Grounding the Chassis 31
Starting Up the Switch 32
Connecting a 3-kW AC Power Supply to an AC Power Source 33
Connecting a 3-kW Universal AC/DC Power Supply to an AC Power Source 34
Connecting a 3-kW Universal AC/DC Power Supply to a DC Power Source 34
Connecting a 3-kW DC Power Supply to a DC Power Source 35
CHAPTER 4
Connecting the Switch to the Network 39
Guidelines for Connecting Ports 39
Connecting a Console to the Switch 40
Connecting the Management Interface 42
Creating the Initial Switch Configuration 42
Connecting Interface Ports 44
Connecting a BASE-T Port to the Network 44
Disconnecting a BASE-T Port from the Network 44
Connecting an Optical Port to the Network 45
Disconnecting Optical Ports from the Network 46
Maintaining Transceivers and Optical Cables 46
CHAPTER 5
Managing the Switch 47
Displaying Information About the Installed Hardware Modules 47
Displaying the Hardware Inventory for a Switch 51
Displaying the Backplane and Serial Number Information 51
Displaying Environmental Information for the Switch 53
Displaying the Current State of a Module 54
Displaying Temperatures for a Module 56
Connecting to a Module 58
Saving the Module Configuration 59
Shutting Down or Starting Up a Module 59
Purging a Nonfunctioning Module from the Running Configuration 60
Displaying Power Usage Information 60
Power Cycling a Module 61
Rebooting a Switch 62
Overview of Supervisor Modules 63
Overview of Line Card Support 65
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