Installation guide

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Table of Contents
Preface ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
How This Guide is Organized .............................................................................................................................................................................7
Document Conventions ......................................................................................................................................................................................8
Where to Find Web-based Guides ...................................................................................................................................................................9
Contacting Allied Telesyn Technical Support ............................................................................................................................................10
Online Support............................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Telephone Support..................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Management Software Updates ....................................................................................................................................................................11
For Sales or Corporate Information ...............................................................................................................................................................12
Chapter 1
Product Description .........................................................................................................................................................................................13
Common Features ...............................................................................................................................................................................................14
Front Panel Components ..................................................................................................................................................................................15
Back Panels .............................................................................................................................................................................................................17
Hardware Features ..............................................................................................................................................................................................18
Fiber Optic Ports.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Twisted Pair Ports........................................................................................................................................................................................ 19
Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) Expansion Slots....................................................................................................................... 21
Module Expansion Slots............................................................................................................................................................................ 22
Twisted Pair Port LEDs and the LED Mode Select Button............................................................................................................. 22
Fiber Optic Port LEDs................................................................................................................................................................................. 24
System LEDs .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 26
RS-232 Terminal Port.................................................................................................................................................................................. 27
Reset Button.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 28
RPS Connector.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 29
AC Power Connector.................................................................................................................................................................................. 30
Software Features ................................................................................................................................................................................................31
AT-S39 Management Software .............................................................................................................................................................. 31
Enhanced Stacking ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)................................................................................................................................................................. 37
Tagged and Port-based VLANs............................................................................................................................................................... 38
Basic VLAN Mode......................................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Quality of Service (QOS)............................................................................................................................................................................ 39
BOOTP and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)......................................................................................................... 39
Port Mirroring ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 40
Port Trunking................................................................................................................................................................................................ 40
Port Security.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 42