D-Link DES-1218 - Manual (Page 6)

Table of Contents
0 ABOUT THIS GUIDE .................................................................................................................................IX
C ONVENTIONS ..................................................................................................................................................... IX
O VERVIEW OF THIS U SER ’ S G UIDE ...................................................................................................................... IX
1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................... 1
F AST E THERNET T ECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................................ 1
G IGABIT E THERNET T ECHNOLOGY ....................................................................................................................... 1
S WITCHING T ECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................................................... 2
DES-1218/DES-1226 10/100/1000 M BPS S WITCH .............................................................................................. 2
General Description of Switch ......................................................................................................................... 2
Performance features ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Ports ................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Optional Gigabit Extension Modules ............................................................................................................... 4
1000BASE-SX (SC) Module (DES-122G) .....................................................................................................................4
1000BASE-LX (SC) Module (DES-122GL) ..................................................................................................................4
GBIC Gigabit Ethernet Module (DES-122GB)...............................................................................................................4
1000BASE-T Module (DES-122T).................................................................................................................................4
1000BASE-SX (MT-RJ) Module (DES-122GM )*........................................................................................................5
2 UNPACKING AND SETUP ......................................................................................................................... 6
U NPACKING .......................................................................................................................................................... 6
S ETUP ................................................................................................................................................................... 6
D ESKTOP OR S HELF I NSTALLATION ...................................................................................................................... 7
R ACK I NSTALLATION ............................................................................................................................................ 7
P OWER ON ............................................................................................................................................................ 8
Power Failure .................................................................................................................................................. 8
3 IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMPONENTS........................................................................................... 9
F RONT P ANEL ....................................................................................................................................................... 9
R EAR P ANEL ...................................................................................................................................................... 10
S IDE P ANELS ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
LED I NDICATORS ............................................................................................................................................... 11
4 CONNECTING THE SWITCH.................................................................................................................. 12
S WITCH TO E ND N ODE ....................................................................................................................................... 12
S WITCH TO H UB OR S WITCH ............................................................................................................................... 13
C ONNECTING TO N ETWORK B ACKBONE OR S ERVER .......................................................................................... 14
5 SWITCH MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................................ 15
L OCAL C ONSOLE M ANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................................ 15
Console port (RS-232 DCE)........................................................................................................................... 15
User Interface................................................................................................................................................. 16
Software Features .......................................................................................................................................... 17
Port Speed - 10/100 Mbps UTP ....................................................................................................................................17
Port Speed – Gigabit Ethernet Ports..............................................................................................................................17
Flow Control .................................................................................................................................................................17
Port Trunk Groups ........................................................................................................................................................17
Port Monitor..................................................................................................................................................................17
Priority Queues .............................................................................................................................................................18
VLAN Group ................................................................................................................................................................19
6 MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS ................................................................................................................... 20
P ORT T RUNK G ROUPS ........................................................................................................................................ 20
IEEE 802.1 P P RIORITY ....................................................................................................................................... 21
VLAN S .............................................................................................................................................................. 21