Introducing the Switch

Front of the Switch

Power,

 

PS, Tmp, Fan, and

 

 

 

 

 

Fault, and

 

Test Status LEDs

 

 

 

 

 

locator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link and Mode LEDs

LEDs

 

 

 

 

 

Auxiliary port

 

 

Out of Band

 

 

 

 

and LED

 

 

 

 

 

Management port,

 

 

 

 

 

 

for future use

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port LED Mode select

 

 

Console port

button and indicator LEDs

SFP+ 10-GbE ports

Reset and Clear

buttons

Figure 1-3. ProCurve 6600-24XG Switch

Network Ports

■On the 6600-24G and 6600-24G-4XG Switches there are 24 auto-sensing 10/100/1000Base-T ports. All these ports have the “Auto MDIX” feature, which means you can use either straight-through or crossover twisted- pair cables to connect any network devices to the switch.

■On the 6600-24G and 6600-24G-4XG Switches there are four dual-person- ality ports. Use either the 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45 connector, or install a supported ProCurve mini-GBIC for fiber-optic connections.

Dual-Personality Port Operation. By default, the RJ-45 connectors are enabled. If a mini-GBIC is installed in a slot, it is enabled and the associ- ated RJ-45 connector is disabled and cannot be used. If the mini-GBIC is removed, the associated RJ-45 port is automatically re-enabled.

■On the 6600-24XG Switch there are 24 SFP+ 10-GbE ports. SFP+ ports only support 10 Gbps operation; 1 Gbps mini-GBICs are not supported in any SFP+ port.

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