Installation guide

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................................................................................5
Preface ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
Audience ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
How This Guide is Organized .............................................................................................................................................................................7
Document Conventions ......................................................................................................................................................................................8
Where to Find Web-based Guides ...................................................................................................................................................................9
Contacting Allied Telesyn .................................................................................................................................................................................10
Online Support............................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Telephone and Fax Support.................................................................................................................................................................... 10
E-mail Support.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Returning Products .............................................................................................................................................................................................11
FTP Server ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................12
For Sales or Corporate Information ...............................................................................................................................................................13
Tell Us What You Think ......................................................................................................................................................................................14
Chapter 1
Product Description .........................................................................................................................................................................................15
Summary of Features ..........................................................................................................................................................................................16
Switch Models .......................................................................................................................................................................................................17
Features and Components ...............................................................................................................................................................................18
Six Twisted Pair 100/1000 Mbps Ports (AT-9006T).......................................................................................................................... 18
Six Fiber Optic 1000 Mbps Ports (AT-9006SX/SC and AT-9006LX/SC)..................................................................................... 19
RS232 Connector......................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
System and Port LEDs................................................................................................................................................................................ 19
Reset Button.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
AC Power Connector.................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Redundant Power Supply Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 20
Expansion Slots ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 21
MAC Address Table..................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
AT-S26 Management Software and Omega Management Interface....................................................................................... 22
IEEE 802.3u Auto-Negotiation................................................................................................................................................................ 23
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) ................................................................................................................................................................. 23
Quality of Service (QOS)............................................................................................................................................................................ 24
BOOTP and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)......................................................................................................... 25
Port Mirroring ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Virtual LANs (VLANs) .................................................................................................................................................................................. 25
Network Topologies ............................................................................................................................................................................................27
Where to Go Next .................................................................................................................................................................................................28