Ringdale Gigabit Guía
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Before you start
About this guide
This guide is an addendum to the Smart Ringswitch Family User Guide (part number 100-291) which describes
how to use Madge Networks’ Smart Ringswitch Gigabit Module with a Madge Ringswitch and Ringswitch
Software Release 4.2. This guide reflects the latest release of the Ringswitch Software (4.3).
Conventions
Throughout this guide, the term Ringswitch is used to refer to any Madge Ringswitch model.
Associated guides
This guide tells you how to configure the Smart Ringswitch Gigabit Module. For information about installing
a Ringswitch and its associated modules, refer to Getting Started: Smart Ringswitch Family (part number 100-315).
For information about configuring a Ringswitch and its associated modules, refer to the Smart Ringswitch Family
User Guide (part number 100-291).
Audience
This guide is for network administrators. It assumes you are familiar with:
• token-ring networking
• the principles of LAN bridging and token-ring switching
Safety
To make sure you do not injure yourself or damage your Madge product, read Madge Networks Safety Guidelines
(part number 102-002) before installing the product.
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The guide
Neither Madge Networks Limited or its affiliated companies (together collectively “Madge”) make any
warranties about the information in this user guide. Under no circumstances shall Madge be liable for costs of
procurement of substitute products or services, lost profits, lost savings, loss of information or data or any
other special, indirect, consequential or incidental damages, arising in any way out of the use of its products,
whether or not used in accordance with the user guide.
Notes, cautions, and warnings
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Warning: A warning icon indicates the possibility of a threat to personal safety.
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Acknowledgments
Madge, the Madge Logo, Ring Access Module, Ringhub, Smart Ringswitch, Smart Ringswitch Plus, Smart
Ringswitch Express, HSTR Ready, GroupSwitch, Smart CAU, Smart RAM STP, Smart RAM Plus UTP, Smart
LAM STP, Smart LAM Plus UTP, Smart Ringbridge, TrueView, and TrueView/32 are trademarks, and in
some jurisdictions may be registered trademarks, of Madge Networks or its affiliated companies. Other
trademarks appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners.
Release date: November 2000
Copyright © 2000 Madge Networks Limited. All rights reserved.
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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Smart Ringswitch Gigabit Module ........................................................................... 1
Chapter 2 Connecting the Smart Ringswitch Gigabit Module.................................................................................. 7
Chapter 3 Reading status indicators............................................................................................................................. 13
Chapter 4 Using the command line interface............................................................................................................. 19
Appendix A Current ratings.............................................................................................................................................. 31
Appendix B Technical support services.......................................................................................................................... 33
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Introduction
Chapter 1
Introduction to the Smart Ringswitch Gigabit Module
The Smart Ringswitch Gigabit Module is an option module that supports Gigabit Ethernet connections at
1000 Mbps.
Features of the Smart Ringswitch Gigabit Module
The following sections introduce features of the Gigabit Module:
• Connection to Gigabit LAN segments
• Jumbo frame size support
• Token ring to Ethernet translational bridging support
Connection to Gigabit LAN segments
If you install a Smart Ringswitch Gigabit Module into a Smart Ringswitch Plus Chassis or a Smart Ringswitch
Express you can connect token ring LAN segments with Gigabit Ethernet LAN segments.
For more information about the Smart Ringswitch Gigabit Module, see Chapter 2, Connecting the Smart
Ringswitch Gigabit Module.
Jumbo frame size support
Jumbo frame support lets you transmit frames onto Gigabit Ethernet greater than 1514 bytes (standard
Ethernet). Sizes up to 9014 bytes (Jumbo Ethernet) are supported. Larger frame sizes improve
performance and let standard token ring traffic bridge to Gigabit Ethernet without fragmentation.
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Token ring to Ethernet translational bridging support
The Smart Ringswitch Gigabit Module supports multi-protocol translational bridging including IPX,
IP, NLP, RIP, SAP, NDS and AppleTalk. See Appendix F of the Smart Ringswitch Family User Guide
(part number 100-291) for more information on translational bridging.
The Smart Ringswitch Gigabit Module also introduces support for Novell NetWare Link Services Protocol
(NLSP). NLSP provides link-state routing for Internetwork Package Exchange (IPX) networks and replaces
NetWare’s IPX-based Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and Service Advertising Protocol (SAP). As token
ring and Ethernet use different addressing formats, the Smart Ringswitch Gigabit Module recognizes NLSP
traffic and translationally bridges some NLSP frames to maintain consistent routing information throughout
the enterprise IPX network.
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