Cisco 500 Series Quick Start Manual

Welcome Thank you for choosing the Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch, a Cisco network communications device. This device is designed to be operational right out of the box as a standard layer 2 and 3 switch. In the factory default configuration, it will forward packets between connecting devices after power up. Before you begin installing the switch, make sure you have all of the package contents available, access to the Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide, and a PC with a web browser for using web-based system management tools. Package Contents • Cisco 500 Series Switch • R ...

3 Mechanical Overloading—The device should be level, stable, and secure to prevent it from sliding or shifting out of position. Circuit Overloading—Adding the device to the power outlet must not overload that circuit. Rack-Mount Placement STEP 1 Remove the four screws from each side near the front of the switch. Retain the screws for re-installation. (Do not remove the four screws from each side near the back of the switch.) STEP 2 Place one of the supplied spacers on the side of the switch so the four holes of the spacers align to the screw holes. Place a rack mount bracket next to the spacer and reinstall the ...

Connecting Network Devices To connect the switch to the network: STEP 1 Connect an Ethernet cable to an Ethernet port of a computer, printer, network storage, or other network device. STEP 2 Connect the other end of the network Ethernet cable to one of the numbered switch Ethernet ports. The Ethernet port light turns green when the connection is active. Refer to External Features of the Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch, page12 for details about the different ports and LEDs on each switch. STEP 3 Repeat Step 1 and Step 2 for each device you want to connect to the switch. NOTE Cisco strongly recommends usi ...

5 Configuring the 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Before You Begin Verify the managing computer requirements in the product release notes. The switch can be accessed and managed by two different methods; over your IP network using the web-based interface, or by the Command Line Interface (CLI) through the console port. Using the console port requires advanced user skills. Accessing and Managing Your Switch Use the Web-Based Interface To access the switch by using the web-based interface, you must know the IP address the switch is using. The switch uses the factory default IP address of 192.168.1.254 by default. ...

NOTE Details on how to change the IP address on your computer depend upon the type of architecture and operating system you are using. Use the computer Help and Support functionality to search for “IP Addressing.” STEP 3 Open a Web browser window. If you are prompted to install an Active-X plug-in when connecting to the device, follow the prompts to accept the plug-in. STEP 4 Enter the switch IP address in the address bar and press Enter. For example, http://192.168.1.254. The Switch Login Page displays. STEP 5 Enter the default login information: • Username is cisco • Default password is cisco (passwords ...

7 • 8 data bits • no parity • 1 stop bit • no flow control STEP 4 Enter a user name and password. User names and passwords are both case sensitive and alpha-numeric. The default username is cisco, and the default password is cisco. STEP 5 If this is the first time that you have logged on with the default username and password, the following message appears: Please change your password from the default settings. Please change the password for better protection of your network. Do you want to change the password (Y/N) [Y]? STEP 6 Select Y, and enter a new administrator password. CAUTION Make sure that any con ...

Stacking the Switches Before configuring the switches as a stack, refer to the Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide for additional details. Refer to the front panel graphics in External Features of the Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch, page12 to help with the stack port descriptions and supported modules. The following graphic shows the stack ports to assist in connecting the devices in a stack: The 500X model is on the left, and the Sx500 model is on the right. TIP The default stack ports on the 500X are XG3/S1 and XG4/S2. If the correct module is plugged into XG3/S1 and XG4/S2 ...

9 WARNING The stack ports must be either configured with the same port speed or have the same speed capability on the module/cable plug in. If the port speed is configured as auto, then the module plugged into these two ports will need to have the same speed capability, otherwise the switch will not be able to form as a stack with multiple units. By default, the switch is in stack mode with a stack Unit ID automatically assigned. A stack can have up to eight 500 series switches in it. Switches in the same stack are connected together through their stack ports. Depending on the type of stack ports and the desired sp ...

• Advanced Hybrid—A device in Advanced Hybrid mode can be connected to other devices of the 500 series to form a stack. In this mode, VRRP and/or RIP are supported. In this mode, auto numbering of units is not supported, because only the SG500X devices can function as master/backup. The master and backup master units must be SG500X devices. Sx500 devices can only be slaves, therefore up to 6 Sx500 units can be stacked together with two SG500X devices. Stack Configuration Options The following describes some typical stack configurations: Example Stacking Scenarios NOTE Speeds listed below that use xx-auto mea ...

11 – 5G is not available • Ports XG1 and XG2 are available as standard network ports – Speed—1G or 10G Stacking Option Two: • Ports XG3/S1 and XG4/S2 are not available • Port S1, S2 and 5G are configured as stack ports – Speed—1G, 5G, 1G/5G-auto • Ports XG1 and XG2 are available as standard network ports – Speed—1G or 10G Non-Stacking standalone option: • Ports XG3/S1 and XG4/S2 available as standard network ports – Speed—1G or 10G • Port S1, S2 and 5G are not available • Ports XG1 and XG2 are available as standard network ports – Speed—1G or 10G For the SF500-24, SF500-24P, SF50 ...

Stacking Option Two: • Ports S1/SFP and S2/SFP are configured as stack ports – Speed—1G • Ports S3 and S4 are available as standard network ports – Speed—1G Non-Stacking standalone option: • Port S1/SFP, S2/SFP are available as standard network ports – Speed—1G or 100M • Ports S3 and S4 are configured as standard networking ports – Speed—1G External Features of the Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch This section describes the exterior of the switches including ports, LEDs, and connectors. Front Panel The ports and LEDs are located on the front panel of the switch. 500X Left Side 50 ...

13 500X Right Side 500 Right Side RJ-45 Ethernet Ports—Use these ports to connect network devices, such as computers, printers, and access points, to the switch. Standard Ethernet ports can not be used to stack the switches. SFP (if present)—The small form-factor pluggable (SFP) are connection points for modules, so the switch can link to other switches. These ports are also commonly referred to as miniGigaBit Interface Converter (miniGBIC) ports. The term SFP will be used in this guide. • SFP ports are compatible with Cisco modules MGBSX1, MGBLH1, MGBLX1, MGBBX1, MFELX1, MFEFX1, and MFEBX1, as well as other ...

Front Panel LEDs Master—(Green) Lights steady when this switch is a stack master. Fan—(Green) Lights steady when the cooling fan is operational, blinks green if there is a failure. System LED—(Green) Lights steady when the switch is powered on, and flashes when booting, performing self tests, or acquiring an IP address. If the LED flashes Amber, the switch has detected a hardware failure. Stack ID—(Green) Lights steady when this switch is stacked and the corresponding number indicates its Stack ID. When a switch has a Stack ID greater than 4, a combination of the LEDs will light up to add up to the Stack ...

15 Reset Button The switch can be reset by inserting a pin or paper clip into the reset button opening on the front panel of the switch. See Returning the Device to the Factory Default Settings and Troubleshooting, page 15 for details. Back Panel The power port and console port are located on the back panel of the switch. Power—Connects the switch to AC power. Console—Connects a serial cable to a computer serial port so that it can be configured by using a terminal emulation program. Returning the Device to the Factory Default Settings and Troubleshooting To use the Reset button to reboot or reset the switch, d ...

Troubleshoot Your Connection If you cannot access your switch from the web-based interface, the switch might not be reachable from your computer. You can test network connections by using ping on a computer running Windows: STEP 1 Open the Terminal application. STEP 2 Enter the ping command and the switch IP address. For example ping 192.168.1.254 (the default IP address of the switch). If you can reach the switch, you should get a reply similar to the following: Pinging 192.168.1.254 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.1.254: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 If you cannot reach the switch, you should get a reply ...

17 No IP route: If the switch and your computer are in different IP subnets, you need one or more routers to route the packets between the two subnets. Unusually long access time: Most connections will be available in a few seconds. Due to the standard spanning tree loop detection logic, adding new connections might take 30 to 60 seconds for the affected interfaces and/or LAN to become operational. ...

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