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How to Use This Guide
xiv About This Guide
How to Use This Guide
This preface provides an overview of this guide and the DFE-Platinum Series manual set,
a brief summary of each chapter, and defines the conventions used in this document. To
locate information about various subjects in this guide, refer to the following table:
Related Documents
The manuals listed below can be obtained from the World Wide Web in Adobe Acrobat
Portable Document Format (PDF) at the following site:
http://www.enterasys.com/support/manuals
<emphasis>Matrix DFE-Platinum Series Configuration Guide provides information on
how to use the Command Line Interface to set up and manage the DFE-Platinum
modules.
Cabling Guide provides information on dB loss and cable specifications.
Unlike the <emphasis>Matrix DFE-Platinum Series Configuration Guide, the Cabling
Guide is not listed alphabetically on the web site. Instead, it is listed under the
Overview Guides link.
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An overview of the DFE-Platinum module and
instructions to obtain technical support from
Enterasys Networks
Chapter 1, Introduction
Network requirements that must be met before
installing the DFE-Platinum module
Chapter 2, Network Requirements
Instructions to install the DFE-Platinum module
hardware, optional Ethernet interface module, and
Mini-GBIC interface cards
Chapter 3, Installation
Troubleshooting installation problems and
diagnosing network/operational problems using the
LANVIEW LEDs
Chapter 4, Troubleshooting
Specifications, environmental requirements, and
physical properties of the DFE-Platinum module,
the optional 7G-6MGBIC Ethernet interface
module, and Mini-GBIC interface cards
Appendix A, Specifications
Instructions to set the mode switches when
necessary and remove and replace DRAM SIMM
and DIMM memory
Appendix B, Mode Switch Bank Settings
and Optional Installations