User`s guide

FX-16NW

Open the shipping carton of the Switching Hub and carefully unpack its

contents. The carton should contain the following items:

FX-16NW x 1

Serial Cable x 1

Power Cord x 1

Metal Fittings and screws for rack mounting

Rubber feet with adhesive backing

This User’s Manual

If any item is found missing or damaged, please contact your local PCI

reseller for replacement.

1-1 Front Panel

Provides 16 RJ-45 STP ports for 100BASE-TX/ 10BASE-T connection

Complies with IEEE802.3 Ethernet and IEEE802.3u Fast Ethernet

standards

Fully supports Auto-Negotiation: automatically detects the transfer speed

(100/10Mbps) and duplex mode (half/full-duplex)

Supports Store & Forward switching scheme

Equipped with a MAC address table: automatically learns up to 16,000

MAC addresses

Equipped with a 4MB packet buffer

Supports up to 16 VLAN groups

Supports Trunking: enables 800Mbps high speed communication between

two FX-16NW units

Complies with Spanning Tree Protocol

Provides Port Mirroring function for analyzing packets

Transfer speed (100/10Mbps) and transfer mode (full/half-duplex) can be

configured manually as well

Flow Control Supported (full-duplex: IEEE802.3x, half-duplex: Back

Pressure)

LED indicators for monitoring the status of each port and the network

Provides one uplink port for cascading to another hub

Mountable to 19-inch racks

Equipped with one serial port for configuring VLAN and other settings

Features

Packing List

Parts Terminology

Front Panel