Chapter 3 Hardware Panels

The following table describes the port labels on the front panel.

Table 1 Front Panel Connections (GS200-24)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

24 10/100/

Connect these ports to a computer, a hub, an Ethernet switch or router.

1000 RJ-45

 

Ethernet

 

Ports

 

 

 

Four Dual

Each interface has one 1000BASE-T RJ-45 port and one Small Form-Factor

Personality

Pluggable (SFP) slot (also called a mini-GBIC slot), with one port or

Interfaces

transceiver active at a time.

Note: The ports change to fiber mode directly when inserting the fiber module.

• Four 100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 Ports:

Connect these ports to high-bandwidth backbone network Ethernet switches using 1000BASE-T compatible Category 5/5e/6 copper cables.

• Four Mini-GBIC Slots:

Use mini-GBIC transceivers in these slots for connections to backbone Ethernet switches.

Console Port The console port is for local configuration of the Switch.

Figure 8 Front Panel (GS200-24P)

LEDs

Console Port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethernet

 

Ports

Dual Personality

 

Interfaces

 

 

 

The following table describes the port labels on the front panel.

Table 2 Front Panel Connections (GS200-24P)

LABEL DESCRIPTION

24 100/1000 Connect these ports to a computer, a hub, an Ethernet switch or router. BASE-T PoE

Ports

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