Table of Contents 
PREFACE..................................................................................................................................................................I 
System Overview.................................................................................................................................................................. ii 
Device Management Methods............................................................................................................................................... ii 
Installation Guide Overview ................................................................................................................................................ iii 
Intended Audience ...............................................................................................................................................................iii 
Notes, Notices, and Cautions...............................................................................................................................................iii 
Safety Cautions....................................................................................................................................................................iii 
General Precautions for Rack-Mountable Products.............................................................................................................. v 
IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMPONENTS............................................................................................................1 
Viewing the Front Panel ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 
Viewing Rear Panel .............................................................................................................................................................. 2 
Side Panels............................................................................................................................................................................ 3 
LED Indicators...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 
UNPACKING AND SETUP......................................................................................................................................8 
Unpacking the Device........................................................................................................................................................... 9 
Safety Instructions................................................................................................................................................................. 9 
General Precautions for Rack-Mountable Products............................................................................................................ 10 
Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge......................................................................................................................... 11 
Installing the Device ........................................................................................................................................................... 12 
Installing the Device on a Desktop or Shelf.................................................................................................................... 12 
Installing the Device on a Rack....................................................................................................................................... 12 
Powering on the Device...................................................................................................................................................... 14 
Using the External Redundant Power Supply..................................................................................................................... 15 
Web-Based Network Management ..................................................................................................................................... 16 
Login to Web Manager ................................................................................................................................................... 16 
Using the Web-Based User Interface.............................................................................................................................. 17 
Understanding the D-Link Embedded Web Interface..................................................................................................... 17 
CONNECTING AND CONFIGURING THE DEVICE .............................................................................................19 
Connecting to an End Node ................................................................................................................................................ 20 
Connecting to HUB or Switch ............................................................................................................................................ 21 
Connecting to the Console Port........................................................................................................................................... 22 
Connecting the Device in a Stack ....................................................................................................................................... 26 
Troubleshooting Device Connections................................................................................................................................. 27 
INITIAL DEVICE CONFIGURATION .....................................................................................................................28 
Booting the Device.............................................................................................................................................................. 29 
Configuration Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 30 
Initial Configuration............................................................................................................................................................ 31 
Device Configuration...................................................................................................................................................... 31 
Static IP Address and Subnet Mask ................................................................................................................................31 
User Name ...................................................................................................................................................................... 32 
Defining SNMP Community Strings .............................................................................................................................. 32 
SNMP Trap Management ............................................................................................................................................... 33 
Advanced Initial Device Configuration .............................................................................................................................. 34 
Assigning IP Addresses................................................................................................................................................... 34 
Retrieving an IP Address From a DHCP Server............................................................................................................. 34