Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Switch Controller Allied Telesis
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SWITCHBLADE SWITCH CONTROLLER QUICK INSTALL GUIDE.
SwitchBlade Switch Con troller Quick Install Guide Document Number C613-04031-01 REV B. Copyright © 2003, 2002 Allied T elesyn Intern ational, Corp. 19800 North Cr eek Parkway , Suite 200, Bothell, W A 9801 1, USA. All rights reserved. No part of this public ation may be repr oduced without prior written permission from Allied T elesyn.
Quick Instal l Guide 3 C613-04031 -01 REV B Models Cover ed By This Guide This Quick Install Guide includes information on installi ng the following car d: ■ A T -SB421 1 Switch Controller Information on installing line cards can be found in the SwitchBlade Line Card Quick Install Guide .
4 SwitchBlade Switch Contr oller C613-04031- 01 REV B Related items that can be purchased separately: ■ CPU memory pack, 256 MByte DRAM (2 x 128 MByte DIMMs). ■ SwitchCAM (Content Addressable Memory) for enhanced L2/L3 forwarding-database table size, 128 k-entry modules.
Quick Instal l Guide 5 C613-04031 -01 REV B Figure 1: ESD socket on the SwitchBlade 8 chassis. 5. Install the CPU memory pack Only Allied T elesyn suppli ed DIMMS have been tested and appr oved for use with SwitchBlade switch contr ollers.
6 SwitchBlade Switch Contr oller C613-04031- 01 REV B 7. Prepar e the switch c ontroller bay Remove the switch contro ller bay faceplate or ex isting switch controller T o remove a bay’ s faceplate: Loosen the faceplate’s two Phillips mo unting scr ews unti l they dis engage from the chassis, th en remove the facep late.
Quick Instal l Guide 7 C613-04031 -01 REV B When inserting a switch cont roller , take care to slide the back-pan el along both guides at an equal rate. If a switch controller becomes tight, it must not be forced. Instead, gently withdraw the cont roll er and try again, taking extra car e to keep the controller aligned with the guides.
8 SwitchBlade Switch Contr oller C613-04031- 01 REV B For DC chassis models, ensure that: • The corr ect DC terminal blocks on the chassis’s r ear panel are wir ed. The blocks should corr espond to PS U bays t hat have PSUs i nstalled. • The DC termi nals are wired to the correct polarity .
Quick Instal l Guide 9 C613-04031 -01 REV B 3. Check the power supply Ensure the chassis’s standb y switch is in the Run position and the switch control ler is r eceiving po wer (Power LED ligh ts gr een). 4. Log in After the switch contr oller has booted, the log in pr ompt appears.
10 SwitchBlade Switch Contr oller C613-04031- 01 REV B For instructions on using ASYN0 and the CLI to change ETH0’s IP address, see the “Graphical User Interface” s e ction in the “Ope rations” chapter of the SwitchBlade Software Reference .
Quick Instal l Guide 11 C613-04031 -01 REV B Switch Contr oller LEDs The following LEDs will operate if the s witch controller is receiving power . The SwitchBlade Hardwar e Reference has further tr oubleshooting information, including information on li ne card and power supply unit LEDs.
12 SwitchBlade Switch Contr oller C613-04031- 01 REV B Documentation And T ools CD-ROM The Documentation and T ools CD-ROM bu ndled with every switch contr oller and every chassis contains the complete Documentation Set for your switch and its expansion options, as well as tools for managing the switch.
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