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AsantéBridge 1012 Users’ Guide.
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T able of Contents Table of Contents Introduction i About This Manual ii Intended Audience iii Conventions Used In This Manual iii Tell Us What Your Think iv Technical Support iv Quick Start 1-1 Befor.
T able of Contents Connecting to the AUI Port 2-10 Connecting to the RJ45 IN and Out Ports 2-12 Configuring a Redundant Link 2-14 Checking the Link 2-14 An Example Configuration 2-15 Setting Up Out-of.
List of Figures List of Figures Figure 1-1 The AsantéBridge 1012 page 1-3 Figure 1-2 Bridging between two segments page 1-4 Figure 1-3 AsantéBridge 1012 Front Panel page 1-6 Figure 1-4 AsantéBridge.
List of Figures Figure 3-18 Editing the Forwarding Table page 3-31 Figure 3-19 Searching for an Address page 3-32 Figure 3-20 Bridge Filtering Table page 3-34 Figure 3-21 Resetting the Bridge page 3-3.
Introduction.
Page ii Introduction This manual is divided into the f ollowing sections: Introduction The Introduction cov er s the intended audience, conventions used in this manual, questions addressed to the reader concern- ing this guide, and technical support information.
Page iii Intended Audience This manual is intended f or Ether net local area networ k (LAN) administrators. Although it assumes some familiar ity with the use of AsantéVie w 2.
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1 Quick Start • Before Y ou Start on page 1-2 • Introducing the AsantéBridge on page 1-3 • Quick V iew on page 1-6 • Installing the AsantéBridge 1012 on page 1-13.
Page 1-2 Chapter 1 — Quick Start This chapter is designed to g et you up and running with the mini- mum possible effort. Introducing the AsantéBridge tells you ho w the bridg e functions and acquaints you with its key featur es.
Page 1-3 Introducing the AsantéBridge The AsantéBridge 1012 is an AsantéHub 1012 that has a transpar - ent two port bridge contained in the same chassis.
Page 1-4 Chapter 1 — Quick Start Figure 1-2 Bridging Between T wo Segments The bridge card pr ovides bridging between segment A and seg- ment B while the hub portion of the unit acts as a hub, connected to the backbone on segment B. Any devices connected to the hub are also part of segment B.
Page 1-5 Introducing the AsantéBridge ❏ Fujitsu SP ARClite RISC processor providing line-speed f orwarding of data ❏ Expandable memor y and FLASH EPROM enable easy upgr ades to the br idge’ s features and make the AsantéBridge an “ Applications Engine” for future inter- networ king technologies.
Page 1-6 Chapter 1 — Quick Start Bef ore you install the AsantéBr idge 1012, y ou should become familiar with both the front and r ear panels. The following illustra- tions show the front and r ear panels. Sit down in front of y our unit and find each of the items sho wn in the illustrations, then locate the item in the f ollowing te xt.
Page 1-7 Quick View SNMP LED Flashes when the SNMP agent module is installed in the AsantéBridge 1012. MSG LED If on, status messages are w aiting; you must use AsantéVie w to read them. Hub Utilization LEDs This top row of eight LEDs indicates an approximation of hub segment (not bridge) bandwidth utilized at an y given time.
Page 1-8 Chapter 1 — Quick Start Bridge External Port Status LED There are thr ee separate LEDs: RCV flashes when a packet is receiv ed on the e xter nal port. FWD flashes when a packet is f orwarded from the hub port to the e xter nal port. COL flashes when a packet collision is detected on the bridge e xter nal port.
Page 1-9 Quick View The AsantéBridge 1012 rear panel pro vides the following connec- tors: ❏ 50-pin T elco ❏ 3-in-1 Uplink (networ k) ❏ two LED status indicators for the uplink ❏ RS 232 port .
Page 1-10 Chapter 1 — Quick Start Bridge External Port AUI This A UI por t is the e xter nal port for the bridge (not the hub), which is used to connect the bridg e to a segment in your net- wor k. The actual connection should be made using a MA U with the appropriate network media connector .
Page 1-11 Quick View Set the switc h on all other hubs in the daisychain to the UP position. Only one hub at the end of the daisychain can have this switch down. All others hubs in the chain must have it up. PC/T er minal DIP Switch This switc h controls the configuration f or the Bridge/Hub RS232 port and the AMS out-of-band link por ts.
Page 1-12 Chapter 1 — Quick Start The AsantéBridge front panel LEDs pro vide status information on both ov erall device utilization and for specific configur ation and fault conditions.
Page 1-13 Installing the AsantéBridge 1012 This section tells you ho w to quickly install y our new AsantéBridge 1012 betw een two segments in a networ k and how to connect other networ k devices to the RJ45 por ts. This is a ver y simple installation guide designed to g et your AsantéBridge up and running with minimum ef f or t.
Page 1-14 Chapter 1 — Quick Start ❏ At least one device configured f or connection to your Ethernet. W e recommend that you use a Macintosh or PC with AsantéVie w 2.2 networ k mana g ement software installed, although you can use an y device that nor mally connects to and communicates ov er your Ethernet net- work .
Page 1-15 Installing the AsantéBridge 1012 Positioning the AsantéBridge 1012 The AsantéBridge can be positioned on any flat surf ace (a desktop, table, or other wor k surf ace), or it can be mounted on a wall or in a rack. There are a f ew guidelines that should be f ollowed: ❏ Place the unit within six feet of an A C outlet.
Page 1-16 Chapter 1 — Quick Start Placing the Bridge on a Desktop 1 P eel the protective strips from the self-adhesive f eet and apply the f eet in the f our cor ner s of the base of the unit.
Page 1-17 Installing the AsantéBridge 1012 T ur ning on and Pretesting the Bridge If you ar e installing more than one unit, you ma y want to repeat this procedure f or eac h one bef or e making any device or netw or k connections. T ur ning on the Bridge 1 Attach the po wer cor d to the soc ket on the rear panel, and connect it to an A C outlet.
Page 1-18 Chapter 1 — Quick Start 2 If the LINK/RECEIVE LED does not come on, use a nar row tool to reset the hub. (The Reset button is on the front panel.) The AsantéBr idg e rer uns all diagnostics, and you should see the self-test LED display described in the previ- ous step.
Page 1-19 Installing the AsantéBridge 1012 3 Connect the MA U to the AsantéBr idg e external port as shown below . Figure 1-10 Connecting to the Exter nal Port 4 Connect the remaining backbone cab le to another MA U, also with an A UI connector on the other end.
Page 1-20 Chapter 1 — Quick Start Connecting Devices to the AsantéBridge 1012 Now that y ou have pretested y our AsantéBr idge and hav e con- nected it into your netw ork as a bridge, the last step is to connect Ethernet devices to the hub por tion of the unit.
Page 1-21 Installing the AsantéBridge 1012 Using the rear panel RJ21 connector Y ou can also access the twelv e hub por ts through a T elco punch- down bloc k connected to the RJ21 connector on the rear of the AsantéBridge. Y ou can connect some devices to the front panel RJ45 ports and some devices to the RJ21 port.
Page 1-22 Chapter 1 — Quick Start.
2 Connecting to the Network • Before Y ou Start on page 2-2 • About Bridging on page 2-3 • Using the 3in1 Port on page 2-8 • Configuring a Redundant Link on page 2-14 • Setting Up Out-of-Ba.
Page 2-2 Chapter 2 — Connecting to the Network This chapter pr ovides detailed information about your AsantéBridge and some pointers on dif fer ent ways y ou can con- nect it to your netw ork.
Page 2-3 About Bridging The AsantéBridge 1012 has combined the world of a tr ansparent learning br idge with the intellig ence of the AsantéHub 1012. This section gives y ou a br ief introduction to bridging and how it is implemented by your new AsantéBr idg e.
Page 2-4 Chapter 2 — Connecting to the Network The more hubs and users added, the more traffic occur s on the backbone, until we ev entually r each a point at which o verall net- wor k performance begins to degrade.
Page 2-5 About Bridging The transparent bridg e shown here ser ves to isolate the tw o seg- ments: Networ k traffic meant only f or devices on segment A is lim- ited to the backbone serving segment A. These packets are not passed across the bridge. T raf fic on segment B is also restricted to that segment.
Page 2-6 Chapter 2 — Connecting to the Network Dividing your netw ork into tw o segments reduces your ov erall backbone traffic and improv e networ k ef ficiency , but also intro- duces a certain element of r isk: the br idge becomes the sole path between the tw o segments.
Page 2-7 About Bridging Figure 2-3 Redundant bridging Internal br idge softw are will automatically designate one bridge as the “active” bridge and the other bridg e as the “standby” or blocking bridg e, preventing multiple transmissions of the same packet by both bridges.
Page 2-8 Chapter 2 — Connecting to the Network The 3in1 port is actually a single port with three connector s: an A UI, RJ45, and BNC. P or t connection is made using one of the fol- lowing: ❏ The.
Page 2-9 Using the 3in1 Port Figure 2-4 Interconnecting Hubs on Thin Ether net Backbone ❖ Note: The ter minator may be used either at one end of a T -connector , or at the end of a cable.
Page 2-10 Chapter 2 — Connecting to the Network The AUI port is typically used to inter connect hubs using a fiber or thick Ethernet backbone, as illustrated in F igure 2-5 and Figure 2-6.
Page 2-11 Using the 3in1 Port Figure 2-6 Inter connecting to Thick Ethernet Backbone RJ21 10 BASE-T PORTS IN or OUT AUI PARTITION TRAFFIC RS232 THROUGH AMS LINK UP=PC DOWN=TERMINAL END 3-IN-1 UPLINK B.
Page 2-12 Chapter 2 — Connecting to the Network Y ou can connect an AsantéBr idg e to another hub using RJ45 e xtension cables to connect an RJ45 por t on the front panel to the RJ45 connector of another hub’ s 3in1 por t. This method is called an in-band daisychain and of fers an economical wa y to connect hubs tog ether .
Page 2-13 Using the 3in1 Port Figure 2-7 Connecting an In-Band Daisychaining RJ21 10 BASE-T PORTS IN or OUT AUI PARTITION TRAFFIC RS232 THROUGH AMS LINK UP=PC DOWN=TERMINAL END 3-IN-1 UPLINK BNC Spare.
Page 2-14 Chapter 2 — Connecting to the Network One of the most common reasons f or a loss of netw ork services is damage to, or f ailure of, cabling inter connections.
Page 2-15 Configuring a Redundant Link BNC: According to the priority scheme described a bove, BNC will not be the active uplink if either an A UI or 10T connection exists. Due to this ordering, if BNC is selected, it is assumed that this medium is the only type av ailable.
Page 2-16 Chapter 2 — Connecting to the Network In Figur e 2-8, there are three AsantéHubs and an AsantéBridge in the networ k. These devices have wor kstations, pr inter s, etc.
Page 2-17 Setting Up Out-of-Band Links Using AsantéVie w 2.2 Out-of-Band to manage y our new AsantéBridge 1012 requir es that you link your AsantéBr idg e 1012 into an out-of-band daisychain.
Page 2-18 Chapter 2 — Connecting to the Network Figur e 2-9 shows onl y the out-of-band links in place. Y ou still need to connect a Macintosh or PC running Asantéview 2.2 Out-of-Band software. F igure 2-10 shows the three w ays that you can connect your Asanté Mana g ement Station for out-of-band manag ement.
Page 2-19 Setting Up Out-of-Band Links Recommended Method The recommended method f or connecting for out-of-band man- agement is with the AMS Link Extender included with y our AsantéBridge 1012. 1 Connect the RJ45 connector on the AMS Link Extender to the AMS Link Port on the rear panel of the AsantéBr idg e 1012 as shown in F igure 2-11 .
Page 2-20 Chapter 2 — Connecting to the Network There are tw o DIP switc hes located to the right of the AMS Link ports on the rear panel of the AsantéBr idg e 1012. These two switc hes are set up according to ho w the AsantéBr idge is posi- tioned in the out-of-band daisychain and ho w you are connecting your Asanté Mana g ement Station.
Page 2-21 Connecting a VT100 T erminal The bridge can be configured and monitor ed through a direct serial connection to the br idge RS232 port on the rear of the bridge unit. The bridge functions as a DCE; the terminal must be DTE. Y ou must use an RS232 straight-through serial cable to connect the bridge serial por t to your Macintosh or PC.
Page 2-22 Chapter 2 — Connecting to the Network T able 2-2 lists the factor y default settings. * Communication with a terminal is fixed at 9600 bps. T able 2-2 AsantéHub 1012 Factory Default Settings Default T o Modify All RJ45/RJ21 ports have Link Integrity testing enabled.
3 AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management • Before Y ou Start on page 3-2 • Bridge Diagnostics on page 3-3 • Local Management Menu System on page 3-4 • General Help Menu on page 3-6 • Configura.
Page 3-2 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management The AsantéBridge 1012 can automatically integ r ate itself into y our networ k environment without any prog ramming or other user inter vention other than connecting to tw o networ k segments and pow er ing it on.
Page 3-3 Bridge Diagnostics The AsantéBridge 1012 is equipped with on-board diagnostics that run when the br idge is po wered on (cold start) or when reset, either from the front panel or with the Reset system command from the local management Configuration Menu .
Page 3-4 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management All AsantéBridge 1012 functions can be configured using a VT100 terminal (or a Macintosh or PC r unning VT100 ter minal emulation software).
Page 3-5 Local Management Menu System 2 T o disconnect from the AsantéBridge 1012, use the appro- priate VT100 command. This command may vary depend- ing upon what terminal emulation software you ar e using. Please see the documentation accompanying y our emula- tion software f or instructions.
Page 3-6 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management The AsantéBridge 1012 VT100 local management port uses a vari- ety of control c haracter s (special keyboard characters) to control editing on screen. This help screen tells what editing commands are available and what they do.
Page 3-7 Configuration Menu System The main configuration menu, accessed only after entering a pass- wor d, provides submenus and commands for: Figure 3-4 Main Configuration Menu ❏ Checking and u.
Page 3-8 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management 4 The Reset System item is a command. Selecting this item and pressing return opens a confirmation dialog. Y ou must confir m that you w ant the unit reset befor e the command is actually e xecuted.
Page 3-9 Configuration Menu System The System Inf or mation menu stores te xt information in the bridge memor y . Figure 3-5 System Infor mation Window ❏ The Bridge/Hub MAC Address contains the physical address assigned to the bridge and hub. This field cannot be modified.
Page 3-10 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management Access to all bridge configuration functions is pass wor d pro- tected. The passw ord is stored in bridge memor y . The default pass- wor d is Asanté . Be sure to enter it e xactly as sho wn here; the passw ord field is case sensitiv e.
Page 3-11 Configuration Menu System The bridge SNMP ag ent menu has the following f our submenus: Figure 3-7 SNMP Agent Parameters Menu ❏ TCP/IP Parameters , defining the br idge IP address , sub-.
Page 3-12 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management TCP/IP Parameters Menu The IP address, subnet mask and default r outer IP address for the bridge and hub are set fr om this menu. Figure 3-8 TCP/IP Parameters Menu ❖ Important: Y ou should under stand how IP addressing wor ks befor e you attempt to modify any of these par am- eters.
Page 3-13 Configuration Menu System 5 Go to the Configuration Menu and reset the br idge to put the chang es into effect. Software Update Menu Figure 3-9 Softwar e Update Menu The Software Update menu pr ovides the follo wing information: ❏ T ells the br idg e to execute a boot oper ation and to get the boot image from a r emote ser ver .
Page 3-14 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management About the Software Update function ❖ Important: The software update function is comple x and should be understood before y ou attempt it. Please read through the f ollowing description before you use this command.
Page 3-15 Configuration Menu System Instead, the br idg e resets and then makes another attempt to download new softw are, using the same set of parameters it had bef ore.
Page 3-16 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management 6 Enter control-z to return to the SNMP Agent Parameter Menu without taking any action. If the software do wnload process fails and y ou enter a control-c from the VT100, the AsantéBr idg e opens this window .
Page 3-17 Configuration Menu System If the update is not successful, enter ing a control-c stops the pro- cess and reopens the Update Status window , this time with all the fields open f or editing.
Page 3-18 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management SNMP T rap Receiver T able Figure 3-11 SNMP Trap Receiver T able Y ou can define up to four tr ap receiv er s for the bridg e. A valid trap receiv er is a Macintosh or PC r unning AsantéVie w 2.
Page 3-19 Configuration Menu System 3 Press return to set the new v alue. 4 Repeat steps 1-3 for an y other fields you w ant to modify . 5 Highlight the COMMUNITY STRING field for the IP address y ou want and press return to open the data entr y bar .
Page 3-20 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management This table allows y ou to control access to SNMP MIB objects. All data fields initially displa y the parameter values contained in bridge memor y at the time this menu is opened.
Page 3-21 Configuration Menu System Defines data communication and user passw ord parameters f or accessing the bridge using AsantéView Out-of-Band netw ork man- agement softw are and an RS 232 modem connection. Figure 3-13 Out-of-Band Parameters Menu ❏ The Out-of-Band Baud Rate sets up a modem for both incoming calls and outgoing calls.
Page 3-22 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management Enter the new pass w or d and pr ess return . Y ou can enter as many as fifteen c haracters.
Page 3-23 Configuration Menu System This menu provides submenus used to configur e AsantéBr idge 1012 featur es only . There are submenus f or: ❏ Setting bridge spanning tree par ameter s ❏ Set.
Page 3-24 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management Spanning T r ee Bridge Parameters Menu Figure 3-15 Spanning Tree Bridge Parameters Menu Only the fields not displa yed in bold type can be edited; the bold- face type fields ar e read only .
Page 3-25 Configuration Menu System These parameters can chang e rapidl y depending on spanning tree activity . T o update the window , enter control-r . 1 Use the Up/Down arrow keys to select the field you want to modify; press return when it is selected.
Page 3-26 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management Spanning T r ee Port Setting Menu Figure 3-16 Spanning Tree Port Setting Menu The Spanning T ree P or t Setting menu has the f ollowing fields: ❏ Ext/Hub Port: ena bles or disables the e xternal por t or the hub side port linking one network segment to the bridge.
Page 3-27 Configuration Menu System 4 Enter control-u to erase the field, enter the new value, and press return . 5 Enter control-z to return to the Bridge Parameters Menu. Bridge Forwarding Table About Forwarding Forw arding is the process of passing packets from one bridg e por t to the other .
Page 3-28 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management ❏ Edit brings up the ta ble editor , where y ou can add, delete, and modify Ether net addresses ❏ Search opens the searc h utility , whe.
Page 3-29 Configuration Menu System The alphabetic por tion of the field defines the type of entr y . The numeric por tion defines the input por t and output port. Here, input port ref er s to the segment the transmitting device is on, and output port ref ers to the segment the packet is forwar ded to.
Page 3-30 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management When a device on either segment transmits, its packets ar e read by the br idg e. The bridge reads the source address contained in the packets and writes that address into the table as a dynamic entr y with a ta g associating it with the segment it was receiv ed on.
Page 3-31 Configuration Menu System Using the Edit Function Figure 3-18 Editing the Forwar ding T able T o use the Searc h Function, do the following: 1 Use the Left/Right arrow keys to select the Edit function. Press return . The table editor displays.
Page 3-32 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management Using the Search Function Figure 3-19 Sear ching for an Address T o use the Searc h Function, do the following: 1 Use the Left/Right arrow keys to select the function and then press return . The Searc h Function window displays.
Page 3-33 Configuration Menu System Bridge Filtering T able About the Filtering T able The filtering ta ble should be view ed as pipelined sets of parame- ters that determine whether any given pac ket is forwar ded from one segment to the other . Each parameter set contains thr ee rang es and an ON/OFF switc h.
Page 3-34 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management Each r ang e within the set acts as a filter in a pipeline. A packet has to g et past all thr ee filter s to completely trav er se the pipeline and be f orwarded (or discarded, according to ho w the filter mode is set).
Page 3-35 Configuration Menu System ❏ Status enables or disables the filtering function for this rang e of addresses. T o use the Bridge Filtering T able, do the follo wing: 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the LO DST address field and press return .
Page 3-36 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management Y ou can reset the AsantéBridge 1012 in three diff erent ways: ❏ Cycle the power . This resets both the bridge and hub portions of the device. The repeater is not affected. ❏ Push the Reset button on the front panel.
Page 3-37 Configuration Menu System ❏ Erases static f orwarding addr esses configured for delete on reset ❏ Does not affect the pass word f or the Configuration Menu ❏ Retains any ne w settin.
Page 3-38 Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management The AsantéBridge 1012 provides sev eral counters that monitor traffic on both br idg e por ts. A passw ord is not requir ed to access the statistics counter s. Just select the Bridge Statistics field on the Local Management Menu and press return .
A Support for Pre 10BaseT Devices.
Page A-2 Appendix A — Support for Pre 10BaseT Devices This appendix provides guidelines f or integr ating non-10BaseT compatible devices f or your Asanté 10BaseT Local Area Network. For a device that has an Ethernet card with an A UI port, simply obtain a TP-MA U (Media Attachment Unit) such as the Asanté 10T MA U.
B T echnical Specifications.
Page B-2 Appendix B — T echnical Specifications This appendix describes the technical featur es of the AsantéBridge 1012. Standards Supported: IEEE 802.3 Ethernet specifications for thick (10Base5), thin (10Base2), and unshielded twisted pair (10BaseT) media IEEE 802.
Page B-3 1 to show Uplink Link/Receiv e Status (rear panel) 3 to show receiv ed packets, forw arded packets, collisions on e xter nal bridge port 3 to show receiv ed packets, forw arded packets, colli.
Page B-4 Appendix B — T echnical Specifications.
C Pinouts and Cable Specifications.
Page C-2 Appendix C — Pinouts and Cable Specifications RJ-45 to RJ-21 Pinouts (Amphenol to Modular Jack) The Amphenol modular 50-pin connector establishes connections to the 8-pin modular jack through the netw ork (hub) and distribu- tion (house) punchdo wn blocks as illustrated in F igure C-1.
Page C-3 Figure C-2 Single Device Link — Amphenol Connector to 8-Pin Modular Jack 25 50 24 49 23 48 22 47 21 46 20 45 19 44 18 43 17 42 16 41 15 40 14 39 13 38 12 37 11 36 10 35 9 34 8 33 7 32 6 31 .
Page C-4 Appendix C — Pinouts and Cable Specifications RJ-45 Modular Jack to W all Jack Pinouts These pin numbers are for an Asanté 10BaseT card or MA U posi- tioned correctly with the notc h on the 8-pin modular jack down. Pin 1 is the leftmost pin, and pin 8 is the r ight-most pin.
Page C-5 AUI (DB-15) Pinouts T able C-1 AUI Pinouts Pin Circuit Signal Name 03 DO+ Data Out positive 10 DO- Data Out negative 11 DO S Data Out circuit Shield 05 DI+ Data In circuit positive 12 DI- Dat.
Page C-6 Appendix C — Pinouts and Cable Specifications.
Page i AsantéBridge 1012 Index A A simple Ethernet network 2-3 AC Line Fuse 1-11 AC Power Connector 1-11 Access Mode field 3-19 Ageout Time 3-24 AMS Out-of-Band Link Ports 1-10 AsantéBridge Applicat.
Page ii AsantéBridge 1012 Index Forwarding table editing rules 3-28 Forwarding Table Mode Alphabetic Entries 3-29 Forwarding Table Mode Numeric Entries 3-29 Forwarding Table Search Function 3-32 free.
Page iii AsantéBridge 1012 Index P Password 3-10 Password Menu 3-10 PC/Terminal DIP Switch 1-11 Port 2-21 Port Link/Receive LEDs 1-7 Port Partition LEDs 1-7 Power LED 1-6 Powering Up and Pretesting t.
Page iv AsantéBridge 1012 Index Manual P/N 06-00089-00.
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