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Chapter 2.
Hardware Description
The AsantéHub™ is an easy to use and powerful LAN hub that lets you create
high-speed Ethernet networks over ordinary, unshielded twisted-pair telephone
wire. AsantéView network management software, when included, lets you
manage the LAN from an easy-to-read graphical display. With the SNMP option,
you can manage AsantéHub networks from a centralized SNMP-based
management console.
Standard hardware features include:
• Compact design that fits on a desktop, or can be wall- or rack-
mounted
• Twelve device ports
• Dedicated out-of-band network management connections
• Optional in-band network management using SNMP
• Complete flexibility in LAN topology, using the 3-In-1 Uplink
with 10BaseT, ThinNet and AUI connectors
• Support for redundant network links
• Comprehensive LED indicators for network status.
Interpreting LEDs
From right to left, LED indicators of the AsantéHub display status for:
• port-by-port link/receive status
• port-by-port partition status
• utilization percentage
• collision percentage
• power, CPU (OK), SNMP (OK/present) and MSG (present)
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