xStack
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DGS-3600 Series Layer 3 Managed Gigabit Ethernet Sw itch
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Section 1
Introduction
Front Panel Components
LED Indicators
Rear Panel
Side Panel
The DGS-3600 Gigabit Ethernet switches are members of the D-Link xStack
®
family. Ranging from 10/100Mbps edge switches
to core gigabit switches, the xStack
®
switch family has been designed to deliver a system with fault tolerance, flexibility, port
density, robust security, and maximum throughput, with a user-friendly management interface for the networking professional.
This manual describes the installation, maintenance and configurations concerning members of the xStack
®
DGS-3600 Series.
These switches include: the DGS-3612, DGS-3612G, DGS-3627, DGS-3627G, and the DGS-3650. The xStack
®
DGS-3600
switches are similar in configurations and basic hardware and consequentially, most of the information in this manual will be
universal to the whole xStack
®
DGS-3600 Series. Corresponding screen pictures of the Web manager may be taken from any one
of these switches but the configuration will be identical, except for varying port counts.
The switches are equipped with unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable ports providing dedicated 10, 100 or 1000 Mbps bandwidth.
The DGS-3627 is equipped with twenty-four 10/100/1000BASE-T ports, and the DGS-3650 has forty-eight 10/100/1000BASE-T
ports, all of which are Auto MDI-X/MDI-II convertible ports that can be used for uplinking to another switch. The DGS-3612G is
equipped with twelve 100/1000Mbps SFP (Small Form Factor Portable) ports, in addition to four 1000BASE-T located on the
front panel. These ports can be used for connecting PCs, printers, servers, hubs, routers, switches and other networking devices.
The dual speed ports use standard twisted-pair cabling and are ideal for segmenting networks into small, connected sub networks
for superior performance. Each 10/100/1000 port can support up to 2000 Mbps of throughput in full-duplex mode. In addition,
the
Switch has four 1000Mbps SFP combo ports located on the front panel.
These gigabit combo ports
are ideal for connecting to a
server or network backbone.
The DGS-3627G contains twenty-four 1000Mbps SFP (Small Form Factor Portable) ports, in addition to four 1000BASE-T
located on the front panel. The DGS-3612 contains twelve 10/100/1000BASE-T ports, all of which are Auto MDI-X/MDI-II
convertible ports that can be used for uplinking to another switch, and four 100/1000Mbps SFP (Small Form Factor Portable)
ports. The SFP combo ports are to be used with fiber-optical transceiver cabling in order to uplink various other networking
devices for a gigabit link that may span great distances. The SFP ports can also support full-duplex transmissions, have auto-
negotiation and can be used with DEM-210 (100FX-LC), DEM-211 (100FX-LC), DEM-310GT (1000BASE-LX), DEM-311GT
(1000BASE-SX), DEM-312GT2 (1000BASE-SX), DEM-314GT (1000BASE-LHX), DEM-315GT (1000BASE-ZX),
DEM-330T/R (WDM Transceiver) and the DEM-331T/R (WDM Transceiver) transceivers. These ports are referred to as
“combo” ports. That means both the SFP ports and the 1000BASE-T ports are numbered the same and cannot be used
simultaneously. Attempting to use the ports simultaneously will cause a link down status for the 1000BASE-T ports. SFP ports
will always have priority over these 1000BASE-T ports.
The DGS-3627, DGS-3627G, and DGS-3650 contain open slots in the back of the switches that are used to add optional single-
port 10GE modules. Two available slots reside within the DGS-3650, while the DGS-3627 and DGS-3627G both contain three
slots. These modules, the DEM-410CX CX4 and the DEM-410X XFP, are IEEE 802.3ae and IEEE 802.3ak compliant and
support full-duplex mode only. More information will be provided on these modules later in this manual.
The DGS-3600 Switch Series enables a network to use some of the most demanding multimedia and imaging applications
concurrently with other user applications without creating bottlenecks. The built-in console interface can be used to configure the
Switch's settings for priority queuing, VLANs, port trunk groups, port monitoring, and port speed.
