Installation guide

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Chapter 1: About the Switch
Overview
This switch is an intelligent Fast Ethernet switch with 24 10BASE-T / 100BASE-TX
(RJ-45) Ports and 2 Slots for 100BASE-FX or Gigabit Uplink Modules. This switch
can easily tame your network with full support for Spanning Tree Protocol, Multicast
Switching, Virtual LANs, and Layer 2/3/4 CoS services.
Figure 1-1. Front and Rear Panels
Switch Architecture
The FMS-24K employs a wire-speed, non-blocking switching fabric. This permits
simultaneous wire-speed transport of multiple packets at low latency on all ports.
This switch also features full-duplex capability on all ports, which effectively doubles
the bandwidth of each connection.
Auto-negotiation is used to select the optimal transmission speed and
communication mode for each connection. With store-and-forward switching and
flow control, maximum data integrity is always maintained, even under heavy
loading.
This switch includes two slots on the front panel for slide-in 1000BASE-LX,
1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-FX, or 1000BASE-X (GBIC) modules.
Cascade connections between switches can be made using these modules.
The switch also supports a stacking module that can be installed into slot Module 2.
The stacking module allows up to eight units to be linked together and managed
from one unit using one IP address.
Media and Stacking Slots
System Indicators
10/100 Mbps RJ-45 Ports
Port Status Indicators (1-24)
Console Port
Module Status Indicators (25/26)
100-240V~
50/60Hz, 2A
Power Socket
Module 2 Module 1