H3C S5500-28 C-EI-DC

About This Manual
Organization
H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Installation Manual is organized as follows:
Chapter Contents
1 Product Overview
Briefly introduces the appearance, system description, as well as
the features and applications of the S5500-EI series switches.
2 Preparing for Installation
Describes the requirements on installation site, the safety
recommendations before and during installation, and the
required tools.
3 Installing the Switch
Covers the procedures for installing the S5500-EI series
switches, ground wire connection, power module installation,
interface module installation, and so on.
4 Starting and Configuring the
Switch
Helps you get familiar with the basic knowledge of how to boot
and configure the S5500-EI series switches, including device
startup, power-on, and initialization of system files, and so on.
5 Boot ROM and Host Software
Loading
Introduces how to load Boot ROM and host software for an
S5500-EI series switch
6 Maintenance and
Troubleshooting
Introduces the problems that might occur during the installation
and the booting of an S5500-EI series switch and the related
solution.
Appendix A Lightning Protection
of the Switch
Introduces lightning protection of S5500-EI Series Ethernet
Switches.
Conventions
The manual uses the following conventions:
Command conventions
Convention Description
Boldface
The keywords of a command line are in Boldface.
italic
Command arguments are in italic.
[ ] Items (keywords or arguments) in square brackets [ ] are optional.
{ x | y | ... }
Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
One is selected.
[ x | y | ... ]
Optional alternative items are grouped in square brackets and
separated by vertical bars. One or none is selected.
{ x | y | ... } *
Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
A minimum of one or a maximum of all can be selected.
[ x | y | ... ] *
Optional alternative items are grouped in square brackets and
separated by vertical bars. Many or none can be selected.
&<1-n>
The argument(s) before the ampersand (&) sign can be entered 1 to n
times.
# A line starting with the # sign is comments.