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Quick Start Guide Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switches.
2 500 Series Stacka ble Managed Switches We l c o m e Thank you f or choosing the Cisco 500 S eries Stackable Managed Switch, a Cisco net work communications devic e. This devic e is designe d to be operational right out of the box as a standar d layer 2 and 3 swit ch.
500 Series Stackable Managed Switches 3 Mounting the Cisc o Stackable Manage d Swi tch There ar e t wo ways to ph ysically install the switch: • Set the switch on a flat surface.
4 500 Series Stacka ble Managed Switches Reduc e d Air Flow —B oth side panels must be unob struct e d to pr event overheating. Mech anical O verloading — The device should b e level, stable, and secure to pr event it from slidin g or shifting out of po sition.
500 Series Stackable Managed Switches 5 C AUTION F or stability , load the rack fr om the b ottom to the t op, with the heaviest device s on the b ottom.
6 500 Series Stacka ble Managed Switches Power over Ethernet (PoE) C onsiderations If your swit ch is one of the PoE mo dels , consider the following table f or specific informati o n: N OTE The swit ch can delive r a maximum of 15.4 W at ts to an y 10/ 100 Gigabit PoE port .
500 Series Stackable Managed Switches 7 phones , IP cam eras, and wireles s ac ce s s po ints . The PoE switches can det e ct and supply power to pre-standar d legacy PoE Powered Devices .
8 500 Series Stacka ble Managed Switches When the switch is using the factor y default IP addr es s , the System LED flashes c ontinuously . When the switch is using a DHCP s er ver -as signe d IP address or an administrator has configured a static IP addr es s, the System LED is on solid (DHCP is enabled by default).
500 Series Stackable Managed Switches 9 C AUTION Mak e sure that any configuration changes ma de are saved t o the Star tup co nfiguration befor e exiting from the web-b ase d interface b y clicking on the Sav e icon.
10 500 Series Stacka ble Managed Switches C AUTION Mak e sure that any configuration changes are sav e d befor e exiting by issuing the command: copy running-conf ig startup- config Y ou ar e ready t o c onfigure the switch. R efer to the Cisco 500 S eries Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide f or fur ther inf ormation.
500 Series Stackable Managed Switches 11 T IP The default stack ports on the 500X ar e X G3/S 1 and X G4/S2. If the correct mo dule is plugged into X G3/S 1 and X G4/S2, the switch should be able t o detect the co nne ction and configure the speed acc ording t o the module capability without any manual configuration.
12 500 Series Stacka ble Managed Switches Changing the stack mode of a switch r equires a reboot of the switch. Stack Unit Mo de s Device s can operate in one of the f o llowing Stack Unit modes : •S t a n d a l o n e — The device is not conne cted t o any other device and does not have a stack port .
500 Series Stackable Managed Switches 13 Stack C onfiguration Options The f ollowing des cribe s s ome typical stack c onfigurations: Example St acking S c enario s N OTE Spe eds lis ted below that u se xx -auto mean auto-detection of the SFP speed.
14 500 Series Stacka ble Managed Switches • Ports X G 1 and X G2 ar e available as standar d net work por ts –S p e e d — 1 G o r 1 0 G Stacking Option Two: • Po r t s XG 3 / S 1 a n d XG 4 / .
500 Series Stackable Managed Switches 15 • Ports S 3 and S4 are a vailable as standard network por ts –S p e e d — 1 G Non-Stacking st andalone option: • Port S 1 /SFP , S2/S FP are a vailable.
16 500 Series Stacka ble Managed Switches Ex tern al Fe atur e s of the Cis c o 500 S erie s St ackable Manage d S witch This section de scribe s the exterior of the swit ches including por ts , LEDs , and connectors. F ront Panel The por ts and LEDs are locat e d on the front panel of the swit ch.
500 Series Stackable Managed Switches 17 500X Right Side 500 Right Side SG500XG-8F 8T Right Side RJ-45 Ethernet Ports —Us e these por ts to connect net work devices , such as computers, printers, and ac ces s points , to the swit ch. Standard Ethernet por ts can not be use d to stack the swit che s .
18 500 Series Stacka ble Managed Switches • The 500 and 500X swit ches suppor t the f ollowing SFP+ Copp er Cable modules f or stacking : SFP-H 10 GB-CU 1M, SFP- H 10GB -CU3M, and SFP -H 1 0GB-C U5M . • SFP inter face is a c ombination por t , shared with one other RJ-45 interface.
500 Series Stackable Managed Switches 19 Gigabit LED (if present) —(Green) L ocated on the right of a GE port . Lights steady when another device is connected to the por t , is p owered on, and a 1000 Mbps link is e stablished bet ween the devic es .
20 500 Series Stacka ble Managed Switches T rouble shoot Y our C onne ction If you cannot acces s your switch fr om the web-b ased inter face, the switch might not be reachable fr om your computer . Y ou can t e st network connections by using ping on a c omputer running Wi ndows: S TEP 1 Open the T erminal application.
500 Series Stackable Managed Switches 21 No I P r o u t e : If the switch and your comput er are in differ ent IP subnets , you need one or more r outers t o rout e the packets betwe en the two subnets . U nusua lly long acces s time: Most conne ctions will be available in a f ew s econds .
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