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Notes, Notices, and Cautions

NOTE:

A NOTE indicates important information that helps you

make better use of your device.

NOTICE:

A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to

hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the

problem.

CAUTION:

A CAUTION indicates a potential for property

damage, personal injury, or death.

Safety Instructions

Use the following safety guidelines to ensure your own personal safety and to help protect

your system from potential damage. Throughout this safety section, the caution icon

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used to indicate cautions and precautions that you need to review and follow.

Safety Cautions

To reduce the risk of bodily injury, electrical shock, fire, and damage to the equipment,

observe the following precautions.

Observe and follow service markings. Do not service any product except as explained in your

system documentation. Opening or removing covers that are marked with the triangular

symbol with a lightning bolt may expose you to electrical shock. Components inside these

compartments should be serviced only by a trained service technician.

If any of the following conditions occur, unplug the product from the electrical outlet and

replace the part or contact your trained service provider:

– The power cable, extension cable, or plug is damaged.

– An object has fallen into the product.

– The product has been exposed to water.

– The product has been dropped or damaged.

– The product does not operate correctly when you follow the operating instructions.

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Keep your system away from radiators and heat sources. Also, do not block cooling

vents.

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Do not spill food or liquids on your system components, and never operate the product

in a wet environment. If the system gets wet, see the appropriate section in your

troubleshooting guide or contact your trained service provider.

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Do not push any objects into the openings of your system. Doing so can cause fire or

electric shock by shorting out interior components.

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Use the product only with approved equipment.

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Allow the product to cool before removing covers or touching internal components.

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Operate the product only from the type of external power source indicated on the

electrical ratings label. If you are not sure of the type of power source required, consult

your service provider or local power company.

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To help avoid damaging your system, be sure the voltage selection switch (if

provided) on the power supply is set to match the power available at your location:

– 115 volts (V)/60 hertz (Hz) in most of North and South America and some Far

Eastern countries such as South Korea and Taiwan

– 100 V/50 Hz in eastern Japan and 100 V/60 Hz in western Japan

– 230 V/50 Hz in most of Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East

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Also be sure that attached devices are electrically rated to operate with the power

available in your location.

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Use only approved power cable(s). If you have not been provided with a power cable

for your system or for any AC-powered option intended for your system, purchase a

power cable that is approved for use in your country. The power cable must be rated

for the product and for the voltage and current marked on the product's electrical

ratings label. The voltage and current rating of the cable should be greater than the

ratings marked on the product.

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To help prevent electric shock, plug the system and peripheral power cables into

properly grounded electrical outlets. These cables are equipped with three-prong plugs

to help ensure proper grounding. Do not use adapter plugs or remove the grounding

prong from a cable. If you must use an extension cable, use a 3-wire cable with

properly grounded plugs.

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Observe extension cable and power strip ratings. Make sure that the total ampere

rating of all products plugged into the extension cable or power strip does not exceed

80 percent of the ampere ratings limit for the extension cable or power strip.

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To help protect your system from sudden, transient increases and decreases in

electrical power, use a surge suppressor, line conditioner, or uninterruptible power

supply (UPS).

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Position system cables and power cables carefully; route cables so that they cannot be

stepped on or tripped over. Be sure that nothing rests on any cables.

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Do not modify power cables or plugs. Consult a licensed electrician or your power

company for site modifications. Always follow your local/national wiring rules.

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When connecting or disconnecting power to hot-pluggable power supplies, if offered

with your system, observe the following guidelines:

– Install the power supply before connecting the power cable to the power supply.

– Unplug the power cable before removing the power supply.

– If the system has multiple sources of power, disconnect power from the system by

unplugging

all

power cables from the power supplies.

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Move products with care; ensure that all casters and/or stabilizers are firmly connected

to the system. Avoid sudden stops and uneven surfaces.

General Precautions for Rack-Mountable Products

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Observe the following precautions for rack stability and safety. Also refer to the rack

installation documentation accompanying the system and the rack for specific caution

statements and procedures.

Systems are considered to be components in a rack. Thus, "component" refers to any system

as well as to various peripherals or supporting hardware.

CAUTION:

Installing systems in a rack without the front and side stabilizers

installed could cause the rack to tip over, potentially resulting in bodily injury under

certain circumstances. Therefore, always install the stabilizers before installing

components in the rack.

After installing system/components in a rack, never pull more than one component

out of the rack on its slide assemblies at one time. The weight of more than one

extended component could cause the rack to tip over and may result in serious

injury.

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Before working on the rack, make sure that the stabilizers are secured to the rack,

extended to the floor, and that the full weight of the rack rests on the floor. Install front

and side stabilizers on a single rack or front stabilizers for joined multiple racks before

working on the rack.

Safety Instructions (continued)

Always load the rack from the bottom up, and load the heaviest item in the rack first.

Make sure that the rack is level and stable before extending a component from the rack.

Use caution when pressing the component rail release latches and sliding a component into or

out of a rack; the slide rails can pinch your fingers.

After a component is inserted into the rack, carefully extend the rail into a locking position,

and then slide the component into the rack.

Do not overload the AC supply branch circuit that provides power to the rack. The total rack

load should not exceed 80 percent of the branch circuit rating.

Ensure that proper airflow is provided to components in the rack.

Do not step on or stand on any component when servicing other components in a rack.

NOTE:

A qualified electrician must perform all connections to DC power and to

safety grounds. All electrical wiring must comply with applicable local or national

codes and practices.

CAUTION:

Never defeat the ground conductor or operate the equipment in the

absence of a suitably installed ground conductor. Contact the appropriate electrical

inspection authority or an electrician if you are uncertain that suitable grounding is

available.

CAUTION:

The system chassis must be positively grounded to the rack cabinet

frame. Do not attempt to connect power to the system until grounding cables are

connected. Completed power and safety ground wiring must be inspected by a

qualified electrical inspector. An energy hazard will exist if the safety ground cable

is omitted or disconnected.

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Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge

Static electricity can harm delicate components inside your system. To prevent static damage,

discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of the electronic components,

such as the microprocessor. You can do so by periodically touching an unpainted metal

surface on the chassis.

You can also take the following steps to prevent damage from electrostatic discharge (ESD):

1. When unpacking a static-sensitive component from its shipping carton, do not remove

the component from the antistatic packing material until you are ready to install the

component in your system. Just before unwrapping the antistatic packaging, be sure to

discharge static electricity from your body.

2. When transporting a sensitive component, first place it in an antistatic container or

packaging.

3. Handle all sensitive components in a static-safe area. If possible, use antistatic floor

pads and workbench pads and an antistatic grounding strap.

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Section 1

Introduction

Switch Description

Features

Front-Panel Components

Back Panel Description

Plug-in Module Descriptions

Management Options

Switch Description

The DES-6500 is a modular, chassis-based Ethernet backbone switch designed for

adaptability and scalability.

This switch provides a management platform with a backplane

switch capacity of 160 Gbps.

The chassis contains slots for the DES-6502 CPU management

module and up to 8 modules that can provide up to 192 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet ports or up

to 96 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet ports.

These modules can be hot-swapped, and the DES-

6500 chassis allows the installation of a redundant power supply, for maximum reliability and

flexibility.

The DES-6511 redundant power supplies operate in a current-sharing mode with

automatic fail-over to ensure constant operation of the switch.

Features

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160 Gbps switching fabric capacity

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Supports 802.1D STP and 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree for redundant back up bridge paths

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Supports 802.1Q VLAN, IGMP snooping, 802.1p Priority Queues, port trunking, port mirroring

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Multi-layer Access Control (based on MAC address, IP address, VLAN, Protocol, 802.1p, DSCP)

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Quality of Service (QoS) customized control

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802.1x (port-based) access control and RADIUS Client support

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Administrator-definable port security

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Per-port bandwidth control

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IEEE 802.3z and IEEE 802.3x compliant Flow Control for all Gigabit ports

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SNMP v.1, v.2, v.3 network management, RMON support

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Support optional external Redundant Power Supply

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Supports Web-based management.

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CLI management support

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DHCP and BOOTP Client support.

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Fully configurable either in-band or out-of-band control via RS-232 console serial connection.

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Telnet remote control console

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TFTP upgrade path for firmware

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