D-Link GO-SW-16G User manual

D-Link
®
GO-SW-16G
GO-SW-24G
16/24-PORT GIGABIT EASY DESKTOP SWITCH
Manual
Building Networks for People
RECYCLABLE
(December 2013)
V 2.00

D-Link GO-SW-16G/GO-SW-24G GIGABIT EASY DESKTOP SWITCH
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FCC Warning
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 operated in a commercial
environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with this user’s guide, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful
interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own
expense.
CE Mark Warning
This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference
in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
Warnung!
Dies ist ein Produkt der Klasse A. Im Wohnbereich kann dieses Produkt Funkstoerungen
verursachen. In diesem Fall kann vom Benutzer verlangt werden, angemessene Massnahmen
zu ergreifen.
Precaución!
Este es un producto de Clase A. En un entorno doméstico, puede causar interferencias de radio,
en cuyo case, puede requerirse al usuario para que adopte las medidas adecuadas.
Attention!
Ceci est un produit de classe A. Dans un environnement domestique, ce produit pourrait causer
des interférences radio, auquel cas l`utilisateur devrait prendre les mesures adéquates.
Attenzione!
Il presente prodotto appartiene alla classe A. Se utilizzato in ambiente domestico il prodotto può
causare interferenze radio, nel cui caso è possibile che l`utente debba assumere provvedimenti
adeguati.
VCCI Warning
警告使用者：
這是甲類的資訊產品，在居住的環境中使用時，可能會造成射頻干擾，在這種情況下，使用者會
被要求採取某些適當的對策。
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CONTENTS
PREFACE………………………………………………………………IV
NOTES,NOTICES,AND CAUTIONS ............................................................IV
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS..............................................................................V
Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge .....................................vii
INTRODUCTION 8
ABOUT THIS GUIDE ...................................................................................8
SWITCH DESCRIPTION...............................................................................8
Switch Features ..................................................................................9
D-LINK GREEN TECHNOLOGY................................................................10
FRONT-PANEL COMPONENTS..................................................................11
LED Indicators .................................................................................11
REAR PANEL DESCRIPTION.....................................................................13
INSTALLATION 14
Package Contents .............................................................................14
BEFORE YOU CONNECT TO THE NETWORK............................................15
Mounting the Switch on a Rack ........................................................16
POWER ON...............................................................................................17
Power Failure...................................................................................17
CONNECTING THE SWITCH 18
Connect to an End Node...................................................................19
Connect to Hub or Switch.................................................................20
Connect to Network Backbone or Server..........................................21
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 22
GLOSSARY……………………………………………………………..25

D-Link GO-SW-16G/GO-SW-24G GIGABIT EASY DESKTOP SWITCH
Preface
The GO-SW-16G/GO-SW-24G Manual is divided into sections that describe the
system installation and operating instructions with examples.
Section 1, Introduction - A description of the physical features of the Switch,
including LED indicators, ports and panel descriptions.
Section 2, Installation – A description of the physical installation of the Switch,
mounting the Switch in a equipment rack and powering on the Switch.
Section 3, Connecting the Switch – A description of how to connect your
Switch to an end node, hub, another switch or backbone server.
Appendix Technical Specifications - The technical specifications of the GO-
SW-16G/GO-SW-24G.
Notes, Notices, and Cautions
NOTE:
A NOTE indicates important information
that helps you make better use of your device.
NOTICE: A NOTIC
E indicates either potential
damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you
how to avoid the problem.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates the potential for
property damage, personal injury or death.
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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 ( ) is 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 an
electrical shock. Only a trained service technician should service components inside
these compartments.
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.
•
Keep your system away from radiators and heat sources. Also, do not block
cooling vents.
•
Do not place any device on top of Switch, or place the Switch on top of any
device or object that will block the free flow of air through the ventilation slots on
the sides, top, and bottom of the Switch’s case.
•
Keep your hand away from top and bottom of device that generates a
significant amount of heat.
•
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.
•
Do not push any objects into the openings of your system. Doing so can cause
a fire or an electric shock by shorting out interior components.
•
Use the product only with approved equipment.
•
Allow the product to cool before removing covers or touching internal
components.
•
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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Safety Instructions (continued)
•
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.
•
Also be sure that attached devices are electrically rated to operate with the
power available in your location.
•
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.
•
To help prevent an 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.
•
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.
•
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).
•
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.
•
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.
•
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.
•
Move products with care; ensure that all casters and/or stabilizers are firmly
connected to the system. Avoid sudden stops and uneven surfaces.
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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, workbench pads, and an antistatic grounding strap.
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SECTION 1
Introduction
About This Guide
Switch Description
Switch Features
D-Link Green Technology
Ports
Front-Panel Components
LED Indicators
Power Input on Rear Panel
About This Guide
Congratulations on your purchase of the 16/24-PORT GIGABIT EASY
DESKTOP SWITCH. These devices are using compact plastic case
and are highly flexible solution for SOHO or small office customers.
Switch Description
The 16-port GO-SW-16G and 24-port GO-SW-24G Switches provide
dedicated 10, 100 or 1000 Mbps Ethernet bandwidth on each port. The
ports will automatically detect the speed, duplex and MDI/MDIX status
of the device it is connecting to, and adjust these settings accordingly.
The Switch ports can be used to network computers, printers, servers,
routers, other switches or any device equipped with an Ethernet port.
For best performance, use Category 5 or better Ethernet cabling.
This stand alone Switch is very easy to set up. There is no network
management is required; simply power on the Switch and connect the
cables.
However, please keep in mind that the standard rules of available
Ethernet cable length from one device to another which cannot exceed
100 meters (or 300 feet).
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Switch Features
The GO-SW-16G 16-Port and GO-SW-24G 24-port Switches do not
require any management. Both Switches are designed for easy
installation, flexibility and high performance. Connect devices to the
Switch as the scale and volume of network traffic increases.
Support 10/100/1000 Base-T on both 16 and 24 ports models
Store and Forward Switching Method
D-Link Green Technology
Auto Negotiation on Duplex Mode
Auto MDI/MDIX supported
Support Full/Half Duplex Transfer Mode on 10/100 Mbps
Support Full Duplex Transfer Mode on 1000 Mbps
Wire-Speed reception and transmission
8K absolute MAC Address (GO-SW-16G) ; 8K absolute MAC
Address (GO-SW-24G)
2Mbits RAM for data buffering (GO-SW-16G) ; 4.1Mbits RAM for
data buffering (GO-SW-24G)
IEEE 802.3x Flow Control for Full-duplex mode
Back Pressure Flow Control for Half-duplex mode
Jumbo Frame support (9216Bytes)
Support IEEE802.3az EEE
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Gigabit Ethernet Technology
Gigabit Ethernet is an extension of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet utilizing the
same packet structure, format, and support for CSMA/CD protocol, full
duplex, flow control, and management objects, but with a tenfold
increase in theoretical throughput over 100-Mbps Fast Ethernet and a
hundredfold increase over 10-Mbps Ethernet. Since it is compatible
with all 10-Mbps and 100-Mbps Ethernet environments, Gigabit
Ethernet provides a straightforward upgrade without wasting a
company’s existing investment in hardware, software and trained
personnel.
The increased speed and extra bandwidth offered by Gigabit Ethernet
is necessary to coping with the network bottlenecks; more computers
and their bus speeds getting faster, and more applications generate
more traffic in the network. Upgrading key components, such as your
backbone and servers to Gigabit Ethernet can greatly improve network
response times as well as significantly speed up the traffic between
your subnets.
Gigabit Ethernet supports video conferencing, complex imaging and
similar data-intensive applications. Likewise, since data transfers occur
10 times faster than Fast Ethernet, servers outfitted with Gigabit
Ethernet NIC’s are able to perform 10 times the number of operations in
the same amount of time.
D-Link Green Technology
•IEEE 802.3az Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE):
It is the first standard in the history of Ethernet to address proactive
reduction in energy consumption for networked devices. The IEEE
802.3 EEE standard defines mechanisms and protocols intended to
reduce the energy consumption of network links during periods of
low utilization, by transitioning interfaces into a low-power state
without interrupting the network connection.
•Power Saving Technology:
•Power saving by link status.
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If there is no link on a port, such as when there is no computer
connected to the port or the connected computer is powered off,
D-Link’s Green Technology will enter a "sleep mode", drastically
reducing power used for that port.
•Power saving by cable length: 0~20m, 21~100m.
D-Link’s Green Technology detects the length of connected
Ethernet cable and adjusts power usage accordingly without
affecting performance. This way, a port connected to a 20m
cable only uses as much power as it needs, instead of using full
power, which is only needed for 100m cables.
Front-Panel Components
On the front panel of the Switch you will see the following.
•
LED status indicators
•
16 Auto-Negotiating 10/100/1000Mbps ports on the GO-SW-16G
•
24 Auto-Negotiating 10/100/1000Mbps ports on the GO-SW-24G
GO-SW-16G Front Panel
GO-SW-24G Front Panel
LED Indicators
The LED indicators of the Switch include a Power status indicator and
Link/Act/Speed indicator for each port.
LED Indicators
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LED Indicator Description
Power This lights green while the Switch is
receiving power.
Link/Act/Speed
When connected to a 1000Mbps device,
this LED indicator light is green when the
port is connected to a device and will blink
as data is transmitted or received.
When connected to a 10/100Mbps device,
this LED indicator light is amber when the
port is connected to a device and will blink
as data is transmitted or received.
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Rear Panel Description
The power cable connection is located on the rear panel of the Switch.
DC Power Jack:
Power is supplied through an external 12V/1A AC power adapter for
GO-SW-16G and an external 12V/1.5A AC power adapter for GO-SW-
24G. Check the technical specification section for information about the
AC power input voltage.
•GO-SW-16G
GO-SW-16G Rear Panel
•GO-SW-24G
GO-SW-24G Rear Panel
10/100/1000BASE-T Ports:
There are 16/24 Gigabit Ethernet, Auto-Negotiating ports
(10/100/1000Mbps)
Comprehensive LED indicators display the conditions of the Switch and
status of the network.
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SECTION 2
Installation
Package Contents
Before You Connect to the Network
Installing the Switch
Power On
Package Contents
Open the shipping carton of the Switch and carefully unpack its contents.
The carton should contain the following items:
•One GO-SW-16G 16-Port/ GO-SW-24G 24-Port
10/100/1000BASE-T GIGABIT EASY DESKTOP SWITCH
•One AC power adapter
•Quick Install Guide
•Wall-mounting kits
If any item is found missing or damaged, please contact your local D-Link
reseller for replacement.
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Before You Connect to the Network
The site where you install the Switch may greatly affect its performance.
Please follow these guidelines for setting up the Switch.
•Install the Switch on a sturdy, level surface that can support at
least 3 kg (6.6 lbs.) of weight. Do not place heavy objects on
the Switch.
•The power outlet should be within 1.82 meters (6 feet) of the
Switch.
•Visually inspect the power cord and see that it is fully secured
to the AC power port.
•Make sure that there is adequate space for proper heat
dissipation from and adequate ventilation around the Switch.
Leave at least 10 cm (4 inches) of space at the front and rear of
the Switch for ventilation.
•Install the Switch in a fairly cool and dry place for the
acceptable temperature and humidity operating ranges.
•Install the Switch in a site free from strong electromagnetic field
generators (such as motors), vibration, dust, and direct
exposure to sunlight.
•When installing the Switch on a level surface, attach the rubber
feet to the bottom of the device. The rubber feet cushion the
Switch, protect the casing from scratches, and prevent it from
scratching other surfaces.
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Mounting the Switch on a Rack
The GO-SW-16G /24G can be mounted on a wall. Two mounting slots
are provided on the bottom of the switch for this purpose. Please make
sure that the front panel is exposed in order to view the LEDs. Please
refer to the illustration below:
A.) Mounting on a cement wall
1. Mount the Nylon screw anchors into a cement wall.
2. Drive the T3 x 15L screws into the Nylon screw anchors.
3. Hook the mounting holes of the switch back on the screws;
you have completed the wall-mount.
B.) Mounting on a wood wall
1. Drive the T3 x 15 L screws into the wood wall.
2. Hook the mounting holes of the switch back on the screws;
you have completed the wall-mount.
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Power On
Plug one end of the AC to DC power adapter into the power connector
of the Switch and the other end into the local power source outlet.
After the Switch is powered on, the LED indicators will momentarily
blink. This blinking of the LED indicators represents a reset of the
system.
Power Failure
As a precaution, in the event of a power failure, unplug the Switch.
When power is resumed, plug the Switch back in.
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Section 3
Connecting the Switch
Switch to End Node
Switch to Hub or Switch
Connecting to a Server
Cable Quality
For all connections to the Switch, use these rules to determine the
•For connections to 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX devices, use
Category 5 or 5e UTP/STP cable.
•For connections to 100BASE-TX and 1000BASE-T devices, use
Category 5e or better UTP/STP cable. All 1000BASE-T
connections operate in full duplex mode.
NOTE: All Ethernet ports auto-detect MDI/MDIX, port
speed (10, 100, 1000Mbps) and duplex of the device
connected to the Switch.
NOTE: UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) Ethernet
cabling is adequate for most small office environments.
More expensive STP (Shielded Twisted Pair) can also
be used, but is generally only needed where there will
be risk of strong Electromagnetic of Radio Frequency
Interference.
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Connect to an End Node
End nodes include PCs outfitted with a 10, 100, or 1000 Mbps RJ-45
Ethernet/Fast Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) and most routers.
An end node can be connected to the Switch via a twisted-pair
Category 3, 4, 5, or 5e UTP/STP cable. The end node can be
connected to any of the ports of the Switch.
Switch connected to an end node
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Connect to Hub or Switch
These connections can be accomplished in a number of ways using a
standard Ethernet cable.
•A 10BASE-T hub or switch can be connected to the Switch via a
twisted-pair Category 3, 4, 5, or 5e UTP/STP cable.
•A 100BASE-T hub or switch can be connected to the Switch via
a twisted -pair Category 5 or better UTP/STP cable.
•A 1000BASE-T switch can be connected to the Switch via a
twisted -pair Category 5 or better UTP/STP cable.
Switch connected to a port on a hub or switch using either a straight or crossover cable–
any standard Ethernet cable is fine
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