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Introducing the RJ45B Module
Introducing the
RJ45B Module
The Asanté RJ45B Module is a 24-port, double-height repeater
that plugs into the Asanté NetStacker chassis or the AsantéHub
2072 chassis. It is specially designed to accommodate the Asanté
NetStacker NMM Lite daughter board which provides the intelli-
gence for the hub. (The RJ45 Module does not accommodate a
daughter board.)
Thus, one NetStacker Hub, with an RJ45B board and a mounted
NMM Lite daughter board, provides network management capabil-
ity in addition to 24-node connectivity. A stack of three NetStacker
hubs requires one NMM Lite daughter board for network manage-
ment capability.
This module has its own built-in retiming unit which enables it to
continue functioning when another module malfunctions in the
NetStacker stack or the AsantéHub 2072.
RJ45B Module Features The RJ45B Module has the following features:
❏
24 RJ45 connectors
❏
Two AUI connectors; one is recessed to accom-
modate an Asanté Mini MAU for Thin, Twisted-Pair
or Fiber connectivity
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Hot-swap capability
❏
Partition and Link/Receive LEDs that display port
statistics for each port
❏
Full compliance with IEEE 802.3 Ethernet specifi-
cations for 10BaseT
Figure 1 below shows an RJ45B Module installed in a NetStacker
Chassis, with an Asanté Mini MAU for 10BaseF connected to the
recessed AUI connector.
Figure 1 The Asanté RJ45B Module
P ARTITION
10 BASE T P ORTS
SEG1
SEG 0
1234 5678 9101112
UPLINK 0
AUI
NetStacker-RJ45
9 10111256781234
L INK/ R ECEIVE
L INK/ R ECEIVE
P ARTITION
SEG1
SEG 0
1234 5678 9101112
UPLINK 0
AUI
9 10111256781234
ASANTÉ