Specifications
Table Of Contents
- Notices
- Contents
- Preface
- Features Overview
- Hardware Installation
- Software Installation and Setup
- Powering On and Booting the Software
- Starting the Command Line Interface
- Setting Basic System Information
- Setting Up SNMP Community Strings
- Setting Up Passwords
- Setting the DNS Domain Name and Address
- Setting SYSLOG Parameters
- Loading System Image Software
- Loading Boot PROM Software
- Upgrading the VFS
- Activating Configuration Changes and Saving the Configuration File
- Installing and Starting Cabletron CoreWatch
- Troubleshooting
- Technical Support
- Index

SmartSwitch Router 2100 Getting Started Guide 13
Chapter 1: Features Overview
Figure 2 shows the front panel of two of the Gigabit ports.
Figure 2. Front panel of Gigabit ports
Cabling and Connector Specifications
The following table lists the media specifications for the Gigabit ports:
LEDs
The Gigabit ports use the following LEDs.
21
Rx
Tx Link
AN
Rx
Tx Link
AN
3
Table 5. Gigabit port specifications
Port type Specification
1000Base-SX • 802.3z standard (also uses 802.3x for flow control)
• SC-style Media Interface Connector (MIC)
• 62.5 micron or 50 micron multimode fiber-optic cable
• Maximum 275 meters (902 feet) segment length for 62.5 micron
fiber-optic cable, based on installed fiber bandwidth
• Maximum 550 meters (1804 feet) segment length for 50 micron
fiber-optic cable, based on installed fiber bandwidth
Table 6. Gigabit port LEDs
LED Description
Per-port Link • Green – indicates that the port hardware detects a cable plugged
into the port and a good link is established.
• Red (intermittent) – indicates that the port received an error
during operation.
• Red (solid) – indicates that the port hardware detects a cable
plugged into the port, however, a bad link is established.
• Off – indicates that no link from exists with the port.