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Preface 

The 

H3C WX2540H Access Controller Installation Guide

 describes preparing for installation, installing 

the access controller, troubleshooting, and hardware management and maintenance of the WX2540H 

access controller. 
This preface includes the following topics about the documentation:

 

 

Audience

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Conventions

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Obtaining documentation

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Technical support 

 

Documentation feedback

.

 

Audience 

This documentation is intended for: 

 

Network planners. 

 

Field technical support and servicing engineers. 

 

Network administrators working with the WX2540H access controller. 

Conventions 

The following information describes the conventions used in the documentation. 

Command conventions 

Convention Description 

Boldface

 

Bold

 text represents commands and keywords that you enter literally as shown. 

Italic

 

Italic

 text represents arguments that you replace with actual values. 

[ ] 

Square brackets enclose syntax choices (keywords or arguments) that are optional. 

{ x | y | ... }

 

Braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated by vertical bars, from which 
you select one.  

[ x | y | ... ]

 

Square brackets enclose a set of optional syntax choices separated by vertical bars, from 
which you select one or none.  

{ x | y | ... } *

 

Asterisk marked braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated by vertical 
bars, from which you select a minimum of one. 

[ x | y | ... ] *

 

Asterisk marked square brackets enclose optional syntax choices separated by vertical 
bars, from which you select one choice, multiple choices, or none.  

&<1-n> 

The argument or keyword and argument combination before the ampersand (&) sign can 
be entered 1 to n times. 

A line that starts with a pound (#) sign is comments. 

 

Summary of Contents for WX2540H

Page 1: ...H3C WX2540H Access Controller Installation Guide New H3C Technologies Co Ltd http www h3c com hk Document version 6W101 20170414...

Page 2: ...her trademarks that may be mentioned in this manual are the property of their respective owners Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice Every effort has been made i...

Page 3: ...ext represents commands and keywords that you enter literally as shown Italic Italic text represents arguments that you replace with actual values Square brackets enclose syntax choices keywords or ar...

Page 4: ...ORTANT An alert that calls attention to essential information NOTE An alert that contains additional or supplementary information TIP An alert that provides helpful information Network topology icons...

Page 5: ...screenshots and other information in the examples differ from what you have on your device Obtaining documentation To access the most up to date H3C product documentation go to the H3C website at htt...

Page 6: ...terminal parameters 8 Connecting the console cable 8 Setting terminal parameters 9 Connecting the Ethernet cables 12 Connecting a copper Ethernet port 12 Connecting a fiber port 12 Connecting the pow...

Page 7: ...g a device reboot 23 Appendix A Chassis views and technical specifications 24 Chassis views 24 Transceiver module fiber connector and optical fiber views 24 Technical specifications 25 Transceiver mod...

Page 8: ...d keep the air inlet and outlet vents of the device free of obstruction Make sure the device operates in the voltage range as required Use a screwdriver to fasten screws To prevent condensation perfor...

Page 9: ...on electricity creepage mechanical property change of materials and metal corrosion Lasting low relative humidity can cause washer contraction and ESD and cause problems including loose screws and cir...

Page 10: ...for the equipment room For more information see Cleanliness Maintain the humidity and temperature at acceptable levels For more information see Temperature and humidity Wear an ESD suit and an ESD wri...

Page 11: ...lt Installation site Ventilation There is a minimum of 10 cm 3 9 in of clearance around the device A ventilation system is available at the installation site Temperature 0 C to 40 C 32 F to 104 F Rela...

Page 12: ...eptacle is reliably grounded Electricity safety Equip a UPS In case of emergency during operation switch off the external power switch Safety precautions The device is far away from any moist area and...

Page 13: ...the chassis contact H3C Support for permission Otherwise H3C shall not be liable for any consequence Confirming installation preparations Before you install the device verify that you have read Prepa...

Page 14: ...le to the grounding system in the equipment room Do not connect it to a fire main or lightning rod No grounding cable is provided with the device Prepare a grounding cable yourself Attaching the ring...

Page 15: ...rounding cable to the grounding strip Make sure the grounding strip has been reliably grounded Figure 4 Grounding the device with a grounding strip Connecting the console cable and setting terminal pa...

Page 16: ...orrect port The serial ports on PCs do not support hot swapping To connect a PC to an operating device first connect the PC end To disconnect a PC from an operating device first disconnect the device...

Page 17: ...the Connect using list and click OK Figure 7 Setting the serial port used by the HyperTerminal connection 4 Set Bits per second to 9600 Data bits to 8 Parity to None Stop bits to 1 and Flow control t...

Page 18: ...Figure 8 Setting the serial port parameters 5 Select File Properties in the HyperTerminal window Figure 9 HyperTerminal window 6 On the Settings tab set the emulation to VT100 or Auto detect and click...

Page 19: ...cting a fiber port No transceiver module is provided with the device The device supports only LC type fiber connectors For transceiver module specifications see Appendix A Chassis views and technical...

Page 20: ...er module to the Tx port and Rx port on the peer end respectively 5 Power on the device and examine the fiber port LED If the LED is on a fiber link is present If the LED is off no link is present Ver...

Page 21: ...ed Powering on the device 1 Power on the device The device initializes its memory and runs BootWare The following information appears on the terminal screen System is starting Press Ctrl D to access B...

Page 22: ...224 passed Known answer test for SHA256 passed Known answer test for SHA384 passed Known answer test for SHA512 passed Known answer test for HMAC SHA1 passed Known answer test for HMAC SHA224 passed K...

Page 23: ...is available Press ENTER to get started Press Enter at the prompt and you can configure the device when the prompt H3C appears During the startup process the CPLD is automatically upgraded to the lat...

Page 24: ...ort No display or garbled display on the configuration terminal Symptom The configuration terminal does not have display or displays garbled text after the device is powered on Solution To resolve the...

Page 25: ...errors in the software loading process displayed on the HyperTerminal If errors exist correct them and load the software again For example the software loading failures might occur in the following si...

Page 26: ...system bin System image version 7 1 064 Release 5323 Compiled Mar 21 2017 16 00 00 with 1 1200MHz Multi core Processor 1016M bytes DDR3 16M bytes NorFlash Memory 1024M bytes NandFlash Memory Hardware...

Page 27: ...chnologies Co Ltd All rights reserved H3C WX2540H uptime is 0 weeks 0 days 0 hours 27 minutes Last reboot reason User soft reboot Displaying detailed information about the device Use the display devic...

Page 28: ...ption Unit CPU usage CPU usage 1 in last 5 seconds Average CPU usage in the last 5 seconds after the device boots the device calculates and records the average CPU usage at the interval of 5 seconds 1...

Page 29: ...command see H3C WX2540H Access Controller Fundamentals Command Reference Use the display startup and display boot loader commands to make sure you have specified the correct next startup configuratio...

Page 30: ...reboot Task Command Remarks Specify the reboot date and time schedule reboot at time date Available in user view By default no reboot date or time or reboot delay is specified The most recent configur...

Page 31: ...P fiber port 3 USB ports 4 Console port 5 Power adapter receptacle 6 Reset button RESET Figure 14 Rear view 1 Grounding screw Transceiver module fiber connector and optical fiber views To connect the...

Page 32: ...cations Item Specification Console port One 9600 bps default to 115200 bps Gigabit Ethernet port 5 x 100 1000 Base T autosensing Ethernet copper port SFP port 1 x 100Base FX 1000Base X SFP fiber port...

Page 33: ...SFP GE SX MM850 A specifications Item Specification Central wavelength 850 nm Max transmission distance 550 m 1804 46 ft Transmission rate 1250 Mbps Connector type Duplex LC Fiber mode MMF Fiber diam...

Page 34: ...cifications Item Specification Central wavelength 1550 nm Max transmission distance 40 km 24 86 miles Transmission rate 1250 Mbps Connector type Duplex LC Fiber mode SMF Fiber diameter 9 m Transmit po...

Page 35: ...OST or has detected a serious fault Flashing red slowly The Reset button is being pressed for more than 1 second This operation resets the device Flashing red quickly The Reset button is being pressed...

Page 36: ...tus Description 1000Base X SFP fiber port status LED N A Steady green A 1000 Mbps link is present on the port Flashing green The port is receiving or transmitting data at 1000 Mbps Off No link is pres...

Page 37: ...on controller engine 20 electronic label data display on switching engine 20 fiber port connection 12 grounding 7 information display on controller engine 20 information display on switching engine 20...

Page 38: ...ory usage display 21 device operational statistics display 19 LEDs 28 tasks 19 humidity installation site requirements 2 I installing AC 6 AC installation flow 6 checklist 4 cooling requirements 3 EMI...

Page 39: ...ooting power supply failure 17 troubleshooting software loading failure 18 verifying installation 14 S safety device grounding 7 electrical safety recommendations 1 EMI prevention 3 ESD prevention 3 g...

Page 40: ...transceiver module technical specifications 26 views 24 troubleshooting device 17 power supply failure 17 software loading failure 18 V ventilation installation site 3 verifying installation 14 W wor...

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