3Com DIA3CV1100-02 - Manuals

6 Visitor and Community Network Access Concentrator Installation Guide System Overview The Visitor and Community Network provides fast Internet connectivity and fast corporate access to end-users of up to 10 Mbps full duplex, over an existing cabling infrastructure and supports all Plain Old Telepho...

Operational Controls 7 Figure 1 VCN Access Concentrator Front Panel Figure 2 VCN Access Concentrator Back Panel LAN LED Line LED Power LED LAN Port Local Management Access(LMA) (hidden connectors) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ! A C - IN P U T 9 0 - 2 4 0 V A C F r o...

8 Visitor and Community Network Access Concentrator Installation Guide Table 1 describes the front panel VCN AC indicators and connectors. Safety Precautions Please follow these precautions before installing the Visitor and Community Network Access Concentrator: WARNING: Do not plug in, turn on or a...

Précautions de Sécurité 9 CAUTION: Ensure that the chassis ventilation openings in the unit are not obstructed. CAUTION: The power supply provided for automatic selection of either 100-120 VAC or 200-240 VAC, 60/50 Hz, as indicated on the safety label adjacent to the power inlet. Ensure that the ava...

10 Visitor and Community Network Access Concentrator Installation Guide WARNUNG: Ziehen Sie den Stromstecker aus der Steckdose, bevor Sie die Energieversorgung entfernen und/oder austauschen. VORSICHT: Bedienen Sie die Einheit nicht , wenn die Temperatur am Standort 40 Grad C übersteigt. VORSICHT: G...

Preparing the Site for the VCN Access Concentrator 11 CAUTION: Installation should be performed only by a qualified technician The VCN AP punch-down block, which carries both data and voice, can be connected to an optional patch panel, which connects the circuits between the VCN AC and punch-down bl...

12 Visitor and Community Network Access Concentrator Installation Guide ■ The outer wire pair carries only voice. Figure 4 VCN Access Point Rear Panel Figure 5 The Four Wires of the Telephone Cable 2 Disconnect the punch-down Krone connector for the inner wire pair from the PBX punch-down block. The...

Preparing the Site for the VCN Access Concentrator 13 Figure 6 VCN Access Point Punch-Down Block Installation with a Patch Panel The installed patch panel must have 48 wire connectors - 2 for each port. Installing the VCN Access Point Punch-Down Block Without a Patch Panel To install the VCN AP punc...

14 Visitor and Community Network Access Concentrator Installation Guide outer wire pair and the two inside wires comprise the inner wire pair, as shown in Figure 7 and Figure 8. Where there is only one telephone line in a room, the two wires are connected to the inner wire pair of the phone connecto...

Preparing the Site for the VCN Access Concentrator 15 Figure 9 VCN Access Point Punch-down Block Installation without a Patch Panel 4 Repeat step 1 through step 3 for up to 24 telephone lines. The VCN AP and PBX punch-down blocks must each have an RJ-21 connector. V C N A P R o o m B a s e m e n t W...

16 Visitor and Community Network Access Concentrator Installation Guide Installing the VCN Access Concentrator Before installing the VCN AC make sure that: ■ The unit is accessible and can be connected easily. ■ Cabling is away from: ■ Sources of electrical noise such as radios, transmitters and bro...

Installing the VCN Access Concentrator 17 To mount the VCN AC: 1 Insert one handle into the two outermost bracket holes as shown in Figure 10. Ensure that the handle is pointing outward from the unit. Figure 10 Fitting a Bracket for Rack Mounting 2 Tighten the handle from the rear with the two screw...

Installing the VCN Access Concentrator 19 Front Panel Connections Refer to “Preparing the Site for the VCN Access Concentrator” on page 10 before connecting the VCN AC to the Ethernet switch Switch through the front. Figure 11 displays the rack after it has been wire connected. Figure 11 Patch Panel...

20 Visitor and Community Network Access Concentrator Installation Guide Figure 12 VCN Access Concentrator Installed with a Patch Panel Using RJ-45 connector terminated cables, connect the VCN AC LAN ports to the Ethernet switch. V C N A P P u n c h - D o w n B lo c k F la t C a b le P a tc h P a n e...

Installing the VCN Access Concentrator 21 If your switch is the SuperStack II 1100 or 3300, connect to the front panel ports. If your switch is not the SuperStack II 1100 or 3300, follow the procedures for your switch. Note on Insertion of Line Cards in the VCN Access Concentrator Note the following...

22 Visitor and Community Network Access Concentrator Installation Guide Figure 13 depicts the pin numbering scheme on the female RJ-21 connectors which are used on both the “TO PBX” and the “From Access Points” ports on the VCN AC. Figure 13 Female RJ-21 Connector 5 5 30 6 6 31 7 7 32 8 8 33 9 9 34 ...

Installing the VCN Access Concentrator 23 Front Panel Connections Refer to “Preparing the Site for the VCN Access Concentrator” on page 10 before connecting the VCN AC to Ethernet switch through the front. Figure 14 displays the infrastructure after the VCN AC has been installed without a patch pane...

26 Visitor and Community Network Access Concentrator Installation Guide Repeat the procedure to define the MAC addresses of the 24 VCN APs. Start with the lowest VCN AP MAC address of 00-C0-DA-40-80-19 and assign addresses consecutively. Every VCN AC and attached VCN APs have the same set of 48 MAC ...

28 Visitor and Community Network Access Concentrator Installation Guide Automated Procedures for SuperStack II 1100/3300 The automated procedure uses the ConfApp application fetched from the 3Com web site http://support.3com.com. For information on how to obtain the software refer to page 5. Use a P...

Installing the VCN Access Concentrator 29 The ConfApp screen appears (Figure 16). Figure 16 ConfApp Screen 2 To select a switch, type the switch < IP address> in the IP data field. The address appears in the Add browser window (Figure 17). Add browser window

30 Visitor and Community Network Access Concentrator Installation Guide Figure 17 Entering the Switch Address 3 Click the Community checkbox to enable changing the Community data field if a non-default < Community value> applies. a Type the <Community value> in the Community data field t...

Installing the VCN Access Concentrator 31 Figure 18 Community Parameter 4 To be able to install the VCN AC and VCN AP MAC addresses, click Add . If the IP address is invalid, it appears red in the Add browser window. To delete an erroneous IP address, select the address in the Add browser window and...

Powering Up the Ethernet Switch 33 Click OK to close the message. If there are no errors at the end of the entire Set operation, the following message appears: All agents were set successfully. Click OK to close the message. More switch addresses can be entered in the menu after each set operation. ...

34 Visitor and Community Network Access Concentrator Installation Guide ■ For units installed in all other countries: Select ONLY a flexible, three-conductor power cord, approved by the cognizant safety organization of your country. The power cord must by type HAR (harmonized), with individual condu...

Troubleshooting 35 Falls KEIN(E) Stromkabel mit der Einheit geliefert wurden, wählen Sie unter den nachstehend genannten Möglichkeiten aus: ■ Für Einheiten, die in den U.S.A. und Kanada installiert werden: Wählen Sie ein flexibles drei-phasiges Stromkabel mit individueller Kabeldrahtgröße der Nr. 18...

36 Visitor and Community Network Access Concentrator Installation Guide Check the front panel LEDs to determine each port’s status during the POST as presented in Table 6. The normal VCN AC port status are presented in Table 7. Using Front Panel LEDs to Solve Problems Use the front panel LEDs to det...

Troubleshooting 37 The LAN LED is off Check the Ethernet cable. The problem could be in the VCN AC or in the Ethernet switch. 1 Check that the RJ-45 cable between the VCN AC and the Ethernet switch is connected. 2 If the Ethernet LED is still off, replace the RJ-45 cable. 3 If after the cable has be...

I NDEX 41 I NDEX Numbers 4-pin MiniDin connectors 84-wire routing 11 to 12, 13 to 144-wire support 11 to 12, 13 to 14 A ac power source 35aligning RJ-21 connectors 21 ASCII terminal 8 B back panel connection 21 C cable kit for installation 16 connecting back panel of VCN AC 18cables to rack via patc...

G LOSSARY 43 G LOSSARY ac Alternating Current. Electric current that reverses its direction of flow periodically according to frequency measured in hertz, or cycles per second. CO Central Office. A card in the VCN AC chassis; the card provides an Ethernet port and an LMA port; another name for the L...

G LOSSARY 45 VDSL Very high bit rate Digital Subscriber Line. The data line which connects the VCN AC to the VCN AP unit. Operates at a rate of 1-10 Mbps.

Dead- or Defective-on-Arrival . In the event a product completely fails to function or exhibits a defect in materials or workmanship within the first forty-eight (48) hours of installation but no later than thirty (30) days after the date of purchase, and this is verified by 3Com, it will be conside...

EMC S TATEMENTS FCC C LASS A V ERIFICATION S TATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is o...