtering When one packet comes from some port of the Ethernet Switch it will also check the destination address besides the source address learning The Ethernet Switch will lookup the address table for the destination addresses If not found this packet will be forwarded to all the other ports except the port which this packet
11. ter contains information to help you solve problems If the Switch is not functioning properly make sure the Switch was set up according to instructions in this manual The Link LED is not Lit Solution Make sure the switch configuration is consistent with the connecting device Check the cable connections Performance is bad Solution Check the full duplex status of the Ethernet Switch If the Ethernet Switch is set to full duplex and the partner is set to half duplex then the performance will be poor Some stations can not talk to other stations located on the other port Solution The address table may contain older information than of the address table of that node Please power down to refresh the address information 16 SOHOConnect Series Specifications General Ethernet Standards IEEE 802 3 10Base T Ethernet IEEE 802 3u 100 Base TX Fast Ethernet ANSI IEEE Std 802 3 N way auto negotiation IEEE 802 3 Frame types Transparent IEEE 802 3 MAC layer frame size 64 1518 Bytes Data Transfer Rate Ethernet Fast Ethernet 10Mbps half duplex 100Mbps half duplex 20Mbps full duplex 200Mbps full duplex Topology General Cabling Network Cables 10Base T 2 pair UTP Cat 3 4 5 100 m maximum EIA TIA 568 100 ohm STP 100 maximum 100Base TX 2 pair UTP Cat 5 100 m maximum EIA TIA 568 100 ohm STP 100 maximum Number of Ports 8 STP ports Media Interface C
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