Quick Installation Guide
DXS-3600-16S
3 Fan, AC Power Supply, 1 Expansion Slot, 8-Port 10GBase-X SFP+, L3 Management Stacked Switch /
Introduction
This Quick Installation Guide gives instructions for setting up the D-Link DXS-3600-16S switch. The model you have purchased may appear slightly different from those shown in the illustrations. For more detailed information about the device, its components, making network connections and technical specifications, please refer to the User Manual.
Package Contents
- DXS-3600-16S Switch
- Power Cord
- AC power supply module
- 3 Fan modules
- DB-9 to RJ-45 console cable
- 4 Rubber Feet
- 2 Mounting Brackets
- Mounting kit
- Quick Installation Guide
- Warranty Certificate
If any of the above items are damaged or missing, please contact your local reseller for replacement.
Hardware Overview
Front Panel
| Port | Description |
| SD Card Slot | This port can be used to insert an external SD memory card. The maximum capacity SD card that can be inserted into this port is 32 Gb. |
| Management port (MGMT) | This is a 10/100/1000 Mbps Out-Of-Band management port that can be used to configure this switch without being connected to the network. |
| Console Port | This port is an RJ-45 connection port that can be used to connect to the Command Line Interface (CLI) of this switch for configuration, management and monitoring. This port uses a special console cable (included with the packing) with a DB-9 interface to connect the Switch to a PC’s COM port. |
| Ports 1-8 | This switch is equipped with SFP/SFP+ ports. These ports can operate at 10 Gbps speeds and support a vast collection of SFP, WDM SFP, SFP+, WDM SFP+ and QSFP+ transceivers. |
| Expansion Module Slot | This slot can be equipped with several kinds of additional modules. These modules are not included and should be bought separately: • DXS-3600-EM-4XT (Four 10GBase-T Copper ports). • DXS-3600-EM-8T (Eight 1000Base-T Copper ports). • DXS-3600-EM-4QXS (Four 40Gbps QSFP+ transceiver slots). • DXS-3600-EM-8XS (Eight 10Gbps SFP+ transceiver slots). |
LED Indicators
| LED Indicative | Colour | Status | Description |
| Power 1, Power 2 | Green / Amber | Solid Green | Power on. |
| Solid Amber | Power supply fails. | ||
| Light off | Power off. | ||
| Management (MGMT) | Green | Solid Green | A link to the management port was successfully established. |
| Blinking Green | Activity on this port is taking place. | ||
| Light off | There is no link present or when this interface was shutdown from within the switch’s configuration. | ||
| Console | Green | Blinking Green | During the Power-On Self Test (POST). |
| Solid Green | A user is logged in through the console port. | ||
| Light off | After the POST finished successfully and no user is connected to the console port. | ||
| Fan1, Fan2. Fan3 | Green / Amber | Solid Green | When the fan is operating normally. |
| Solid Amber | When the switch is booting up or when a diagnostics test is taking place. | ||
| Blinking Amber | When a fan fails. | ||
| Light off | When the fan is not receiving power. | ||
| SD | Green / Red | Solid Green | If a Secure Digital (SD) card is plugged in. |
| Blinking Green | The Switch is reading or writing data to and from the SD card. | ||
| Light off | No SD card is plugged into the SD port. | ||
| Solid Red | An SD card failure has been detected. | ||
| Link/Act | Green / Amber | Solid Green | There is a secure connection to a 10 Gbps Ethernet device at any of the ports. |
| Blinking Green | A 10 Gbps port is active. | ||
| Solid Amber | There is a secure Ethernet connection to a 1 Gbps Ethernet device at any of the ports. | ||
| Blinking Amber | A 1 Gbps port is active. | ||
| Light off | There is no link or activity. |
Rear Panel
| Component | Description |
| Power Supply Module Slots | These slots can be equipped with two kinds of additional modules. Only one power supply module is included. Any additional modules should be bought separately. • DXS-PWR300AC (300W AC power supply tray with front-to-back airflow). • DXS-PWR300DC (300W DC power supply tray with front-to-back airflow). |
| Fan Module Slots | • DXS-3600-FAN-FB (normal fan tray with front-to-back airflow). |
Installation
Desktop or Shelf Installation
When installing the switch on a desktop or shelf, the rubber feet included with the device must be attached on the bottom at each corner of the device’s base. Allow enough ventilation space between the device and the objects around it.
Rack Installation
The switch can be mounted in a standard 19-inch rack using the provided mounting brackets.
How to install the mounting brackets onto the switch (figure above) and onto the rack (figure below):
- Fasten the mounting brackets A and B to the sides of the switch using the screws provided, as seen in the figure above.
- Fasten the mounting bracket C in the appropriate open space in the rack using the screws provided, as seen in the figure below.
- Simply slide the switch (fastened bracket B into fastened bracket C) into the rack.
- Lastly, fasten mounting bracket A to the rack using the screws provided.
Make sure that there is adequate space around the Switch to allow for proper air flow, ventilation, and cooling.
Installing Transceivers into the Transceiver Ports
The Switch is equipped with Small Form-factor Pluggable plus (SFP+) ports, which supply connecting SFP, WDM SFP, SFP+, WDM SFP+ and QSFP+ transceivers.
Connecting to Power
Installing an AC Power Module
Connect the one end of the AC power cord supplied to the AC power connector and the other end into a properly grounded electrical outlet. The switch will automatically adjust the AC power setting to adapt to any voltage supply in the range from 100~240VAC at 50~60Hz.
In addition, an optional second AC power supply module can be plugged into the second power supply module slot. When the primary AC power connection fails, the secondary AC power connection will take over all the power immediately and automatically. The AC power supply modules are hot-swappable, meaning, that they can be inserted and removed while the switch is powered on.
Install an AC Power Supply Module as shown on the picture below.
Installing a DC Power Module
This switch supports a unique dual power input feature. The DC power module will be activated if the AC power module turns off.
- Install a DC Power Supply Module. Use the grounding screw on the DC Power Module and a minimum of 18 AWG stranded copper wire to ground the switch.
- Connect the one end of the DC power cord supplied to a DC power module, that will be activated when the AC power is not working, and to a power source (-48VDC/5.2A). Please make sure that connection polarity (positive and negative) is correct.
The DC power and AC power of the device will back up each other immediately when one of the power sources fails. If both power sources fail, unplug the switch. When the power source has been restored, plug the switch’s power back in.
NOTE: the Power Modules all support a specific airflow direction. This air-flow direction must be the same as the Fan Module installed. By default the airflow direction of the Power Module and Fan Module installed is front-to-back.
Installing Fan Modules into the Fan Module Ports
Located on the rear panel of this switch there are three fan module ports.
The user can easily remove and insert fan modules into these ports.
Switch Connections
Switch to End Node
End node is a generic name for edge networking devices that will be connected to this switch. Typical examples of end nodes are Personal Computers (PCs), Notebooks, Access Points, Print Servers, VoIP Phones and more. Each end node will be outfitted with a 10/100/1000 Mbps, RJ-45, networking port. Normally end nodes will connect to this switch by using a standard twisted-pair, UTP/STP, network cable. After a successful connection, the corresponding Link/Act light will illuminate and blink to indicate that packet activity is taking place on that port. The diagram below displays a typical end node connected to the Switch.
Switch to another Switch
Another popular configuration is to connect this switch to another switch. This network typography is considered when one Switch does not have enough ports to cater for all the end nodes in the network. There is a great deal of flexibility in the type of cabling that can be used to interlink switches. Two or more switches can also be interlinked using fiber-optic cables or direct-attached cables via the switch’s SFP and SFP+ ports. Lastly two or more switches can also be interlinked using QSFP+ interfaces supported by the DXS-3600-EM-4QXS optional modules.
Switch Stacking
The DXS-3600-16S supports stacking 4 switches together while being managed by one IP address through Telnet, the Web User Interface, the RJ-45 console port or through SNMP. This cost effective switch provides an affordable solution for administrators to upgrade their networks using the DXS-3600-EM-4QXS module to scale and stack the switches.
- Duplex Chain – The Duplex Chain topology stacks switches together in a chain-link format. Each switch in a chain is connected to the upper and the lower units, while the upper and the lower switches are not connected. If there is a break in the chain, then data transfer will obviously be affected.
- Duplex Ring – The Duplex Ring stacks switches in a ring or circle format. Each switch in a chain is connected to the upper and the lower units, the upper and the lower switches are also connected. This topology is very resilient due to the fact that if there is a break in the ring, data can still be transferred through the stacking cables between switches in the stack.
The DXS-3600-EM-4QXS module uses the last two QSFP+ ports to make the following stacking topologies.
The figure below illustrates how switches can be stacked in a Duplex Chain formation using the DXS-3600EM-4QXS module.
The figure below illustrates how switches can be stacked in a Duplex Ring formation using the DXS3600-EM-4QXS module.
Switch to a Server
When configuring a network, users will most likely have to add a server or two to this switch. Generally, any port on this switch can be used to connect to a server.
Management Options
Web-based Management Interface
After successfully installing the Switch, the user can configure the Switch, monitor the LED panel, and display statistics graphically using one of the Web browsers given below:
- Internet Explorer (version 6.0 and later)
- Netscape (version 7.0 and later)
- Mozilla Firefox (version 3.0 and later)
- Google Chrome (version 5.0 and later)
- Safari (version 4.0 and later)
SNMP-based Management
The Switch can be managed with an SNMP-compatible console program. The Switch supports SNMP version 1.0, version 2.0 and version 3.0.
Command Line Interface
The user can also connect a computer to the serial console port to access the Switch. The command line interface provides complete access to all Switch management features.
Connecting the Console Port
To use the RJ-45 console port, the following equipment is needed:
• A terminal or a computer with both an RS-232 serial port and the ability to emulate a terminal (it is possible to use Hyperterminal, Putty, Minicom etc).
• A console cable with a male DB-9 connector on one end and an RJ-45 connection on the other. This cable should be included with the Switch.
To connect a terminal to the console port:
- Connect the male DB-9 connector on the console cable to the RS-232 serial port on the computer.
- Insert the RJ-45 connector into the console port on the front of the Switch. Set the terminal emulation software as follows:
• Serial port: COM port 1 or COM port 2
• Baud rate: 115200
• Data bits: 8
• Parity: none
• Stop bits: 1
• Flow control: none
• Under Properties, select VT100 for Emulation mode.
• Select Terminal keys for Function, Arrow and Ctrl keys. Make sure to use Terminal keys (not Windows keys) are selected. - After you have correctly set up the terminal, plug the power cord into the power receptacle on the back of the Switch. The boot sequence appears in the terminal. After the boot sequence completes, the console login screen displays.
First Time Connecting to the Switch
Upon initial connection to the Switch, the login screen appears (see example below).
By default, there is no Username and Password configured in the account settings of this switch. This will allow the user to simply connect to this Switch for the first time by pressing the Enter key. After pressing Enter, access will be given to enter commands after the command prompt (Switch>) appears.
NOTE: the first user automatically gets Administrator level privileges. At least one Admin-level user account must be created for the Switch.
Logging onto the Web Manager
To access the Web User Interface the user simply runs the standard web browser and enter the Switch’s IP address into the address bar of the browser and press the Enter key. By default, the Management port, located just above the Console port, can be accessed using the IP address of 192.168.0.1/24.
To access any of the other normal LAN ports, other than the Management port, the user needs to configure an IP address for this interface first before it can be accessed via the Web User Interface.
The PC must have an IP address in the same subnet as the switch. For example, if the switch has an IP address of 10.90.90.90, the PC should have an IP-address of 10.x.y.z (where x/y is a number between 0 ~ 254 and z is a number between 1 ~ 254), and a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0. Open the web browser and enter 10.90.90.90 (the factory-default IP address) in the address bar. Then press <Enter>.
NOTE: To be able to connect to the Web User Interface, a user account must be created first using the Command Line Interface. By default, there are no user accounts configured on this Switch.
This will open the user authentication window, as seen below. Enter the login User name and Password and click OK to proceed.
Additional Information
For more detailed information on how to set up and configure the DGS-3600-16S, please refer to the User Manual.
2019-12-16
Documents / Resources
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D-Link DXS-3600-16S Managed Switch [pdf] Installation Guide DXS-3600-16S Managed Switch, DXS-3600-16S, Managed Switch, Switch |
