Cabletron Systems manual 1. ELS100-8TXUF2 Front Panel, 1. Front Panel Components

-IEEE 802.3u auto-negotiation for full/half duplex and 10/100 Mbps speed operation on all RJ-45 10/100 ports

-High performance store-and-forward switching

•Performance Forwarding and Filtering:

-at 10 Mbps, 14,880 packets-per-second (64 byte packets)

-at 100 Mbps, 148,800 packets-per-second (64 byte packets)

•Traffic Management:

-Flow control per port: IEEE 802.3x frame-based for full duplex; back-pressure for half duplex

-Broadcast throttling for broadcast storm control

•LED Indicators:

-10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet ports: Link, Speed, Collision

-System: Power

Front Panel

Figure 1-1 shows the front panel of the Cabletron ELS100-8TXUF2. Table 1-1 defines the ELS100-8TXUF2 front panel components.

Figure 1-1. ELS100-8TXUF2 Front Panel

Table 1-1. Front Panel Components

Name	Function
10Base-T/100Base-TX	Copper port using RJ-45 port connectors. These ports
RJ-45 ports (Ports 1-8)*	are wired MDI-X.
100Base-FX Fiber Ports	Fiber ports using SC fiber connectors.
(Port 8)*
Ports LEDs	Indicates Link, Speed and Collision information (see
	Table 1-2 for details).
Power LED	Lights steady green to indicate power is supplied to the
	switch. Off indicates no power is supplied to the switch.

*When using Port 8, use the toggle switch on the front panel to select the RJ-45 con- nector or fiber connector.

2 Product Overview ELS100-8TXUF2