power receptacle is for the AC power cord. The receptacle labeled “RPU” is for the optional Redundant Power Unit (RPU).
Features and Benefits
Connectivity
•24 dual-speed ports for easy Fast Ethernet integration and for protection of your investment in legacy LAN equipment.
•Auto-negotiation enables each RJ-45 port to automatically select the optimum communication mode (half or full duplex) if this feature is supported by the attached device; otherwise the port can be configured manually.
•Independent RJ-45 10/100BASE-TX ports with auto MDI/MDI-X.
•Unshielded (UTP) cable supported on all RJ-45 ports: Category 3 or better for 10 Mbps connections, Category 5 or better for 100 Mbps connections, and Category 5, 5e or 6 for 1000 Mbps connections.
•IEEE 802.3 Ethernet, 802.3u Fast Ethernet, and 802.3z and 802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet compliance ensures compatibility with standards-based hubs, network cards and switches from any vendor.
•Provides stacking capability via RJ-45 ports with 1 Gbps stacking bandwidth. Up to 8 units can be stacked together.
Expandability
• Supports 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX and 1000BASE-LH SFP transceivers.
Performance
•Transparent bridging
•Aggregate duplex bandwidth of up to 8.8 Gbps
